Everyone thought she was playing a game, but when she insisted, they followed her to a wardrobe kept all by itself in a spare room upstairs. The house had extensive grounds, but there were many rainy days that were dreary.ĭeciding to explore the house, they all split up, and when Lucy came back, she claimed to have been gone for hours. The children stayed at an old mansion belonging to Professor Kirke. Peter Pevensie lived in London, England until he and his siblings were evacuated to the countryside by train because of the air-raids of World War II. The White Witch Bombing of London and Refuge 4 Aslan's Country: The Phantom and What Followed.There are seven books in the Chronicles of Narnia and they can all be read as standalones but if you want to read the Narnia books in order, then start with The Magician’s Nephewwhere the world is created and read them in the order below.ĭiscover more Classic Children’s Books on our blog.Īll the Chronicles of Narnia books in order:īook 2: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (1950)īook 4: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952)īook order as author C.S.Lewis intended them to be read, rather than publication order. A new TV series is also in development by Netflix. The books have since sold over 100 million copies, and there have also been three Narnia films and several TV and stage adaptations. The dramatic and fantastical setting and illustrations by Pauline Baynes, make the books a perfect read for ages 8+.
Narnia is a mythical world with evil sorceresses, talking Centaurs and Fauns, Giants, epic battles and, of course, the heroic lion Aslan. The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis have enchanted generations of children since the publication of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobein 1950, when four children stepped through the back of a wardrobe into the depths of eternal winter for the first time.ĬS Lewis went on to write six more Narnia novels between 19, many featuring The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe characters - Lucy, Edmund, Peter and Susan Pevensie
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