Alice's Adventures In Wonderland »

It's possible that if Lewis Carroll had never met Alice Liddell, he might have enjoyed a more peaceful lifetime and an obscure legacy. But his whimsical inventiveness touched everything he did, and a story he made up one afternoon for a little girl became one of literature's great classics, Alice in Wonderland.

One of the most exciting and original books in world literature, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a tale of childhood whimsy that can enthrall anyone with a curiosity to follow Alice down the rabbit-hole. This limited edition is distinguished by Iassen Ghiuselev’s extraordinary illustrations, which the artist has innovatively worked into one painting that tells the entire adventure. The resulting dreamscape takes viewers into perspective distortions that defy logic and invite them to journey through time and space like Alice herself. A tour de force of innovative book illustration and design — and embellished with exquisite calligraphy — this edition of a classic is an essential addition to every Alice in Wonderland collection.

Publishers Weekly

A pensive, titian-haired Alice trips down the rabbit hole in this adaptation that pairs the classic story with gracefully expressive illustrations. Ingpen’s detailed visions of the menagerie of creatures Alice meets lend them anthropomorphic qualities while remaining anatomically precise. The Cheshire cat, who peers out at Alice from a crowd of leaves with a milk-tooth smile, does so with kittenish serenity. The infamous tea-party is a cozy affair with intimate soft-focus portraits in pencil of the sleepy dormouse, hare (who dips his watch into his cup of tea) and the rather bleary Mad Hatter, whose pencil-drawn sidewise glances suggest it’s all dreamy good fun. A lovely and faithful interpretation. Ages 10–up. (Nov.)