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Informationen zum Autor Dana Meachen Rau; Illustrated by Robert Squier Klappentext Who HQ brings you the stories behind the most beloved characters of our time. Find out how Alice in Wonderland became a children's classic. Published in 1865 by British author Lewis Carroll, this fantasy adventure story introduced the world to Alice and introduced Alice to some very strange but beloved creatures, including The White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, and The Queen of Hearts. This silly tale that started out as a collection of stories written for one little girl became so popular that even Queen Victoria, the British monarch, couldn't put it down! Lewis Carroll, whose real name was Charles L. Dodgson, went on to write several sequels and other books, but Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Alice through the Looking-Glass are by far his most famous stories. Author Dana Meachen Rau takes readers through the book's history--from Carroll's initial inspiration--Alice Liddell--all the way to the movies, plays, and other adaptations that are entertaining fans today. Leseprobe What Is the Story of Alice in Wonderland? On July 4, 2015, residents of and visitors to Oxford, England, were invited to a dance called the Lobster Quadrille. They gathered in a large grassy field. When the music began, they danced the steps they had been practicing for weeks. Adults and children dressed as lobsters, turtles, playing cards, white rabbits, and queens. Many wore blue dresses and white aprons to look like the seven--year--old character Alice from the book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Every year, the town of Oxford presents Alice’s Day to celebrate the day in July 1862 when the writer Charles Dodgson took three young sisters of the Liddell family on a boat ride up the river Thames. During the trip, he invented a story about a girl named Alice who enters a magical place filled with odd creatures, silly games, and ridiculous adults. After that boat ride, Charles wrote down his story and published it as a children’s book. But the celebration of Alice’s Day in 2015 was extra special. The year 2015 marked 150 years since the publication of the book. The day was full of silly and strange events. Guests enjoyed tea parties and ran races that had no winners. They acted out stories and solved riddles. They gazed at the bones of an extinct dodo (a bird that couldn’t fly) at a nearby museum and asked advice from a caterpillar. Leaves, clocks, and hats hung as decorations above the city’s streets. When the writer Charles Dodgson created Alice in the 1860s, many stories for children were written to provide life lessons, or to teach children to mind their manners. But Alice was not like the characters in most other children’s books. She asked lots of questions, spoke up whenever she felt she should, often didn’t follow the rules, and got into plenty of trouble. Alice is so popular because she is curious, strong, and fearless, even when the world around her seems difficult to understand. Readers loved Alice when she first appeared in the book more than 150 years ago. She still has many fans throughout the world. Chapter 1: Serious and Silly Charles Dodgson Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was born on January 27, 1832, in Daresbury, England. His father worked for the church in the small village, and his mother took care of the home and children. Charles was the third oldest of eleven children. Charles’s mother and father taught him and his siblings school lessons at home. There was also time for fun. Charles liked to entertain his younger brothers and sisters. He invented games, played with puzzles, and created tiny furniture for the Dodgson children’s dollhouse. He used a wheelbarrow as a train to take riders to stops around the Dodgsons’ garde...
