{"product_id":"the-nursery-alice-9781035050499","title":"The Nursery Alice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"I wrote to Macmillan to suggest a new idea: a 'Nursery Edition' of \u003c\/i\u003eAlice\u003ci\u003e with pictures\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eprinted in.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e- Lewis Carroll's diary, 15th February 1881 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Nursery Alice\u003c\/i\u003e, originally published by Macmillan \u0026amp; Co. in 1890, was the very first colour edition of \u003ci\u003eAlice's Adventures in Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e. It was intended, wrote Carroll, \u003ci\u003e\"to be read by Children aged from Nought to Five. To be read? Nay, not so! Say rather to be thumbed, to be cooed over, to be dogs'-eared, to be rumpled, to be kissed . . .\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith this new, younger readership in mind, Carroll rewrote \u003ci\u003eAlice \u003c\/i\u003ehimself, simplifying and abridging the original text, while Sir John Tenniel redrew, enlarged and coloured twenty of his iconic illustrations (with Alice in a yellow dress to reflect the 1890s craze for yellow!). The resulting book is a delightfully engaging experience; readers prompted to interact not only with the story but also with the images and even the physical book itself, in a way that is thoroughly modern. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGloriously reproduced by Macmillan, the original publishers of both Lewis Carroll's \u003ci\u003eAlice \u003c\/i\u003ebooks, this edition retains every word of the original \u003ci\u003eThe Nursery Alice\u003c\/i\u003e and restores the exquisite delicacy of Tenniel's artwork - lost in reproductions across the decades - along with the delightful cover artwork by Emily Gertrude Thomson. This gem of a book is the perfect introduction to \u003ci\u003eAlice\u003c\/i\u003e, and a delight for child and adult readers alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLewis Carroll \u003c\/b\u003ewas the pen-name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. Born in 1832, Dodgson was a mathematics tutor at Christ Church College, Oxford, where he met Alice Liddell, daughter of the dean, and inspiration for \u003ci\u003eAlice's Adventures in Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e. The book and its sequel, \u003ci\u003eThrough the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There\u003c\/i\u003e, have delighted children the world over for 150 years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSir John Tenniel\u003c\/b\u003e, born in 1820, was already a renowned illustrator and political cartoonist when he was invited to produce illustrations for \u003ci\u003eAlice\u003c\/i\u003e. His exquisite engravings for the two \u003ci\u003eAlice \u003c\/i\u003ebooks are among the most iconic and best loved images in the world.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MacMillan Children's Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51321388138770,"sku":"9781035050499","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_68b51f3d-e822-4801-8306-97fa6923b97a.jpg?v=1748586740","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-nursery-alice-9781035050499","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}