Alicia Para Los Pequeños/ Alice for the Little Ones

by Lewis Carroll

Rare book

Genres: Classics, Fantasy, Childrens, Fairy Tales, Picture Books

Paperback

First published January 1, 1865

About the author

The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman and photographer.

His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass as well as the poems "The Hunting of the Snark" and "Jabberwocky", all considered to be within the genre of literary nonsense.

Oxford scholar, Church of England Deacon, University Lecturer in Mathematics and Logic, academic author of learned theses, gifted pioneer of portrait photography, colourful writer of imaginative genius and yet a shy and pedantic man, Lewis Carroll stands pre-eminent in the pantheon of inventive literary geniuses.

He also has works published under his real name.

Reviews

[Ruby Granger · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very different telling of the classic children's story. This more closely resembles a traditional children's book (in that, it doesn't raise the difficult and nonsensical themes which the novel does). It's much more tame and based in wonder rather than confusion. Alice is also more likeable.

You can find the text here for free online: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/55040...

[Andy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just the most beautiful book. Gilded edges, thick pages, beautiful font and illustrations. The perfect beginners Alice.

[Leonardo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Creo que a Jose se le hizo un poco largo para haberlo leído fuera del horario de "cuentos para dormir". No conozco tanto la historia de Alicia original, como para saber si me gustó la adaptación. Por lo demás diría que es una historia bastante delirante. El relato de un sueño. La edición es bellísima.

Hoy lo leímos de nuevo, mucho mejor experiencia. Se super enganchó. Imagino que la próxima ya lo leerá sola...

[Ben Dictus · Rating 4 out of 5]

Veel leuker om voor te lezen dan het originele verhaal van Alice. Mijn kindjes (6 en 9 jaar) genoten ervan.
Mooie illustraties die goed aansluiten bij het verhaal.

[Peter · Rating 5 out of 5]

A beautiful facsimile of the original edition and an excellent addition to anyones library

[Irene · Rating 4 out of 5]

Una edición preciosa. Destinado para ser contado a pequeños de la casa con unas imágenes preciosas.

[DennisvdLely · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice story to read to learn Spanish. The Spanish is quite hard for beggining learners but it has a wide variety of vocabulary which is great to learn new words.

[natalie ;) · Rating 2 out of 5]

ookayyy i know this is supposed to be a children’s version, but so many things were missing that it wouldn’t even make sense to me if i was a kid reading that😭

2/5 ⭐️

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have always loved Alice in Wonderland and I loved sharing this with my daughter. The way Carroll wrote to keep small children engaged made it fun and kept her coming back for more. She was sad tonight when we finished, and I think that is always a sign of a good story.

[Tais · Rating 4 out of 5]

Se dirige directamente a los niños de 0-5 años de edad, como si estuvieran en una conversación cara a cara y les estuviera contando una versión acortada de Alicia en el pais de las maravillas, lo cual me gustó mucho. Otra cosa que me gustó, fue cuando les explica lo que significan los números en el sombrero del sombrerero loco, es algo que yo no sabía y me sorprendió positivamente.
Ahora pasemos a lo que no me gustó:
omite la pregunta más importante de la oruga, ¿quien eres tú? Y la respuesta tan importante de Alicia, también omite la pregunta de Alicia al gato de cheshire y su respuesta. ( "¿Podrías decirme, por favor, qué camino debo tomar para salir de aquí?...”)
Si bien se que es una edad que pueden no entender la importancia de estas preguntas, es algo que creo muy importante de la historia y me hubiera gustado verlas acá. Pero bueno, dentro de todo, es una versión que vale la pena leer ya que se lee súper rápido y que los pequeños de 0-5 años van a disfrutar mucho (y especialmente, entender) 💗

[JayD · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Nursery Alice was written by Lewis Carroll for children aged five and under. It is absolutely NOT a cheap rip-off of Alice in Wonderland in dumbed down language. There’s a rather charming introduction by Carroll saying that, after the success of Alice, he wanted to share the story with younger children in slightly simpler language. It also has omitted some of the more (for a pre-schooler) confusing incidents.

