The Magician's Nephew (The Chronicles of Narnia)

(Ages 9 and older) --Emilie Coulter. The many readers who discovered C.S. Lewis's Chronicles through The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe will be delighted to find that the next volume in the series is actually the first in the sequence--and a step back in time. Rich, heavy pages, a gold-embossed cover, and Pauline Baynes's original illustrations (hand-colored by the illustrator herself 40 years later) make this special edition of a classic a bona fide treasure. This large, deluxe hardcover edition of the first title in the classic Chronicles of Narnia series, The Magician's Nephew, is a gorgeous introduc

Astro Cat said I love Narnia.. Everyone should love Narnia. I was supposed to read this as a school project. Needless to say, that wasn't exactly a chore for me!I have read the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe before and this really does explain every part of that, from how the white witch started to how there was another world to who the professor was other than just "professor" and even how the wardrobe got there and became a portal practically.Not to mention the warning here from Aslan made sense, with the whole world war. leslie said The Magician's Nephew. A wonderful beginning to a beautiful series of stories. Not only are the biblical references a delight, but the pieces that hearken to modern literature are so much fun to discover. Even Stephen King and Peter Straub have "borrowed" bits from Narnia such as a Talismanic apple to save a dying mother after a quest to retrieve it. Not a children's story by any means, although it can be read and appreciated by children of all ages. Any reader who begins the series with "The Lion, the Witch, and the . Hard to put down! This is the fastest I've read any book lately. I should probably have been sleeping part of that time!I do have a bit of a problem with C.S. Lewis' (Frank the Cabbie's) theology on salvation, but the story is engaging, and has many allusions to the Bible, without being preachy. No wonder this has been popular since 1955. This was the 6th of the Narnia tales to be written, but it gives the background to the others.

This is the story that C.S. Lewis intended to be the first in his landmark series, The Chronicles of Narnia. In this unforgettable story, C.S. Here we are introduced to Polly and Digory, who are tricked by Digory's uncle, Andrew, into becoming part of an experiment that transports them into the adventure of a lifetime. Lewis shows us how the adventure began - the glorious birth of the land of Narnia at the hand of its mysterious King - an audio delight for listeners young and old.