?Curiouser and curiouser!? on a hot, sunny day Alice sees a rabbit in a waistcoat and follows it into a large hole. With this, Alice goes spiralling down into a fantastical land of Very strange creatures – talking white rabbit, a Frog-Footman, smiling Cheshire cat, hookah-smoking caterpillar, mad Hatter and, of course, the cruel queen. A land where Alice can be three inches or nine feet tall with just a gulp of a ?curious? drink or a bite of a mushroom; a place where everything and anything is possible. But where is this strange land? And will Alice ever get out of this mysterious place and go back to the real world? Alice in Wonderland is a classic book for all ages as Lewis Carroll blends imagination and word-play to create a world of wonders. “Through the looking glass is the sequel to Alice?s adventures in Wonderland. It is based on his meeting with another Alice, Alice Raikes. Set some six months later than the earlier book, Alice again enters a fantastical world, This time by climbing through a mirror into the world that she can see beyond it. The book takes a look at the world of the mirror and the world beyond it. Reflections, distortions, and fantasy are major ingredients in this wonderful book, which brings together the worlds of the child and the adult. Sparkling characters are found in the narrative, ranging from Humpty Dumpty to the Red queen to the unicorn. The story opens on a Snowy, wintry night, uses frequent changes in time and spatial directions as a plot device, and draws on the imagery of chess. In it, there are many mirror themes, including opposites, time running backwards, and so on.”.