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Alice’s Day: 4th July 2009
A countywide celebration of Alice in Wonderland
One golden afternoon on 4th July 1862 Charles Dodgson, an Oxford don, took Alice Liddell and her sisters on a boating picnic up the River Thames from Folly Bridge in Oxford. To amuse the children he told them a story about a little girl, sitting bored by a riverbank, who finds herself tumbling down a rabbit hole into a topsy-turvy world called Wonderland.
The story so delighted the 10-year-old Alice that she begged him to write it down. The result was Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland which was published in 1865 under the pen name Lewis Carroll and became one of the best-loved children’s books ever written.
On the 4th July 2009 the Story Museum coordinated a frabjous day of family fun as Oxford turned into Wonderland for the day to celebrate this important happening for children and their stories. Visitors recreated Alice’s journey down the white rabbit’s hole in a city-wide trail, “a unique and exciting way to bring a classic story to life for children today.”
- Displays of Alice treasures at world class venues
- White Rabbits performing on random street corners
- Storytellers in university quadrangles
- Performances, talks, games and activities along the way
- Tea party picnic in Oxford University Botanic Gardens
- Acclaimed children’s author and illustrator Helen Oxenbury in Borders
BREAKING NEWS: the Story Museum hopes to coordinate a third Alice’s Day in 2010, so put the 10th July 2010 in your diaries now!
These images show, from top to bottom, Shiplake College’s Mad Dogs Theatre Company at Alice’s Day in 2009, The Curious Company at Alice’s Day in 2007, and a child enjoying Alice’s Day activities.
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