Set in the woods of northern Ontario, Johnny Orchard and his pet bear are the stars in this 1953 Caldecott winning book. Johnny sets off for a bear skin, but returns with a very large, and very furry friend.
In book two in the classic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia, four children are evacuated to an English country house during wartime. They discover Narnia through a wardrobe in one of the bedrooms.