The upcoming release of Tim Burton's 3-D movie version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has sparked a renewed interested in the famous story and author. Charles Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll, was inspired to write the tale by his ten-year-old neighbor Alice Liddell. The publication of this classic book proved to have a profound impact on the real-life Alice, along with readers worldwide. This is evident in a letter written by Alice Liddell to her older sister: "But oh my dear, I am getting tired of being Alice in Wonderland. Does it sound ungrateful? It is. Only I do get tired."Interested in learning more?
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Check out Alice I Have Been, Melanie Benjamin's fictional take on Alice Liddell and her life. Click here to read the starred review from Publisher's Weekly, and here to read "Years Beyond the Rabbit Hole, 'Alice' Looks Back," NPR's coverage of the book.
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Also, give the Syfy channel's mini-series version of Alice a try. Click here for details, including a behind the scenes video.
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Click here to read critic reviews of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland.
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Library Journal published an in-depth reader's advisory article for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland that can be read here.
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Stop by the library and pick up one of the many items related to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, including the books Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin, Alice's Adventures: Lewis Carroll and Alice in Popular Culture by Will Brooker, Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy: Curioser and Curioser edited by Richard Brian Davis, The Annotated Alice, and the films Alice and Alice in Wonderland.
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Quote by Alice Liddell taken from NPR's article "Years Beyond the Rabbit Hole, 'Alice' Looks Back."
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