Alice in Wonderland: A BabyLit Colors Primer

Another babylit book, this one pertaining to the psychedelic classic, Alice in Wonderland. The overt purpose of the book is to teach about colors, but the underlying mission remains - introducing young readers to great books of literature. All of the color choices here invoke a character or important moment from the inspiring book. For example, a blue caterpillar, red hearts on the Queen of hearts, and black shoes on Alice as she falls through the rabbits hole. The Cheshire cat is orange, and the illustrator cleverly superimposes the color on a pink background close in shade, so that the cat seems to fade into the picture. The illustrations are charming and funny, and capture the surreal world of the novel that the book is presenting. show more One other detail on these books, that I overlooked in the other reviews, is the cute titles the authors use for the original writers, calling them little miss or little master. This is just another nice touch in a series that applies its imagination and intelligence in every detail. I love these books. I know the gifts I will be buying for all baby showers in the future. show less

I can't believe they got the colour blue wrong in a book purporting to be about colours. The "blue caterpillar" is distinctly teal-green, and not blue at all, not even blue enough to be called turquoise or aqua. It's fine for my Alice collection, but I won't be reading it to my young grandchildren to help them learn colours!

A highly attractive book, but of limited didactic value.

{ I received this book and Little Miss Bronte for free in exchange for an honest review. Full review originally posted to my blog, PidginPea's Book Nook. }

I can't even take it. How precious are these books?? The Baby Lit books are described as "A Series of Board Books for Brilliant Babies," but I think parents (any adult, for that matter) would get just as much enjoyment out of them as babies would, if not more.

The books incorporate some of the major aspects of each story and bring them to life with charming illustrations. Little Master Carroll, or "Alice in Wonderland, a colors primer," is my favorite of the two books; it highlights most of the major characters from the original story and presents them in a way that even children show more unfamiliar with the story would still enjoy. The colors are bold and recognizable; I can just picture little fingers excitedly pointing out the white rabbit and the red hearts.

Both of these fun, beautiful Baby Lit books will be staying on my shelf until I have little readers of my own to introduce them to! show less

These BabyLit books are adorable! I have Little Master Carroll and Little Miss Brontë in front of me, but there are several more available in Jennifer Adams's new series for budding bibliophiles.

The Alice in Wonderland adaptation is a "colors primer"; the Jane Eyre a "counting primer." Both incorporate imaginative, beautiful, captivating images by Alison Oliver inspired by the classics they emulate. They are not summaries of the plots by any means, giving only the merest nods to the originals. But they are baby picture books, after all, not graphic novels.

I don't have a baby or a toddler to read them with, and can't speculate as to what holds a two-year old's attention, book-wise. The boards seem plenty sturdy for little teeth and show more slick enough not to absorb drool, which seems like a good endorsement for a baby book.

For me, the point of these is that they are super cute for adults trying to indoctrinate tiny readers early into a book culture -- either those adults actually reading to the little tykes or, like me, those looking for something fresh and clever to give as gifts to the newborns we come across. show less

{My thoughts} – Alice in Wonderland by Jennifer Adams is the second book in this series that my girls and I have read together.

The cover of the book is eye catching and appealing. It has a big illustration of the Cheshire Cat on the cover. The colors are bright but easy on the eyes.

This book is made in a much more simpler way when it comes to helping to teach colors. When you open the book the page on the left is patterned and has the color and word that relates to the subject matter on the right page. The page on the right also only has one object/character and then is on a plain colored background.

I really enjoyed reading through this book with my one year-old. She was interested in mostly turning the pages. She also listened when I show more was pointing to the objects and telling her what they were in relation to the colors being shown.

The illustrations are really nice and simple. They help to show your child colors and relation to objects. I think it was illustrated nicely in relation to the Alice in Wonderland theme. I also found it to be a nice introduction for babies and toddlers into the Alice and Wonderland world.

I Think this book will make a wonderful addition to any young child’s library. show less

How cute are these books? Seriously! Baby Lit Books take these well known classics and turn them into something that every baby would love. The pictures are bursting with character and color. They teach counting and colors. Reading this book to your child will give them their first introduction to classic literature but in a very fun way. The Baby Lit series includes: Alice in Wonderland, Jane Eyre, Romeo and Juliet, and Pride and Prejudice. I only wish that this series was available when my kids were babies. These books are adorable.

I love the entire series of classics for preschoolers and early readers as much as my 2-year-old granddaughter -- If you have kids or grandkids, these are a great addition to your home library and will get children interested in the classics from an early age. Each has a different educational element to it:
Little Miss Austen:
Pride and Prejudice is a counting primer
Sense and Sensibility is a an opposites primer
Little Miss Bronte:
Wuthering Heights is a weather primer
Little Master Conan Doyle:
Sherlock Holmes in The Hound of the Baskervilles is a sounds primer
Little Master Kipling
The Jungle Book is an animals primer
Little Master Carroll
Alice in Wonderland a colors primer