Synopses & Reviews
Young and old alike will easily embrace Oxenbury's Alice, who seems
both old-fashioned and modern, and comfortable in worlds on both sides of the mirror. -- Booklist (starred review)
Helen Oxenbury's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland set a new standard for contemporary editions of Lewis Carroll's beloved classic, and this companion is illustrated with equal intimacy, warmth, and charm. Here again is Alice, dressed in her bright blue jumper and ready for adventure. All it takes is a bit of curiosity about the world reversed in the mirror, and suddenly Alice is interacting with all manner of comical and magical characters -- Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the lion and the unicorn, and a game board of chess pieces come to life. Helen Oxenbury's incomparable line drawings, sepia illustrations, and full-color paintings give today's children an accessible view into Lewis Carroll's timeless nonsense.
Synopsis
Bored on a hot afternoon, Alice follows a White Rabbit down a rabbit-hole without giving a thought about how she might get out. And so she tumbles into Wonderland: where animals answer back, a baby turns into a pig, time stands still at a disorderly tea party, croquet is played with hedgehogs and flamingos, and the Mock Turtle and Gryphon dance the Lobster Quadrille. In a land in which nothing is as it seems and cakes, potions and mushrooms can make her shrink to ten inches or grow to the size of a house, will Alice be able to find her way home again?