There’s romance as well as comedy in this eye-catching book. Lazlo loves the girl playing Alice in a theatre production of Alice in Wonderland and he’s got a front row seat for the show. As Lazlo strolls into the theatre with the red rose he’s bought for her a cheeky cat snatches the rose and runs into the theatre through the stage door. Lazlo chases it through the props room, the orchestra, even across the stage, disrupting the Mad Hatter’s tea party, until at last he gets the rose back, and a kiss from his sweetheart. Busy scenes are depicted in intricate black and white illustrations, details picked out in splashes of colour, and there’s lots to spot. As much a tribute to Alice in Wonderland as a comedy caper, and a delight from start to finish. ~Andrea Reece
It's curtains up on a delightful new production from Steve Light, whose intricate pen-and-ink style sets the stage for a romantic gesture gone comically awry.
Lazlo is in love. He selects the perfect red rose and sets off to the theater to present it to his beloved, an actress currently starring in Alice in Wonderland. When a naughty cat snatches the flower, Lazlo gives chase. Through the stage door, round and round backstage, through the orchestra pit they go, wreaking havoc along the way. Readers are treated to an array of delightful characters from Lewis Carroll's classic, along with an insider's view of the workings of a majestic theater. An author's note describes the numerous superstitions related to theater that appear in the book, and invites readers to spot them.
Steve Light is the author-illustrator of many books for children, including The Christmas Giant and Zephyr Takes Flight. Upon graduating from Pratt Institute he did corporate illustrations for companies such as: AT&T, Sony Films, and the New York Times Book Review.
He also makes sculptures and toys out of wood. Steve lives in New York City.
