The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Brief Description:
Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter.

Brief Description:
Our hardcover and paperback digest editions of THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA are now graced with new jacket and cover art by 2-time Caldecott medalist David Wiesner.

Jacket Description/Back:
Narnia ... the land beyond the wardrobe, the secret country known only to Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy ... the place where the adventure begins. Lucy is the first to find the secret of the wardrobe in the professor's mysterious old house. At first, no one believes her when she tells of her adventures in the land of Narnia. But soon Edmund and then Peter and Susan discover the Magic a meet Aslan, the Great Lion, for themselves. In the blink of an eye, their lives are changed forever.

Marc Notes:
Map on back inside cover.;Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter.

Publisher Marketing:
NARNIA...the land beyond the wardrobe, the secret country known only to Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy...the place where the adventure begins.

Publisher Marketing:

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OPEN A DOOR AND ENTER A WORLD--

A WORLD TRAPPED IN ETERNAL WINTER,

AWAITING HOPE . . . AND FREEDOM.

Four siblings step through a mysterious wardrobe and into the magical Narnia, a once-peaceful land now frozen in snow and stone by the cruelty of the evil White Witch. Only the return of the Great Lion, Aslan, can put an end to the White Witch's tyranny and restore peace. But for winter to meet its death and spring to come again, a great sacrifice must be made. . . .

And there is more to the adventure. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is the second book in C. S. Lewis's classic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia, which has captivated readers of all ages with a magical land and unforgettable characters for over seventy-five years.

This is a stand-alone novel, but if you would like to discover more about Narnia, read The Horse and His Boy, the third book in The Chronicles of Narnia, the greatest epic fantasy series of all time.

Read them all:

- The Magician's Nephew

- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

- The Horse and His Boy

- Prince Caspian

- The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

- The Silver Chair

- The Last Battle

Review Citations:

• Entertainment Weekly 11/14/2014 pg. 111 (EAN 9780064404990, Paperback)
• Wilson Children's Catalog 04/11/2019 (EAN 9780064404990, Paperback)
• Wilson Middle/Jr. High Catalog 04/11/2019 (EAN 9780064404990, Paperback)
• Christian Advance 09/01/2005 pg. 40 (EAN 9781589972834, Compact Disc)
• Ingram Advance 10/01/2005 pg. 234 (EAN 9781589972834, Compact Disc)
• Ingram Advance 11/01/2005 pg. 156 (EAN 9781589972834, Compact Disc)
• Ingram Advance 11/01/2005 pg. 156 (EAN 9780060826482, Compact Disc)
• Ingram Advance 05/01/2005 pg. 171 (EAN 9781589972933, Compact Disc)
• Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2005 pg. 280 (EAN 9780060556501, Hardcover)
• Best of Book Sense/First 5 Yrs 04/01/2004 pg. 1 (EAN 9780060530839, Hardcover)
• Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2003 pg. 97 (EAN 9780060530839, Hardcover)
• Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2004 pg. 97 (EAN 9780060530839, Hardcover)
• Chronicle of Higher Education 02/15/2013 pg. 15 (EAN 9780064471046, Mass Market Paperbound)
• Christianity Today 07/01/2013 pg. 84 (EAN 9780064471046, Mass Market Paperbound)
• Wilson Children's Catalog 04/11/2019 (EAN 9780060234829, Hardcover)
• Wilson Middle/Jr. High Catalog 04/11/2019 (EAN 9780060234829, Hardcover)
• Wilson Children's Catalog 04/11/2019 (EAN 9780060234812, Hardcover)
• Wilson Middle/Jr. High Catalog 04/11/2019 (EAN 9780060234812, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:Lewis, C S

Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He was a Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Oxford University until 1954, when he was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University, a position he held until his retirement. He wrote more than thirty books, allowing him to reach a vast audience, and his works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year. His most distinguished and popular accomplishments include Out of the Silent Planet, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, and the universally acknowledged classics in The Chronicles of Narnia. To date, the Narnia books have sold over 100 million copies and have been transformed into three major motion pictures.