C. S. Lewis's most famous children's book presented as a graphic novel.
First Lucy, then Edmund, Susan and Peter discover that through the wardrobe lies the enchanted land of Narnia - a land of Talking Animals, Dwarfs and Fauns, a land held in the grip of the White Witch, where it is always winter, and never Christmas.
But once there, the children are taken under Mr Beaver'swing, and Mr Beaver leads them to Aslan, the Great Lion, who has plans for them, and for Narnia.
A reissue of this classic story told in graphic novel style with glowing full colour illustrations.
This book was recognised in the Big Read Top 20 category by the Bbc Book Awards. It was recognised in the Big Read Top 100 category by the Bbc Book Awards.
This is volume 2 in World Of Narnia .
There are 64 pages in this book. It is in graphic novel format. This book was published 1999 by HarperCollins Publishers .
Born to a coal-mining family in 1945, Robin Lawrie emigrated to Canada in 1953 and lived in Vancouver till 1968. Returning then to Britain, his freelance career as an illustrator and occasional author has continued until the present day. Clive Staples Lewis was born in Belfast in 1898. He wrote numerous books of literary criticism and on Christianity, the best-known being The Screwtape Letters, as well as four novels for adults. The Narnia stories were his only works for children.
This book contains the following story:
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy are evacuated from London to Professor Kirke's mansion to avoid the Blitz. During a game of hide and seek Lucy finds a wardrobe which gives her entry to the magical land of Narnia, where animals can talk. But a white witch has laid a spell over the entire land making it winter but never Christmas. Two sons of Adam and two daughters of Eve are needed to break the spell and bring spring back to the land. But when the four siblings manage to get into Narnia together things do not go to plan, and a betrayal by one requires the sacrifice of the great lion Aslan if the children are to succeed in their quest.
This book has been nominated for the following awards:
Bbc Book Awards
This book was recognised in the Big Read Top 100 category by the Bbc Book Awards.
Bbc Book Awards
This book was recognised in the Big Read Top 20 category by the Bbc Book Awards.
