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A review by mymiddlename123
Alice In Wonderland (Treasury of Illustrated Classics) by Susan Linney, Lewis Carroll
4.0
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SUMMARY: (SPOILER WARNING)
A retelling of the original Lewis Carroll tale, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Alice falls down a rabbit hole and finds herself in a strange nonsensical land filled with curious creatures. We follow her as she meets them and tries to make sense of the nonsense of Wonderland.
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REVIEW:
It has been many years since I've read the original Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. But my son (age eight) asked to read it after we started playing a video game about Alice in Wonderland together. Unfortunately I couldn't find my copy of the original (I think it got purged along the way), but I had this retelling on hand in our book collection and thought we would try it.
This was fairly good! Like I said, it's been awhile since I've read the original, so I can't speak to how close it was, but it seems to have all the elements from the original story -- and even some scenes that don't usually make it into the shorter retellings of Alice. This one is about the same length as the original, though, so that makes sense.
I liked the language used and the illustrations were whimsical and sweet, with just the right amount of them to not be too distracting while also helping to keep my son's attention.
I was enthralled with the story, although I could tell he got a little bored near the end. We read it over a few days though and so it was alright.
Overall I'd recommend it as a good retelling of Alice. I'd recommend the original more, but this was still pretty good.
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SUMMARY: (SPOILER WARNING)
A retelling of the original Lewis Carroll tale, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Alice falls down a rabbit hole and finds herself in a strange nonsensical land filled with curious creatures. We follow her as she meets them and tries to make sense of the nonsense of Wonderland.
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REVIEW:
It has been many years since I've read the original Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. But my son (age eight) asked to read it after we started playing a video game about Alice in Wonderland together. Unfortunately I couldn't find my copy of the original (I think it got purged along the way), but I had this retelling on hand in our book collection and thought we would try it.
This was fairly good! Like I said, it's been awhile since I've read the original, so I can't speak to how close it was, but it seems to have all the elements from the original story -- and even some scenes that don't usually make it into the shorter retellings of Alice. This one is about the same length as the original, though, so that makes sense.
I liked the language used and the illustrations were whimsical and sweet, with just the right amount of them to not be too distracting while also helping to keep my son's attention.
I was enthralled with the story, although I could tell he got a little bored near the end. We read it over a few days though and so it was alright.
Overall I'd recommend it as a good retelling of Alice. I'd recommend the original more, but this was still pretty good.