Alice Through the Looking Glass (Walker Illustrated Classics)
Author(s): Lewis Carroll
"Walker Illustrated Classics" is a new series which brings together some of the best-loved stories ever told, illustrated by some of today's finest artists. These exquisitely designed books, with their magnificent words and glorious pictures, are a pleasure to read - and re-read. The classics have never looked so good!For more than a century, Lewis Carroll's classic stories of logic and lunacy have inspired delight in young and old alike. "Alice Through the Looking-Glass" continues Alice's adventures and sees her walking through a mirror into a topsy-turvy world. There she meets a host of bizarre characters, including Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Humpty Dumpty and the Red Queen. But is it all a dream?
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"* "Oxenbury... again brings the absurdities, eccentricities and spirited satire of Carroll's classic thrillingly to life." The Guardian * "If you have been waiting to buy a great version of the story for your growing reader, this is the one to get." Junior"
Lewis Carroll (1832-98), whose real name was Charles Lutwidge Dogson, was an ordained deacon, an Oxford don and the world-famous author of the two children's classics about Alice and her wonderful adventures. Helen Oxenbury is among the most popular and critically acclaimed illustrators of our time. Among her countless books for children are the award-winning Farmer Duck (9780744536607) and We're Going on a Bear Hunt (9780744523232). She lives in north London.
General Fields
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- : Walker Books Ltd
- : Walker Books Ltd
- : 31 January 2009
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Illustrations (chiefly col.)
- : Classic fiction
- : 224
- : 9+
- : 823.8
- : Helen Oxenbury
- : 409
- : Paperback
- : Lewis Carroll