C.S. Lewis is a master of the art of story-telling. In his second book in seven book series, "The Chronicles of Narnia," Lewis introduces the long-term protagonists of the series. When four children, Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy, find a fantastical world inside of a wardrobe, they discover that it is much more than any of them could ever have imagined. Throughout the story they learn courage and grow up, literally and figuratively, in the imaginary land called Narnia. Lewis does a fantastic job with suspension of disbelief, engulfing the reader in the world he has crafted so beautifully. He is wonderful at writing dialogue and creating believable, individual characters with distinctive personalities, and taught me quite a lot about how to develop characters in a story and separate them from one another. He also wraps up one story while leading into the next seamlessly. I highly recommend this book!