Sheridan Smith to voice Alice in Wonderland

Actress Sheridan Smith will voice a new audiobook of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland as part of the global Puffin Classics re-launch. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland will be one of twenty Puffin Classics being reissued by Penguin Children’s Books, in a new series design by contemporary designers. This year is the 150th anniversary of the book’s publication. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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