- Hardcover: 12 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia; New e. edition (Nov 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0689847432
- ISBN-13: 978-0689847431
- Product Dimensions: 26.2 x 21.1 x 5.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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A little girl falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Just purchased this book after hearing about it on NPR (I live in the US). Beautifully illustrated, with some wonderful, if delicate pop-ups and other constructions. Robert Sabuda truly is a "paper engineer", the 3-D depiction of the rabbit hole with the falling Alice, the tea-party are all imaginatively depicted. However, some of the pop-ups are particularly fragile and so I think this is a book better for the older child or even adult.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I am a real fan of Robert Sabuda's minimalist white sculptures illustrating well-known Christmas verses. However, I did not like this interpretation of a classic children's story. I bought it out of curiosity, wondering how on earth he could deal with an entire novel. It is so heavily abridged as to be unrecognisable for the subtlty and beauty of Carroll's original. How can you have Alice in Wonderland in 12 pages with only a few lines of text on each page?
In contrast to Sabuda's real masterpieces, the pages of this story were cluttered and inelegant. I'm still impressed by his paper sculptures but I wouldn't recommend this book for "Alice" fans or for those who want to see Sabuda at his best.
In contrast to Sabuda's real masterpieces, the pages of this story were cluttered and inelegant. I'm still impressed by his paper sculptures but I wouldn't recommend this book for "Alice" fans or for those who want to see Sabuda at his best.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
My six-year old daughter and I read the original in a beautifully illustrated version but couldn't resist adding this to the book shelf as well. It's a visual feast of wonderfully clever paper engineering, with bold bright images that spring right out of the page. They were striking (and strong) enough to entice my four-year old boy into Wonderland whereas the classic version with Oxenbury's illustrations hadn't excited him. Obviously the story is heavily abridged, with about 5000 words to Carroll's 30,000. However, marketed as a pop-up adaptation, surely this is what a reader should expect. The overall feel and flow is pretty true to the original, and there is a wealth of prose and other pop-up features crammed into mini-books on each double page.
It must have been a daunting challenge to compact this complex narrative into just six "scenes" [The Riverbank, The White Rabbit's House, The Duchess's Kitchen, The Mad Hatter's Tea party, The Croquet ground, and "Nothing but a pack of cards"] and I would like to congratulate Robert Sabuda for a fresh and stunning approach to a traditional favourite. What a great way to lead a younger child into Wonderland.
[And if you like this, Sabuda does an equally amazing Wizard of Oz...]
It must have been a daunting challenge to compact this complex narrative into just six "scenes" [The Riverbank, The White Rabbit's House, The Duchess's Kitchen, The Mad Hatter's Tea party, The Croquet ground, and "Nothing but a pack of cards"] and I would like to congratulate Robert Sabuda for a fresh and stunning approach to a traditional favourite. What a great way to lead a younger child into Wonderland.
[And if you like this, Sabuda does an equally amazing Wizard of Oz...]
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