Puffin Classics
- the world&s favourite stories
- relaunched with exciting new covers You never know where you&ll find yourself in Alice&s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll! Join Alice in Wonderland where nothing is quite as it seems On an ordinary summer&s afternoon Alice tumbles down a hole & an extraordinary adventure begins In a strange world with even stranger characters she meets a grinning cat & a rabbit with a pocket watch joins a Mad Hatter&s Tea Party & plays croquet with the Queen! Lost in this fantasy land Alice finds herself growing more & more curious by the minute With a brilliant introduction by Chris Riddell Alice&s Adventures in Wonderland is one of twenty much-loved classic stories relaunched with gorgeous new covers The book
Includes:: a behind-the-scenes journey including an author profile a guide to who&s who activities & more 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 & a meticulous letter & 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 & poems for children including the nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark & fairy stories Sylvie & Bruno The Puffin Classics relaunch
Includes:A Little Princess Alice&s Adventures in Wonderland Alice&s Adventures Through the Looking Glass Anne of Green Gables Black Beauty Hans Andersen&s Fairy Tales Heidi Journey to the Centre of the Earth Little Women Peter Pan Tales of the Greek Heroes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Adventures of King Arthur The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Call of the Wild The Jungle Book The Odyssey The Secret Garden The Wind in the Willows The Wizard of Oz Treasure Island