The Magician's Nephew

One day in London, two children, Polly and Digory, meet, and they accidently encounter Uncle Andrew who sends them on an incredible adventure. The children find themselves in new worlds and meeting new world leaders. On their quest, they have to make many difficult choices and to whom they are going......more

Suffers from the same problems as Lewis' other books, both his children's fantasy and his pokes at theology: Lewis' worldview is not sophisticated, and his sense of psychology has a large blind spot. However, it's not his faith that is the problem--it certainly wasn't a problem for Donne or Milton. L......more

Digory lives with his very ill mum, his Aunt Letty and his secretive and strange Uncle Andrew who has a forbidden attic room. Whilst playing in the loft spaces with pal Polly they find themselves trapped with Uncle Andrew in his room, where Polly is seen to disappear! Thus begins the Narnia origin s......more

My autistic-spectrum son Jonathan is fascinated by the White Witch in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. He wants to know what her motivation is. "Why is she always so angry?" he asks. "Why does she hate Aslan? Who is she like?" These are good questions. I have suggested that he should read The M......more

15 February '24 And though I might already know almost every detail of this story, I found myself re-reading it again and yet again discovering something new 🙂 It has been read more times than I can remember - every time I read the Narnia books I feel happy. From the first pages I was amazed by th......more