The Magician's Nephew
This is a story about something that happened long ago when your grandfather was a child. It is a very important story because it shows how all the comings and goings between our own world and the land of Narnia first began.
When Digory and Polly are tricked by Digory's peculiar Uncle Andrew into becoming part of an experiment, they set off on the adventure of a lifetime. What happens to the children when they touch Uncle Andrew's magic rings is far beyond anything even the old magician could have imagined. Hurtled into the wood between the Worlds, the children soon find that they can enter many worlds through the mysterious pools there. In one world they encounter the evil Queen Jadis, who chases them from world, until finally the children find themselves in what will come to be known as the land of Narnia...
About the Chronicles of Narnia Series
Books in series order
- 1.The Magician's Nephew(1955)
- 2.The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe(1950)
- 3.The Horse and His Boy(1954)
- 4.Prince Caspian(1951)
- 5.The Voyage of the Dawn Treader(1952)
- 6.The Silver Chair(1953)
- 7.The Last Battle(1956)
Reading age: 8+ years
This series should be read in order.
'The Chronicles of Narnia', by C.S. Lewis, is one of those rare series that should be read at least three times: in childhood, early adulthood, and again late in life. Each time, something new will be gained from this fantastical world and the colourful characters who inhabit it. Narnia is a world where all visitors have an important role to play and everything is far more than it seems. Richly told, populated with fascinating characters, perfectly realised in detail of world and pacing of plot, the story is infused throughout with the timeless issues of good and evil, faith and hope.

