{"product_id":"the-nursery-alice","title":"The Nursery Alice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\"I wrote to Macmillan to suggest a new idea: a 'Nursery Edition' of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAlice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e with pictures\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eprinted in.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e– Lewis Carroll's diary, 15th February 1881\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Nursery Alice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, originally published by Macmillan \u0026amp; Co. in 1890, was the very first colour edition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAlice's Adventures in Wonderland\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. It was intended, wrote Carroll, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\"to be read by Children aged from Nought to Five. To be read? Nay, not so! Say rather to be thumbed, to be cooed over, to be dogs'-eared, to be rumpled, to be kissed . . .\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith this new, younger readership in mind, Carroll rewrote \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAlice \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehimself, simplifying and abridging the original text, while Sir John Tenniel redrew, enlarged and coloured twenty of his iconic illustrations (with Alice in a yellow dress to reflect the 1890s craze for yellow!). The resulting book is a delightfully engaging experience; readers prompted to interact not only with the story but also with the images and even the physical book itself, in a way that is thoroughly modern.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGloriously reproduced by Macmillan, the original publishers of both Lewis Carroll's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAlice \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebooks, this edition retains every word of the original \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Nursery Alice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and restores the exquisite delicacy of Tenniel's artwork - lost in reproductions across the decades - along with the delightful cover artwork by Emily Gertrude Thomson. This gem of a book is the perfect introduction to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAlice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and a delight for child and adult readers alike.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":67610834534549,"sku":"9781035050499","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Used - Like New","offer_id":67610834567317,"sku":"9781035050499UL","price":11.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/2456\/3093\/files\/0a49ace6594202a3fba439b849a33c0193912df887eca9713a34c685e1b74e47.jpg?v=1751396565","url":"https:\/\/www.blackcatfables.com\/products\/the-nursery-alice","provider":"Black Cat Fables","version":"1.0","type":"link"}