Through the Looking Glass

Brief Description: "Includes a behind-the-scenes journey, including an author profile, a guide to who's who, activites and more ..."--P. [4] of cover. Brief Description: "One moment Alice is wondering what life is like on the other side of the mirror, the next she finds herself through the looking-glass and in a topsy-turvey land where everything is 'contrariwise'. Alice meets a host of bizarre characters: Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the dotty White Knight and the bad-tempered Red Queen, none of whom are quite what they seem. But is Alice's adventure real, or is it all just a dream?" --Publisher. Publisher Marketing: Pruned to something less than half the original (using only Carroll's language), with chess moves, verse, chaptering, and main events intact: an abridgement that may find some use as an introduction, though any child who enjoys it should be steered to a complete edition. It's not true--despite Ross's otherwise sensible introduction--that all the humor is here (where are the six impossible things before breakfast''?); but his forthrightly honest approach (even the title page reads Abridged & Illustrated by...'' in caps) merits some indulgence, while even purists will enjoy comparing his witty, freely rendered caricatures with Tenniel's elegantly limned art--which Ross's frequently parodies. (Fiction. 6+) -- Copyright (c)1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Review Citations:

Wilson Children's Catalog 96 01/01/1996 pg. 519 (EAN 9780140367096, Paperback)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/1994 pg. 55 (EAN 9780688120498, Hardcover)

Wilson Children's Catalog 96 01/01/1996 pg. 519 (EAN 9780688120498, Hardcover)

Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1993 (EAN 9780688120498, Hardcover)

Publishers Weekly 01/05/1990 (EAN 9780425120224, Paperback)

Audio File 12/01/2012 pg. 50 (EAN 9781742850603, Compact Disc)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/1991 pg. 462 (EAN 9780312803742, Hardcover)

Wilson Children's Catalog 96 01/01/1996 pg. 519 (EAN 9780312803742, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Carroll, Lewis Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), the pen name of Oxford mathematician, logician, photographer and author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, is famous the world over for his fantastic classics Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, The Hunting of the Snark, Jabberwocky, and Sylvie and Bruno.