Chronicles of Narnia

The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe

Availability - Granted by the C.S. Lewis family to the Archive Website. 

Reading Level - 5th Grade 

Links to the story:

• PDF -  https://daffasdq.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/lionwitchwardrobe_csl.pdf  

• Text - https://archive.org/stream/CompleteChroniclesOfNarnia17/Complete%20Chronicles%20of%20Narnia%201%20-%207_djvu.txt  

• Audio - https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/series/the_chronicles_of_narnia  

The book is set in the country of England during World War 2 (WWII) when many children were sent by their parents to live in the countryside to keep them safe. The lion in the title is Aslan. Aslan is a lion and the true ruler of Narnia. He's our hero. The witch is Jadis the White Witch. She is evil and has stolen power in Narnia, not the true queen.  Jadis has made Narnia winter all the time but never Christmas. She also likes to turn people she is angry with into  stone and keep them as statues in her castle. The wardrobe (a movable closet) is the secret entrance to Narnia from a room in the house. Four children (Lucy, Edmond, Susan, and Peter) go to live in the home of  a professor (college teacher) until the war is over. There they discover the secret entrance, make both friends and enemies, and have many adventures.

The other books in the series are:

• Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia

• The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

• The Silver Chair

• The Horse and His Boy

• The Magician's Nephew

• The Last Battle