I no longer have the ebook I downloaded so I am not able to read and review this title. After switching to a new laptop some of my data was lost. I am sorry for any inconvenience this has caused.

Kris

(I received a free copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.)

Alice in Wonderland is one of the great classics of children's literature, but what does anyone actually know about Wonderland? Through the diary of the White Rabbit's extremely busy wife, readers finally get to see what happens in the background during Alice's adventures.
Mrs. White Rabbit loves her husband and their many children, but with an invisible housecat from Cheshire and a young female visitor who frequently changes size, living in Wonderland comes with a number of challenges.

This gets two stars only because I really don't like leaving one star - unless a whole book is beyond redemption.

This book had stunning illustrations - that's gotta be worth at least one star.

The story, however, is one of the biggest letdowns in recent memory. What could have been a clever, witty and fun story of Mrs. White Rabbit's life, pretty much turned into a whinge-fest.

Every page was Mrs. Rabbit complaining about her life. It wasn't subtle. Nor was the patriarchal nature of the writing - do all the chores, have no career or aspirations, do as you are told - it got very annoying VERY quickly.

It is written up as "Children's Fiction" but I don't really know many children who would either a) understand it or b) care enough to finish it.

Disappointed, a lot.


Paul
ARH

I received an advanced copy of this from Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.

When I saw that this was based on Alice in Wonderland, I KNEW I had to try it out. It's the tale of the White Rabbit's wife, his many children, and their many woes. It's short and quick witted, but tells a pretty accurate tale of being a housewife (I've been one for months, and it's pretty spot on), but with the added intensity of living in Wonderland!

The illustrations were DELIGHTFUL, and the story was heart warming. The PDF was off, but I'm excited to see what this would look like in print. Again, the illustrations were so beautiful.

I can't believe I never reviewed this book. I loved it. In fact, I bought a copy for myself. The story is good, but what I really love are the illustrations. They are just beautiful. The kids will spend more time looking at the illustrations than it will take to read the book.

Brilliant! I found a hard copy and fell in love with this book! Fans of Alice in Wonderland will enjoy reading this book! Illustrations are detailed and funny and add so much to the hilarious text! Great story!

A Magical Wonderland of beautiful illustrations. Don’t be in a rush for this one!

Mrs. White Rabbit is a picture book with a magical wonderland of illustrations which are superb with carrotastic details and are a total delight for every Alice in Wonderland or Lewis Carroll fan, but for me, it’s directed at the wrong target audience (6 – 12 year olds).

To start off with, of course, you can read the book without knowing the famous novel, but ultimately you’ll miss out on numerous hugely enjoyable references.

To show you what I mean, let’s take a closer look at just ONE single beautiful picture of the book:

There’s a picture of a high street and we see a photography shop where the storefront window displays in golden capital letters the name of the owner: C. L. Dodgson, and Alice in Wonderland was written by English mathematician Charles Ludwig Dodgson, Lewis Carroll was his pseudonym.

On the pavement in front of the shop you see a dodo talking to a walrus and there’s the story, that Dodgson chose the Dodo in the story to represent himself, because he had a stammer and would often accidentally introduce himself as “Do-Do-Dodgson”.
The walrus on the other hand appears in “The Walrus and The Carpenter” a poem by Lewis Carroll which is recited in the original novel to Alice by Tweedledum and Tweedledee.

The shop is directly beside a pub, The Mushroom Tavern, and outside you see a blue caterpillar sitting at a table resembling a toadstool and he’s smoking a hookah. And look closely…..who’s sitting at the table beside the caterpillar? You can just see Alice’s blue dress and the white apron.
In Alice in Wonderland, it’s the blue caterpillar, sitting on a mushroom and smoking a hookah, who advises her, if she eats a piece of the mushroom, (depending from the side she breaks it off), it will either make her smaller or taller.

Beside the photography shop, there’s one where you can buy hats at mad prices and the (Mad) Hatter is another character of the original novel.

I could go on and on…..and, as mentioned, this is still just one picture of the book Mrs. White Rabbit.

On the other hand, there isn’t that much text. We get a few diary entries from Mr. White Rabbit’s long suffering wife, a mother of six and with the Cheshire Cat as a pet.

