Alice in Wonderland: Gift Edition (Usborne Young Reading) |
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Pages: 64 (Hardcover) ISBN: 074606781X Pub: Usborne Publishing Ltd Pub date: 2006-03-31 Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 162894 |
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Reader Reviews:
A simple retelling of the Wonderland Classic wonderfully done. (5/5 people found this helpful)
Alice in Wonderland is one of the most well known books ever published and has been produced in many varied formats and versions. In this new Usborne picture book, this classic children's novel has been very cleverly abridged to include only the key episodes and to be contemporary whilst maintaining perfectly the curious feel of the story.
A big square book with light airy illustrations this contrasts nicely with the standard bold primary coloured picture books lining children's shelves these days. The dreamlike quality of the pictures is fitting, and the overriding colour is green which keeps the book non-gender-specific and gives the feeling that the reader is exploring in a beautiful garden. The conceptually difficult notions in the original novel are simply encapsulated in only a couple of straightforward sentences per page as Alice follows the rabbit, grows and shrinks, meets the animals in a salty lake of tears, chats to the caterpillar and the Cheshire cat, joins the Hatter for a tea party, plays croquet with the Queen and ends up in court before waking up back on the riverbank. Simply frabjous!
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