Alice's second adventure takes her through the looking-glass to place even curiouser than Wonderland. She finds herself caught up in the great looking-glass chess game and sets off to become a queen. It isn't as easy as she expects: at every step she is hindered by nonsense characters who crop up and insist on reciting poems. Some of these poems, such as "The Walrus and the Carpenter" and "Jabberwocky", are as famous as the Alice stories themselves.
This gorgeous hardback gift edition includes Sir John Tenniel's much-loved illustrations with the original colouring which has come to define the authentic image of Alice as blond haired, with a blue head band. It also includes a foreword by Philip Pullman, one of today's most popular and distinguished children's writers.
Lewis Carroll was the pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, an Oxford mathematician famous for his books for children. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was first published by Macmillan & Co in 1865 and, along with Through The Looking-Glass, has been loved by generations of children and adults ever since. Sir John Tenniel was a Victorian topical cartoonist, caricaturist and illustrator. He is best remembered today for his work in Alice. Philip Pullman is one of today's bestselling and most-loved writers for children. He is best known for the His Dark Materials trilogy.
ISBN:
9780230755413
Binding:
Hardback
Pub. Date:
01/01/2012
Category:
Children's: Classic Fiction
Imprint:
Macmillan
Pages:
256 page/s
Stock:
In stock
Price:
$34.99 AUD