This is a new title in the Usborne Reading Programme which is aimed at children whose reading ability & confidence allows them to tackle longer & more complex stories. After returning from Wonderland Alices adventures continue when she steps through a looking glass & into the topsy-turvy world beyond. This title is developed in consultation with Alison Kelly who is a senior lecturer in education & an early reading specialist from Roehampton University. ...

This selection of Carrolls works

Includes:: Alices Adventures in Wonderland & its sequel Through the Looking-Glass

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Walker Illustrated Classics" is a new series which brings together some of the best-loved stories ever told illustrated by some of todays finest artists. These exquisitely designed books with their magnificent words & glorious pictures are a pleasure to read
- & re-read. The classics have never looked so good! For over a hundred years " Alice in Wonderland" Lewis Carrolls classic story of logic & lunacy has delighted young & old alike. More abundantly illustrated than previous editions this award-winning interpretation is full of warmth & humour. The whole approach is contemporary & accessible: Alice herself is a child of today
- casually dressed personable spirited. In Helen Oxenburys hands the topsy-turvy world of Wonderland is a wondrous place indeed!"

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Alices Adventures in Wonderland is one of the most celebrated childrens books of all time. In this edition Lewis Carrolls original story of little Alices tumble down a rabbit hole is brought to life by stunning illustrations from John Tenniel. The book also features an elegant bonded-leather binding a satin ribbon bookmark & decorative endpapers. ...

Alice Hart is an exciting authoritative new young voice on food who loves to share her culinary knowledge with friends. For her food is about fun. In this her first book she aims to encourage her generation of 20- & 30-somethings to cook the original modern food they enjoy to fit the lifestyles they lead. With chapters based around occasions
- breakfast & brunches suppers & shared lunches laid-back parties outdoor camping & picnic food
- Alice is acutely aware of seasonal cooking dividing the recipes into Frost & Fireside or Sunshine & Strawberries. Whenever you dip into the book
- whether it be in January to find a New Year brunch during August for a faded summer kitchen supper for friends or in winter for ideas for a chic drinks party
- you will find a selection of inspiring & memorable menus. Recipes are eclectic & varied ranging from Boursin Omelette Baguettes (Portable Breakfast for a Crowd) Campfire charred mackerel with red chicory & pomegranate (Summer Camping) Lemongrass pork bun bowls (Autumn Supper) to Toffee Pears with Flaked Almonds (Winter Film Night). Alice shows how to make cooking for a crowd easier & cheaper & her practical hints on timing a meal making your storecupboard work for you & scaling quantities up or down will make life more easy for people who love to cook & eat. This book is above all cook-friendly with quick ideas for packed lunches & recipes to get you out of a fix when time is really tight. As Alice says its not just about cooking its about enjoying life to the full.



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Part of Penguin's" beautiful hardback " Clothbound Classics" series designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith these delectable & collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. 'I had sent my heroine straight down a rabbit-hole without the least idea what was to happen afterwards ' wrote Dodgson describing how Alice was conjured up one 'golden afternoon' in 1862 to entertain his child-friend Alice Liddell. In the magical world of Wonderland & the back-to-front Looking-Glass kingdom order is turned upside-down: a baby turns into a pig; time is abandoned at a tea-party; & a chaotic game of chess makes a 7-year-old a Queen." ...

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 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.. . Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" read by Susan Jameson & James Saxon is one of the seven wonderful classic stories being relaunched in CD-format in March 2007." ...

Young Alice dozes on a warm afternoon on the riverbank only to see a white rabbit with a pocket watch rushing down a rabbit hole. Alice follows & enters the magical world of Wonderland where anything & everything can happen. Each spread of this title

Includes:: additional features such as poems songs letters lists & notes that enrich the story adding background & atmosphere to draw the reader along.

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Everything that Lewis Carroll ever published in book form appears in this volume. In addition at least ten of the shorter pieces have never appeared in print except in their original editions. Included are: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" " Through the Looking-Glass" " Sylvie & Bruno" " Sylvie & Bruno Concluded" " The Hunting of the Snark" & all of the poetry essays & phantasmagoria along with a substantial collection of his miscellaneous writings. " Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Other Stories" is part of " Barnes & Noble"'s series of quality leatherbound volumes. Each title in the series presents a classic work in an attractively designed edition bound in genuine bonded leather with beautiful illustrations & breathtaking endpapers. These books make elegant additions to any home library." ...

The Collector's Colour Library" takes the favourite illustrated titles of " The Collector's Library" & presents them in full colour. Original colour illustrations are faithfully reproduced & where illustrations & decorations were originally black & white they have been sensitively coloured by Barbara Frith one of Britain's most accomplished colourists. When Alice tumbles down a rabbit hole one hot summer's afternoon in pursuit of a White Rabbit she finds herself in Wonderl&. Wonderland is no ordinary place & the characters that populate it are quite unlike anybody young Alice has ever met. " Through the Looking-Glass" continues her bizarre adventures & she meets more outlandish creations including the Red & the White Queens Humpty Dumpty & the White Knight. Sir John Tenniel's magical illustrations have been delicately coloured by Barbara Frith." ...