Now here is a book that should be read by everybody – twice! Once as a youngster – somewhere between the ages of 7 and 14
– and again as an
adult. Two different books with the same cover, same words and a magic that transforms it like no other book I’ve ever read from a fun story to a philosophical commentary on society.
For any
child, this story is a thriving, fast-paced and exciting adventure where there is no knowing what might be encountered on the next page – singing walruses, tea parties with rabbits and hares, dancing teapots, lotions and potions and shrink and enlarge, cruel and dangerous playing cards … is there no end to the trips of imagination that the child reader will take?
And as an adult – one might indulge oneself in the language, so carefully crafted. The puns and the nuances; the jokes and the social commentaries that abound in every chapter, on every page – with far too much subtlety to be picked up by the average child. This is a book which will make a child’s eyes burst with wonder – and will make any adult laugh out loud. There IS no equivalent.