We hear, she’s very concerned, her teenage daughter (who goes by the name of Beatrix!) has developed an eating disorder, because she dreams of becoming a supermodel (which actually isn’t funny at all), but the cook book which she desperately tries front to back to encourage her daughter to eat “100 Ways to Cook Carrots” is something you don’t want to miss.
All 100 varieties are shown on a double page, favourite has to be “the carrot recipe to give you strength and hairy armpits”.

There are her two twins, Gilbert and George, of which one reads Peter Rabbit and the other The Times, which seem to be doing okay.
Her younger daughter Betty, who isn’t too keen to go to school and again the superbly detailed illustration showing her classroom is something you don’t want to miss either, with Mrs. Hare being her teacher (the wife of the March Hare?).
And then there are young Eliot and baby Emily and a young girl “with the unpleasant tendency to change size at the drop of a hat”.
Mrs. White Rabbit generally feels stressed, left alone running the household and is frustrated with her husband, who is always late and doesn’t pay her enough attention.

She will be in for a lovely surprise at the end of the book, but as far as I’m concerned, Mrs. White Rabbit “hops past” the target audience of 6 – 12 year olds.
Especially the younger ones will not get the fun of a recipe like “Carrots Brancusi”, (Brancusi was a Romanian artist and the carrot resembles one of his famous sculptures) and they will not see why it’s funny, that young Eliot tries to look at the underwear of his sister’s doll.

If you are a fan of Alice in Wonderland and the works of Lewis Carroll or are a teacher and are looking for hugely enjoyable extra material to make the classic novel more interesting and fun for your class, don’t even hesitate, here’s the right book for you.
But if you are looking for a nice picture book for a six year old, there are better books out there.

Personally, as a fan of Lewis Carroll’s work, I can’t help it, but give the book 5 carrot-shaped stars.

When I first picked up this book I didn't think I'd like it as I wasn't a huge fan of the front cover illustration, but after starting it I realised how wrong I was. The story is funny and keeps you entertained, I always thought that the White Rabbit would be single, but no! He has a wife and children back at home- its a very good book, really well put together and the illustrations are probably the best part!

A bedtime tale moms will enjoy reading. (5 stars)

Dear parents... I feel your pain. There are only so many times you can read Goodnight Moon or Pete the Cat before the bedtime story gets painful. They're totally great books but it's nice every once in a while to read one that the kids enjoy that has a little tongue-in-cheek humor that plays to the adults. Mrs. White Rabbit had me in stitches but managed to be entertaining for my 7-year-old too.

Taking an inside look at a never seen part of Wonderland and the long suffering wife of the ever late White Rabbit. This witty tome is sure to be a hit with moms thanks to the clever writing and hilarious illustrations. It might never be as popular with your kids as their old favorites but it's sure to be a welcome break once in a while.

I thoroughly enjoyed this story. I found it very funny and a good expansion of the beloved Wonderland universe. I do wonder what the audience for this is though. It is a rather simple picture book, yet the content seems a little mature for young children. I personally found the jokes and puns hilarious. However, I worry that they may go over the heads of younger children. I’m not sure that younger children would understand many of the puns, mainly because they address teen and adult situations. I feel like parents would have to explain to children, though I am sure all ages would enjoy the illustrations. I also liked the ending. It was quite unexpected, something you don’t see everyday.

'Mrs. White Rabbit' by Giles Bachelet is a wonderful kids book about the wife of the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland. While he is out running around, what does she do all day?

For one thing, she keeps a diary. She talks about her children. One wants to be a fashion model, the twins seem well behaved, one of the younger ones has brought home a cat that can become invisible, and so on. There really is a lot to do to keep such a large household running, and Mrs. Rabbit feels underappreciated by a husband that is always running away because he is late. Will he even remember her birthday?

The story is cute, but the real winner here are the illustrations. For fans of Alice in Wonderland, there are all kinds of details, like a window for a sporting goods store featuring flamingos and hedgehogs. The classroom illustration is my favorite. There are some weird moments in the illustrations like the twins playing with chamber pots and holding what looks like rabbit scat, but little readers probably don't know what these things are, so call it odd humor.

I received a review copy of this ebook from Wm. B. Eerdman's Publishing Company and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.

An absolutely adorable picture book for fans of Alice and her author, rabbits, the Victorian/Edwardian eras, and general delight and whimsey.

