After all, they’ve not sacked off the original title in favour of a frankly hideous Alice Through The Mirror or anything like that. It’s a modern re-telling, but in just the right ways to make it appealing to those currently in primary school and they knew when to stop. Now she’s a brunette with a choppy bob, a pretty dress with a geometric design and snazzy red ballet flats. The big difference in this copy is the presentation, which bring Alice into the 21st Century. I actually find them a little distracting as they break up the narrative, but that’s a personal preference. This updated version is still the story you will be familiar with, with the original poems slotted in.
The Red Queen and the White Queen are joined by Humpty Dumpty, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Walrus and the Carpenter and many more besides for an adventure that makes absolutely no sense but nonetheless captures your attention. Through she goes, into a land of characters that are even curiouser than before.
Alice is playing with her kitten and as they look together into a big old mirror, she realises she can step through the glass, into a topsy-turvey world where everything is upside and down and back to front. It’s now a cold, frosty winter, not warm, outdoor weather like the earlier book. In the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the season has changed. It’s the original story, re-told and re-illustrated, and what a difference it makes. If this was your experience of the original Lewis Carroll, then put those thoughts to one side for a moment and let me tell you about this book. Not for everyone, no matter how many times the word Classic was bandied around, identifying them as a Very Good Thing that everyone should have read.
Helena Bonham Carter in book form, perhaps. Publisher: Harper Collins Children's BooksĪs a child, I found the Alice stories weird and a bit dark. Summary: A new update to the classic with modern illustrations, this is a happier book than the dark original, in our minds.
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