Alice Liddell was the real life Alice in Wonderland. She spent her holidays in Llandudno with her family and her adventures there are believed to be the inspiration for the book.
Llandudno is proud of it's connection to Alice in Wonderland. There is an Alice trail you can do. It's only £2.99 and can be a nice walk but be warned it's not buggy friendly! After walking round the Orme and managing to get the buggy down some steps we were faced with a gate we couldn't get through. Luckily Daddy Monkey was there to lift the pram over.
If you ignore the pram disasters, we enjoyed the trail. It was a nice walk in the sunshine, we found new places to explore and Monkey seemed to like the statues.
Once we were back there was really only one bedtime story we could have. Monkey is still too young for the original book but in a strange coincidence we had borrowed the Ladybird First Favourite Tales version from the library before we went.
This is a great version of the story to read with young children. There is lots of rhyme and the main parts of the story are told simply and clearly. It's a very colourful book with lots of bright pictures which Monkey enjoyed.
We'll be looking out for more in the series!
My toddler would love that story as she is really getting into books at the moment x #readwithme
ReplyDeleteGosh you learn something new everyday! I did not know about that connection at all. I'll have to get Alice In wonderland for Eva x #readwithme
ReplyDeleteThis is one of my favourite stories!! The trail looks so fun!! Thanks for sharing with #readwithme x
ReplyDeleteI had no idea about the Llandudno connection either. It sounds like a lovely walk though and I like the look of the book - less daunting than picking up one of the big copies!
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