Wonderland: Alice in Poetry by Michaela Morgan
Lewis Carroll's Alice has been enchanting children for 150 years. Curious Alice, the bossy White Rabbit, the formidable Queen of Hearts and the Mad Hatter are among the best-loved, most iconic literary creations of all time. In Wonderland: Alice in Poetry, we celebrate the poems of Lewis Carroll, from the sublime to the surreal, including popular favourites such as Jabberwocky , The Walrus and the Carpenter and Tweedledum and Tweedledee. In addition to these classic, beloved poems, this beautiful collection features many contemporary poems from editor Michaela Morgan and a host of popular poets, including Roger McGough, John Agard, Grace Nichols, Rachel Rooney, Tony Mitton, Vivian French, Cheryl Moskowitz, Joseph Coehlo, and Jan Dean, each one putting their own spin on these classic texts.Michaela Morgan is the author of over 140 books. She regularly appears at the major literary festivals and in schools. Her latest title is Walter Tull's Scrapbook (BBC Blue Peter shortlisted and chosen for the Guardian cultural diversity awards). Her poems are widely anthologised and her collection of performance poems Words to Whisper, Words to Shout was also shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award. She is a National Poetry Day Ambassador.
Lewis Carroll was the pen-name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. Born in 1832, Dodgson was a mathematics tutor at Christ Church College, Oxford, where he met Alice Liddell, daughter of the dean, and inspiration for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The book and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, have delighted children all over the world for 150 years.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781509818846 |
| ISBN 10 | 1509818847 |
| Title | Wonderland: Alice in Poetry |
| Author | Michaela Morgan |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2016-09-22 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for CLiPPA Poetry Award 2017 |
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