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Loading... The Magician's Nephew (Book 1) (Narnia)by C. S. Lewis
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. We started this one a long time ago, and then stopped very near to the end. Then last night Patch says, "Let's go back to that green book." He didn't need to go back to the beginning. He didn't remember all of the characters, but the reading is pretty good pretty much wherever you jump in. He's enjoying the way that the animals try to feed Uncle Andrew. (  )kwilibrary | Jun 29, 2009 |   The first in the series, and while not made into a movie, this was a very enjoyable start to the adventures of Narnia. I liked reading about how Narnia came to be and how the foundations were built. It’s interesting reading about the alternative form of traveling to the other worlds/dimensions that you don’t hear about when watching the movie. I also love how Lewis ties the story directly into The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, with the creation of the wardrobe by the tree. blondierocket | Jun 28, 2009 | This was so much fun and with a different tone and set of characters (except for one very important character) than all the others. I enjoy that Lewis has his children characters stand up to adults when they are behaving badly and against what children have been taught is good behaviour. The books have gotten better as the series moves on, if you read them in the order they were printed. (  )AuntieClio | Jun 28, 2009 | In all the times that I've read The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, I don't think I've ever gotten to The Magician's Nephew. Kind of neat to read the "Genesis" of Narnia. (  )trueepicure | Jun 14, 2009 | The "prequel" of sorts to the rest of the Narnia series, "The Magician's Nephew" follows the story of Narnia's founding, from the creation of the country itself, to the crowning of its first rulers. If you're already a fan of the series, it's really cool to see how all of Narnia came about -and it's important background to get to before you read "The Last Battle". Like the rest of the Chronicles, it's a great fantasy book. ( )Samwisegirl12 | May 17, 2009 | 0.116 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0064471101, Mass Market Paperback)This large, deluxe hardcover edition of the first title in the classic Chronicles of Narnia series, The Magician's Nephew, is a gorgeous introduction to the magical land of Narnia. 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. In this unforgettable story, British schoolchildren Polly and Digory inadvertently tumble into the Wood Between the Worlds, where they meet the evil Queen Jadis and, ultimately, the great, mysterious King Aslan. We witness the birth of Narnia and discover the legendary source of all the adventures that are to follow in the seven books that comprise the series.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. (Ages 9 and older) --Emilie Coulter (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:57 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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