در کتاب خواندنی آنسوی آینه Through The Looking Glass آلیس Alice با پیروی از تصمیم ازادانه خود وارد شهر اینه می شود تا دوباره به گشت و گذار و تفریح و اشنایی با دیگر موجودات بپردازد. در این شهر همه چیز از اصول و قواعد شطرنج پیروی می کند و آلیس Alice تنها یک سرباز محسوب می شود. همه چیز به ظاهر خوب است اما او نمی داند که با پیمودن هریک از خانه های این شطرنج قرار است با چه چیزهایی روبرو شود و دوباره وارد چه ماجراهای عجیب و غریبی شود...
It is 1880, in the Opera House in Paris. Everybody is talking about the Phantom of the Opera, the ghost that lives somewhere under the Opera House. The Phantom is a man in black clothes. He is a body without a head, he is a head without a body. He has a yellow face, he has no nose, he has black holes for eyes. Everybody is afraid of the Phantom - the singers, the dancers, the directors, the stage workers... But who has actually seen him?
In English-speaking countries around the world people celebrate Easter, Valentine's Day, Christmas, and other special days. Some celebrations are new, others, like the summer solstice, go back thousands of years. What happens on these special days? Why is there a special day for eating pancakes? Who is the 'guy' that children take onto the streets in November? And where do many people like to spend the shortest night of the year in England? Come on a journey through a year of celebrations, from New Year's Eve to Christmas.