Alice in Wonderland and Alice through the Looking Glass
These two children’s books by Lewis Carroll are classic stories.
I read them as a child and now to my young nephews and nieces.
I believe that all children love to read about others kids who are on their own and experience adventures.
Alice is a little girl of seven years old who follows a rabbit down a hole and is brought to a very wonderful but frightening place.
She encounters good and bad characters on the way but as in all good children’s stories it all ends well.
Alice Day in Llandudno North Wales, UK
Guinness Book of Records
The 160th birthday of Alice Liddell was celebrated in Llandudno on Friday 4th May 2012.
There was also a world record attempt and 1,716 jam tarts were eaten altogether in the hour.
This set a world record for the number of jam tarts eaten at an Alice in Wonderland themed Tea Party and has been passed on to the Guinness Book of Records.
The reason Llandudno in Wales was celebrating Alice Day is that the inspiration for the character of Alice in the Lewis Carroll books Alice in Wonderland and Through the looking glass is based on a child called Alice Liddell.
She spent her childhood in Llandudno at a holiday house her father had built in the town.
Over nine hundred school children and thousands of adults attended Alice Day in Llandudno, North Wales.
Fifty local drama students took part in the celebrations and were dressed up as characters from the book.
They stayed in character during the day much to the delight of the local children. Ian Turner a local entertainer was MC for the day.
The world Guinness Book of Records attempt for the most Jam Tarts eaten at an Alice in Wonderland event
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Alice in Wonderland Tea Party in Llandudno North Wales UK
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The Queen of Hearts with the children at the Tea Party
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The girl the Alice in Wonderland stories were based on
Alice Pleasance Liddell was born on 4 May 1852; she was one of ten children.
When Alice was born her father was the headmaster of the boarding school WestminsterSchool.
Later the family moved to ChristChurch in Oxford as her father had been appointed to the deanery. He has their new house renovated and the family moved there in 1856.
In the gardens of the cathedral Alice met the author Charles Dodgson along with her sister and Governess. He was taking photographs of the cathedral on 25 April 1856 and asked the young children to pose for him in the garden. He became a friend of the family then.
The birth of the story of Alice in Wonderland
Alice was ten years old when she and her two sisters Lorina and Edith age thirteen and eight went on a boat trip and picnic. They went on this summer outing with the Reverend Duckworth, Charles Dodgson and their Governess.
To entertain the children Charles Dodgson told them a story about a girl called Alice and what happened to her when she fell into the rabbit hole. This was not unusual as he often told them stories when they met.
But this time Alice asked him would he write it down because she loved it so much. He told her he would do that for her. It was not for another two years though till Alice got her story in an illustrated booklet.
The Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland. A statue on the promenade at Llandudno Wales
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A wooden Statue of Alice in Llandudno Wales from Alice in Wonderland books
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The house where Alice Liddell spent her childhood during the summer in Llandudno Wales UK
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