I bought this particular edition because it is a facsimile of the original with its famous red binding. In fact, I couldn’t even find the ISBN number printed in the book, but I believe it is 1447287118.

[Thomas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read ATY 2021: Book by author of one of my best reads of 2020
reditt reading challenge (book for the second time, book written ebfore 1950, book published by a big six publishing house, book between 5000 and 100 000 words)
Reditt the final try: 5-100 k words, big six publishers, male author letters y and t
ATy 2022: book Involving alternative worlds
Alphabet soup: n
A decent retelling of Alice losing some of its plodding but also much of its charm. Still a decent intro

[Lara Malik · Rating 5 out of 5]

Realmente muy bien logrado para los niños pequeños.

[Aparna Nayak · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great for children. I found it more enjoyable than the original story.

[Brandon · Rating 5 out of 5]

The grandson needed a break from Gulliver’s Travels. Falling Up and The Nursery Alice worked, Falling Up episodically, The Nursery Alice hooking him into the odyssey so he wanted it read in one day.
An essential barb to pull us along was the integration of Lewis Carroll’s text with Sir John Tenniel’s illustrations. Clearly, the printer Edmund Evans collaborated because of the iconic Cheshire Cat, which anticipates the movie-editing’s overlap dissolve.
Although there might be moments that Carroll appears to condescend, his drawing attention to the book’s form has the opposite effect. Instead, the story appeals to the imagination’s facility for conjuring fantasy.
It was a book about an afternoon for an afternoon.

[Esther Martínez · Rating 5 out of 5]

El tinc traduït al català amb el títol Alícia per a infants, de l'Ed Baula, i traduït pel Salvador Oliva. És una adaptació per a infants que va escriure el mateix Leeis Carroll amb il•lustracions de Tenniel i coberta d'E Gertrude Thomson. M'ha costat trobar-lo perquè l'han descatalogat fa poc. ÉS UNA MERAVELLA!
L'he comprat, tot i que tinc dues publicacions més d'aquesta història, per a l'Ariadna i l'Emma, les meves netes, que el més que ve faran 3 anys.

[Clara · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked how it was written, and I think small kids would love it; however it did not tell the story, it actually just talked a little bit about some scenes, but you didn't get a general idea of the whole story

[Ariberna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Aínda en galego, a historia rara é rara, aínda contada ao fillo polas noites a anacos.
Boas ilustracións.

[Έλλη · Rating 3 out of 5]

Απλοποιημένη έκδοση του γνωστού παραμυθιού για παιδιά προσχολικής ηλικίας. Επεξηγεί εικόνες και κόβει αρκετά σημεία από τη πλοκή.

[Louise Kurir · Rating 4 out of 5]

3,75

[Katy Lohman · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stars = a charming read.

[In The Light of books (Ines) · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is a very simple yet interesting in its writing style .

[Laura Romano · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excelente adaptación para niñxs de este clásico, súper divertido y dinámico. Las ilustraciones que acompañan e invitan a jugar con el texto son preciosas.

[Luboš · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pěkně zjednodušené vyprávění pro děti. Jsou knihy, kde člověk zakopává o jazyk, ale tohle se nahlas četlo krásně. Nádherné ilustrace.

[Farahdiba Khan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lewis Carroll had an unique imagination and posessed a great ability in story telling.

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Una edición increíble para los niños más pequeños. Me han gustado mucho esos detalles entre paréntesis para ellos con explicaciones y anécdotas.
Una nueva forma de contar todo un clásico.

[Claire · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such a clever retelling, adapting it to little ones. I liked very much the sentences that invite children to engage with the plot, the pictures or even the physical book.

[Jiss Reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

Un libro que interactúan con los niños, les hace preguntas y les dice cosas que hacen que estén más atentos a la lectura y detallen cada imagen que aparece.

[Ale Gomez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me sigue aburriendo hasta que empieza lo final está divertido.

[Fábio Feldman · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like the way he addresses the readers and the digressions he makes throughout the story. Still, a lot of the magic of the original novel is lost.