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What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Sir John Tenniel

h1 October 9th, 2015 by jules


” … but, when the Rabbit actually took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and, burning with curiosity, she ran across the field after it, and was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge.”


 

Today over at Kirkus, I write about Michael Rosen’s A Great Big Cuddle: Poems for the Very Young, illustrated by Chris Riddell (Candlewick, September 2015). That link is here.

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Last week, I wrote (here) about Macmillan’s The Complete Alice, celebrating 150 years of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Today I’ve got a small handful of illustrations from the book — the ones colored by Diz Wallis in 1995.

Enjoy.



 


” … and tied round the neck of the bottle was a paper label,
with the words ‘DRINK ME’ beautifully printed on it in large letters.”


 


“Alice thought she had never seen
such a curious croquet-ground in her life …”


 


“‘I’d rather finish my tea,’ said the Hatter …”


 



 

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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: Illustrations copyright Macmillan 1995.





One comment to “What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Sir John Tenniel”

  1. Want.

         by Little Willow October 9th, 2015 at 1:44 pm

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