The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia #1)

I'll be honest with you.

I didn't read this book!

Teacher read it aloud as we sat there enchanted and spellbound.

Little boys and girls fumble through heavy fur coats at the back of the wardrobe, to transition on the other side in a fantasy realm where they become heroes, where decisions are important and they fight valiantly in battle, including the appearance of amazing creatures, talking lions and wicked witches.

Follow, follow, follow... the yellow brick road sing the cheery munchkins in The Wizard of Oz, with beguiling lions and nasty witches in that too!

We are treated to good versus evil to light up our minds and the most fertile imaginations.

This book transports you for hours into a blissful world where kids and their decisions really matter.

If you've got little kids in your life, this is a five-star classic and an essential read.

Unfortunately, the Narnia spell was broken for me years later when Tilda Swinton jumped onto the back of Aslan and annoyed the living hell out of the screen in a disastrous movie of the same name, which I loathed.

Probably because you can't relive your childhood or recreate those fond memories as it doesn't work like that, but remains in the memory as an amazing delight and fond farewell.

This will forever reside in my cerebral cortex as a wonderful fantasy adventure and I will never forget it.