It’s the diary of Mrs. White Rabbit, who takes care of a large family, a cat that keeps appearing and disappearing, a girl who refuses to stay just one size, and a husband who is always late. No one seems to appreciate all Mrs. Rabbit does to keep the household running smoothly.

Be sure to look at the very detailed pictures, where you will discover hidden treats like a Titanic model “sunk” in a chamber pot, the Tweedledee/dum-ish bunny twins, a rabbit daughter with the appropriate name of Beatrix, and more. The schoolroom scene, spread over two pages, is particularly fun, with so many Alice elements, I can see that I’ll have to buy my own copy of this book to find them all.

I have a grandson who loves to sit and read books with Grandma. When I see something interesting on Netgalley I try to grab for our special time together. The cover for this one drew my attention and reading the synopsis I figured this was another great choice. I have never read Alice in Wonderland, but know enough that I didn't think it would matter.

I downloaded this to my iPad to get the full effect of the color illustrations. You can see from the cover how bright and colorful they are. That continued throughout the book making the visual part of this book very enticing, the story matched the pictures nicely.

The book is written as a Dear Diary by an unhappy wife/mother. Some of the wording wouldn't have been understood by a younger child as well as some of the mothers issues as she rants on about her unhappy life. While there were funny moments I think this book is for an older audience and those enthusiast fans of Alice in Wonderland.

I rated this 2 stars but because of the wonderful illustrates went to 3 stars.

Thank you to the publisher (via Netgalley) for an advanced copy.

Delightful! Older audiences familiar with “Alice in Wonderland” will appreciate the subtle nods to the story and adults will especially relate to the chaos in Mrs. White Rabbit’s life.

I'm not sure what this book is supposed to be. Is it a kids picture boo or a picture book for an adult? Mrs. White Rabbit (her hubby works for the Queen of Hearts) keeps a diary written in the form of a letter. She is busy and the kids are okay. The best part of the book are the wonderful illustrations, but I would have a hard time placing the book in a library collection and actually having it check out.

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The story is about how Mrs. White Rabbit gets through her day with all of her children, cooking, cleaning, and a husband who doesn't pay attention. The illustrations were great, but maybe just a little too much adult humor.

A part of the world of Alice in Wonderland as told by an insider.
The artwork is intense right off the bat; seemingly every millimeter of space is used to depict all the myriad ways rabbits entertain themselves, including reading Glamour. There’s one page of the eldest daughter wearing different hats—literally—all with openings for the bunny ears; some of these are hilarious. Another diorama—100 Ways To Cook Carrots—shows exactly that, though I think the cupcakes were going too far. I don’t like carrots, but I would try the cool-looking chessboard or dolphin.
The little bunny girl going to school looks quite scary, maybe because she’s forced to wear a tie with her dress. A transparent cat and a blonde girl of alternating sizes and some repute show up as well, though you only get to see her shoe.
Baby Emily “is the spitting image of her father; she bawls the whole blessed day.” There’s plenty of hidden humor if you look hard enough, like the name of the photographer as you take in the street scene.
This is a book to read over and over, as you’ll find something new each time. There’s more stuff going on in each painting than Where’s Waldo?
Other than rabbits having midlife crises, there’s no plot here, but that hardly matters. If there’s one complaint it’s the use of italics, which are difficult to read in the electronic edition until you make the font big enough.

Mrs. White Rabbit is the wife of the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland. Here we get an exclusive look into her diary.

Do you want to know why the White Rabbit was running late the morning that Alice followed him down the Rabbit Hole? Or meet his children, Beatrix, the eldest, who wants to be a supermodel, Gilbert and George the twins, then we have Betty, who is nervous about going to school, Eliot, who doesn’t want to take off his bunny costume, and lastly Emily, the baby who won’t stop crying.

Not only does Mrs. White Rabbit have five children to care for, and a home to run, she also has to deal with their sneaky adopted cat who always has a huge grin, and a young girl who can’t make her mind up whether she is little or big.

No wonder Mrs. White Rabbit is always exhausted.

Mrs. White Rabbit is an exquisitely illustrated book, with its large bold drawings throughout. The story is interesting and humorous, though I do feel that a lot of the puns were aimed at adults, and that children wouldn’t understand them.

It is a lovely book that fans of Alice in Wonderland will enjoy, especially with some of the main characters from the original story making an appearance.