The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

Lewis, C.S. 1950. The Chronicles of Narnia. New York: HarperCollins.

The wardrobe where Lucy conceals herself during the game of hide-and-seek is deep. So deep in fact that, as she moves further and further to the back of the wardrobe, Lucy begins to feel the prickles of pine needles and see a kind of weak, winter sunlight. Emerging finally into the light she steps into a kind of courtyard with a glowing street lamp and feels the crunch of snow-covered ground beneath her feet. When Mr. Tumnus the faun comes trotting along on his little hooves and invites her back to his house for tea, Lucy knows she isn't in England anymore. However, when she returns through the wardrobe to the big, country house she is sharing temporarily with her brothers Peter and Edmund and her sister Susan to escape the bombing in WWII London, and tells them of her adventure in Narnia with Mr. Tumnus, none of them believe her. That is until a few weeks later when they all find themselves hiding in the wardrobe to escape a house tour and they all feel the prickling of the pine needles, see the light and find themselves in the snowy courtyard with the glowing street lamp. They soon discover their coming has been foretold and their appearance in Narnia, where it is forever winter, will mark the beginning of a fierce battle between good and evil. In his first book of The Chronicles of Narnia series renowned author C.S. Lewis takes readers on a magical journey to a land where evil has held sway over good for longer than anyone can tell. Along the way we meet animals with human characteristics, both good and bad, and see through the eyes of Lucy, Peter, Edmund, and Susan, the power of honesty, bravery, and love and witness how their opposites; deceit, cowardess, and envy allow evil to flourish.