Alice in Wonderland

by Eliza Gatewood Warren (Adapter)

Seeing a rabbit run across a meadow is not so surprising. But when that rabbit is wearing clothes and talking out loud, Alice has to follow him and find out where he's from. Down the rabbit hole she goes and on to the oddest adventures a little girl has ever had.

Come along with Alice and meet some of the most unusual, whimsical, and delightful characters you will ever find in the pages of a book!

Genres: Classics, Fantasy, Fiction, Middle Grade, Childrens, Adventure

238 pages, Hardcover

First published November 24, 2012

Reviews

[Jasmine from How Useful It Is]

Read this book for my daughter to sleep, naps and bedtime. She slept away every time. I thought I read Alice in Wonderland before but somehow I can’t compare every events to this book. But it’s been awhile I guess. This book has many poems that doesn’t make sense to me and the stories the characters try to tell were incomplete. However, I like those scenes that made Alice grow big and small. I like the scenes with the Cheshire cat and the Caterpillar. I like her following the white rabbit and falling down the hole. It’s a good story and I just gave it to my son to read.

[Lauren G]

Agnes 2.5/5

Judah summed it up best when halfway through the book he asked, “What is this book about?”… & no one could give him an answer..

[Sharla]

This is the version of Alice in Wonderland I read when I was 6 turning 7. Since then it's always frustrated me that I never read the real version.

Which is why I shall remedy that this year.

[Rose]

Um, what do you say to that? I had never read the story or watched any of the movies and I recently read a book called Insanity which was about Alice as a nineteen your old in the modern world living in a insane asylum and there is so many references about this book that I just had to read it. Not to mention it was sitting on my book shelf just waiting to be read.

This story it self was strange like the author dropped acid strange. Nevertheless as a classic it was good. The first half was interesting and the second half not so much and I just wanted to know how it ended. The nutcracker is pretty much Alice in wonderland the winter version it seems after reading this.

5 points...
Loopy
Strange
Confusing
Imaginative
Creative

I also really enjoy reading this as a piece of history. The original story was written during times of slavery and the book first being published the same year slavery was ended. That to me was interesting because when I come across old art I always like to think of the world in which the artist produced it.

[Sidsel Pedersen]

I think the first part of this book is much stronger than the second half. After a while the non-sense gets silly and tiresome when you read it as an adult. But I did find my self giggling at the first half of the book. It is a classic and I am glad I read it.

I find my self smiling at Alice's clever inner dialogue.

But it has taken me forever to get around to finish it - it has been sitting on my ereader for a really long time.

[Jessica Patzer]

I've probably been spoiled by the Disney movie adaptation and pretty much all the other adaptations I've seen, but this book was seriously lacking in actual storyline.

[Deborah Camuglia]

My five year old loved this book! It was a little odd, but she sure did enjoy it.

[Emily Culver]

I haven't read any of the Alice in Wonderland books and I haven't seen the movie since elementary school, so I really did not remember much about the plot...if you can call it that.

The book is definitely weird. The whole time I kept thinking to myself, "I feel like I'm witnesses a 7 year old dream." On the last page, turns out that's exactly what the story was. With that perspective, I think Carroll did a great job of capturing the weirdness of dreams, about how you start down one train of thought but then it morphs into something completely different. And how things from your normal life make it into your dreams in weird ways.

I looked up a PDF of the original book and it's fairly similar to the text in this version, though some parts have been tweaked or ommitted. I compared about the first third of the books and I don't think there were any substantial differences.

I think it's worth reading Alice in Wonderland due to it's cultural significance, but other than that, it's not that interesting.

[Rebecca]

I read this aloud to my daughter, inspired by our trip to Disneyland. We met Alice and the Hatter, rode on the Mad Tea Party Cups and the Alice in Wonderland ride (having no idea about the story because I've never read the book or seen the movie!) The beginning was insightful and funny. Alice has some observations, and I could totally relate to that thinking as a kid! As most classic stories for children go, it got sporadic and random fast. Lots of strange characters. My daughter loved how Alice has to go from short to tall to short several times throughout the book. This is an abridged edition, so I wonder how the original is. Looking forward to seeing it Disneyfied, or not, but I'm glad we read it and know the full story now! "Off with----"!!!

[Alicia 🌻]

WOW. I was hoping that I would enjoy this. I have not read this story for a long time. However, my head hurts. I have no idea what any of it means. I know some of the back story, but I now will have to look into more to make sense of it. I have another edition on my TBR, so maybe that one will be a more enjoyable story... I do want to watch the movies now though.

[Eve Parts]

No ei leia seda õiget 1977 väljaande kaanepilti Viive Tolli illustratsioonidega... Aga muidu olen sama juhm kui aastaid tagasi sama raamatut lugedes (vist ikka olen varem ka lugenud) - mitte mõhkugi ei saa aru loo sõnumist või mõttest...

[Kadri]

My grandmother bought me this book when I was a child and I never got around to reading it till I was in my 20’s. I’m happy I got to read this classic story. It really is a book of wonder and oddity.

[Kerilyn February]

It was hmmm interesting, very dreamy in its storytelling

[Brenda Duel]

Kind of like a Sienfeld episode....a lot to do about nothing....w

[Maksim]

Weird nonsensical story, which is what almost any dream is.
My daughter’s favorite quote “Off with your head!”.

[Tiffany]

My brain hurts. Carroll was clearly tripping on some massive LSD when he wrote this. Added an extra star only because of the Gryphon.

[Joanne]

Light read. Don't really understand why this is considered a classic.

[Drithi]

Meh. This book is so weird and doesn't really have any plot or a story.

[Robin Sloan]

What the actual f.

[Knyga be viršelio]

Labai nuobodžiai aprašyta pasaka. Visiškai nesužavėjo.

[Alesija]

Istorija keista, ne tokia knyga kuria norėčiau skaityti antrą kartą.

[Andrew]

it is confusing what is happening

[Reader maya]

This book was so fun, but I gave it a 2/5 stars because it was a bit boring and the book I read I don’t think it was Like the real Alice in Wonderland, but the book is good.

[Ashe]

Hindi ko natapos to kasi para akong nananaginip habang nagbabasa. Hindi ko maintindihan nangyayari HAHAHA may lesson ba 'to o trippings lang talaga si Lewis Carroll that day???

[Kane B]

i don’t quite understand the purpose of the story but maybe that is the purpose that not everything needs a purpose and honestly that makes sense with this book.

[miau]

My favorite character was the gryphon

[Karla]

I love it.

[Paige Harlan]

Another book read with my 5 year old. So excited he is enjoying these as we read together.

[Ted]

Not a great book for little kids, odd story that can be confusing. Also everyone is mean to Alice.

[Vanessa]

Alice in Wonderland is surely a weird read. Lewis Carroll was sure messed up when writing this story. While Disney made it cute and musical, it still was whack a doodle.