The Magician’s Nephew

Two children in Victorian London try on a set of magic rings and find themselves stepping between worlds, one of which is nothing but darkness waiting to be filled. C. S. Lewis wrote The Magician's Nephew as the origin story of Narnia, and it accounts for the lamp-post, the wardrobe and the White Witch already familiar to anyone who has read the most famous Narnia book. Digory and Polly meet Aslan at the moment of creation, and the book weighs choices, temptation and consequence without slowing the adventure down. Reader notes: • Chronologically the earliest story in The Chronicles of Narnia sequence • Explains the origins of several details familiar from the better-known Narnia books • Works either as a first Narnia read or as a return visit for older readers • Classic prose that holds up well for reading aloud a chapter at a time Suited to readers from about eight upward, to families reading together and to adults revisiting the series; published by HarperCollins and available through Boipoka.