Alice in Wonderland Picture Book Review: Picture Flats Edition

Alice in Wonderland picture book review: the story

A young girl named Alice falls down a rabbit hole into a fantastical world full of eccentric characters and odd adventures.

From the curious White Rabbit to the mysterious Cheshire Cat, Alice meets one memorable character after another as she makes her way through Wonderland, looking for answers and a way back home.

Meet the characters

• Alice: the curious, adventurous girl at the heart of the story.
• The White Rabbit: an anxious, hurried creature who leads Alice deeper into Wonderland.
• The Mad Hatter: an eccentric character known for nonsense riddles and tea parties.
• The Queen of Hearts: a fierce ruler who loves ordering people about.
• The Cheshire Cat: a mysterious, mischievous cat who disappears and reappears at will.

Why it has lasted for generations

Readers have loved Alice in Wonderland for generations for its imagination, its characters and its nonsensical logic.

Wonderland, with its talking animals, peculiar creatures and strange landscapes, still enchants readers of all ages. Its themes of curiosity, imagination and finding out who you are keep it a classic.

The Picture Flats Portrait illustrations

This edition has charming, colourful illustrations that bring Wonderland to life.

The art captures the quirky characters and strange landscapes, which helps young readers follow the story and sparks their imagination.

Alice in Wonderland picture book for kids: who is it for?

Alice in Wonderland is a children's fantasy novel. The Picture Flats Portrait edition puts it in picture book format, so it is accessible to young readers and good for sharing with the whole family.

What children gain

• Imagination and creative thinking: exploring Wonderland alongside Alice.
• Life lessons: curiosity, resilience and being brave about the unknown.
• Thinking and language: the story's nonsense logic and wordplay build critical thinking and a love of words.

Read-aloud tip Give each character a different voice, especially the Queen of Hearts. Children who hear the silliness out loud enjoy the wordplay far more.

About the author, Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll was the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, an English writer, mathematician and photographer. Alice in Wonderland is his most famous work.

Similar books

• "Through the Looking-Glass" by Lewis Carroll
• "Peter Pan" by J.M. Barrie
• "The Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum

Gift it right: Alice in Wonderland as a birthday gift

A classic in picture book form is one of the nicer books as birthday gifts for kids, because it can be read together now and alone later. The Cheshire Cat makes a kitty cat theme a natural fit for the name label inside and the sticker on the wrapping.

See all personalised book labels, or browse our gifts for kids to pair the book with something more.

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