Book description
The Narnia Chronicles, first published in 1950, have been and remain
some of the most enduringly popular ever published. The best known, the
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, has been translated into 29 languages!
The illustrations in this book have been coloured by the original
artist, Pauline Baynes. ***Contains Colour Images**
"This is the land of Narnia," said the Faun, "where we
are now. And you - you have come from the wild woods of the west!"
"I - I got in through the wardrobe in the spare room," said Lucy.
Lucy steps into the Professor's wardrobe - but steps out again into a
snowy forest. She's stumbled upon the magical world of Narnia, a land of
unicorns, centaurs, fauns… and the wicked White Witch, who terrorises
all. Lucy soon realises that Narnia, and in particular Aslan, the great
Lion, needs her help if the county's creatures are ever going to be free
again… Clive Staples Lewis, born in 1898, wrote many books for adults
but the Narnia stories were his only works for children. The final
title, The Last Battle, published in 1956, won the Carnegie Award, the
highest mark of excellence in children's literature.
