as reported by the Idaho Statesman

The Today Show’s Al Roker has selected “100 Cupboards: Book 1,” the first book in the children’s fantasy series by Idaho’s N. D. Wilson for his Al’s Book Club.

Wilson was born and raised in Moscow, and now has a literary fellowship at New Saint Andrews College there. Wilson grew up enchanted by magical children’s stories set in England, and wanted to write one that is set in America, he said.

The books are about Henry York, a young boy whose parents are kidnapped while on a bicycle tour of South America. Henry is sent to live with his eccentric aunt and three girl cousins on their farm in Kansas. In his room, he discovers a wall of magical cupboards and tries to find out what is in them. There are three books in “100 Cupboards” series so far.