Saturday, March 5, 2011

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: Book Review




Title: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Author: C.S. Lewis
My Rating: 5 stars
Buy The Book:
-Here-

"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 and meet Aslan, the Great Lion, for themselves. In the blink of an eye, their lives are changed forever."



Continue the adventures through Narnia with Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy who have been sent away from their home because of the war. On a rainy day with nothing to do, the four children set out to explore the old house. After inspecting a spare room and declaring it empty besides for an old wardrobe, the four oldest children leave, but Lucy stays behind. For what little girl wouldn't want to explore the insides of a beautiful wardrobe? What normal little girl would find herself in the middle of a wintry wonderland after entering said wardrobe like Lucy had? After coming to an old lamp post, our dear little adventuress meets a Faun who takes her to his home for some tea. She later finds out he was meant to do the 'White Witch's' duty and kidnap her, for she was a daughter of Eve. He was so stricken with guilt, that he helps Lucy back to the wardrobe and to her world. She is ecstatic about the new world that she has found and runs to tell Peter, Susan and Edmund, who, of course, do not believe she is telling the truth.

After the wardrobe becomes the last resort for a hiding place to get away from the eyes of the housekeeper, the four tumble back into the world of Narnia where adventure is waiting for them. What will happen to the four Pevensie children as they journey through Narnia?

Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight,
At the sound of his roar, sorrows will be no more,
When he bares his teeth, winter meets its death,
And when he shakes his mane, we shall have spring again.





What's Coming Up Next?

The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis
Raising Dragons by Bryan Davis
A Bride for Donnigan by Janette Oke
A Cowboy's Touch by Denise Hunter