Published for Christmas 1871, this tantalising story by Lewis Carroll is the mirror image of his Alice in Wonderland. When Alice crashes through the looking glass she enters a world set out like a giant chess board. But can she decode the bizarre rules of the mirror-world? From the BBC

Matilda is a cool, calm, pint-sized five-year-old genius who has special powers. But not everything is perfect in her world. She has two of the most idiotic, self-centred parents who ever lived. And the headmistress of her school is a terrifying bully. Lenny Henry is the narrator in this dramatisation of Roald Dahl’s children’s classic. From the BBC