Join Alice in Wonderland, where nothing is quite as it seems.
Lewis Carroll (Author)
Lewis Carroll, born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-98), grew up in
Cheshire in the village of Daresbury, the son of a parish priest.
He was a brilliant mathematician, a skilled photographer and a
meticulous letter and diary writer. Alice's Adventures in
Wonderland, inspired by Alice Liddell, the daughter of the Dean of
Christ Church in Oxford, was published in 1865, followed by Through
the Looking-Glass in 1871. He wrote numerous stories and poems for
children including the nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark and
fairy stories Sylvie and Bruno.
Chris Riddell (Introducer)
Chris Riddell, the 2015-2017 Uk Children's Laureate, is an
acclaimed artist of children's books and a political cartoonist for
the Observer. Amongst other titles, Chris illustrates the Ottoline
young fiction series and the Goth Girl series, as well as working
closely with Paul Stewart on the Edge Chronicles and Wyrmeweald. He
has won many awards for his work, including the Nestle Gold Award,
the Costa Children's Book Award 2013, the UNESCO Award for
Something Else and the rare honour of two Kate Greenaway Medals.
“This year, that curious, hallucinating heroine Alice, friend of
Cheshire cats and untimely rabbits, is turning 150 years old…And
what a perfect match, in tone and whimsy, found in Rifle Paper
Co.’s Anna Bond.”—Vanity Fair
“Publishers are having a creative field day with stunningly
beautiful new covers—and lovely insides, too, in the case of
Puffin’s whimsical Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, illustrated by
Rifle Paper Co.’s Anna Bond.”—Entertainment Weekly
“Chic…The pretty face of Anna Bond’s Alice looks continually
astonished, and even in the scene where her neck grows freakishly
serpentine, the heroine remains comely. Elegant and unthreatening,
Ms. Bond’s pictures abound with so many flowers and curling vines
that Wonderland seems a much nicer place than perhaps we
remembered.”—Wall Street Journal
“150 years after Alice in Wonderland was published, Anna Bond, the
creative director of stationer Rifle Paper Co., draws a whole new
tea party in this deluxe hardcover edition.”—New York Magazine’s
The Cut
“In this beautiful, oversized, hardcover anniversary edition—with
the complete, unabridged text—readers will fall in love all over
again with the classic tale of the girl who fell down the rabbit
hole. Illustrator Anna Bond, of gift and stationery brand
Rifle Paper Co., applies her stylish, whimsical touch and
distinctive color palette to Alice and her friends, from the
inviting jacket and the case-cover art beneath it to the original
endpapers and the superb full-color interior illustrations, large
and small.” —Shelf Awareness
“This year marks the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s beloved
classic, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Commemorate the occasion
with a deluxe hardcover edition of the tale from Puffin Books,
available Oct. 27. The new book is re-illustrated with vibrant,
whimsical designs by Anna Bond of Rifle Paper Co., for a
one-of-a-kind look at Alice’s imaginative journey.”—American
Profile
Zwerger's (The Wizard of Oz) captivating cover image of the Mad Tea-Party for this edition of Carroll's 1865 tale conveys the psychological tension of the interior artwork: Alice, at the head of an elongated table with a pristine white linen cloth, stares at the pocket watch that the March Hare is about to lower into his cup of tea. The Hare, bug-eyed, gazes out at readers while the Mad Hatter to his right, wearing a hat box, fixates on a black upturned chapeau (in lieu of a place setting), and the Dormouse between them sleeps. Across the table, an empty red mug is placed in front of a vacant green chair, and a teacup and saucer trimmed in red seems to be set for the reader. The painting conveys the way in which Zwerger brilliantly manages both to invite readers into the story and to keep them at a distance. From the heroine's first appearance, as she falls down a well while chasing the White Rabbit, with a glimpse of orderly bookshelves at the upper left corner, Zwerger demonstrates the many layers to Alice's journey: a cutaway view reveals that the bulk of the other "shelves" are the result of rats and insects tunneling underground. The supporting cast conveys the artist's nearly sardonic perspective. The contrary caterpillar, with six of its eight arms crossed, would be at home in New York's East Village: instead of a hookah it smokes a cigarette and sips red wine, yetÄunlike Sir John Tenniel's sedated counterpartÄthis caterpillar is lucid, defiantly staring out at an Alice (and readers) absent from the scene. Zwerger's penetrating interpretation reinvents Carroll's situations and characters and demands a rereading of the text. All ages. (Oct.) Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.
"This year, that curious, hallucinating heroine Alice, friend of
Cheshire cats and untimely rabbits, is turning 150 years old...And
what a perfect match, in tone and whimsy, found in Rifle
Paper Co.'s Anna Bond."-Vanity Fair
"Publishers are having a creative field day with stunningly
beautiful new covers-and lovely insides, too, in the
case of Puffin's whimsical Alice's Adventures in
Wonderland, illustrated by Rifle Paper Co.'s Anna
Bond."-Entertainment Weekly
"Chic...The pretty face of Anna Bond's Alice looks
continually astonished, and even in the scene where her neck grows
freakishly serpentine, the heroine remains comely. Elegant
and unthreatening, Ms. Bond's pictures abound with so many flowers
and curling vines that Wonderland seems a much nicer place than
perhaps we remembered."-Wall Street Journal
"150 years after Alice in Wonderland was published, Anna
Bond, the creative director of stationer Rifle Paper Co., draws a
whole new tea party in this deluxe hardcover edition."-New
York Magazine's The Cut
"In this beautiful, oversized, hardcover anniversary
edition-with the complete, unabridged text-readers will fall in
love all over again with the classic tale of the girl who fell
down the rabbit hole. Illustrator Anna Bond, of gift and stationery
brand Rifle Paper Co., applies her stylish, whimsical touch and
distinctive color palette to Alice and her friends, from the
inviting jacket and the case-cover art beneath it to the original
endpapers and the superb full-color interior illustrations,
large and small." -Shelf Awareness
"This year marks the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll's beloved
classic, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Commemorate the occasion
with a deluxe hardcover edition of the tale from Puffin Books,
available Oct. 27. The new book is re-illustrated with vibrant,
whimsical designs by Anna Bond of Rifle Paper Co., for a
one-of-a-kind look at Alice's imaginative journey."-American
Profile
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