THE LION, THE WITCH & THE WARDROBE (ABRIDGED VERSION) C S Lewis
C S Lewis's The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe was voted Children's Book of the Century. This sensitive abridgement, exquisitely illustrated by Christian Birmingham, now brings this classic to younger readers (aged 6-9). Exploring the professor's rambling country house, four children discover an old wardrobe. Lucy opens the door - and finds herself in a wood on a winter afternoon, with snowflakes falling through the air. This is Narnia, a magical land of talking animals, walking trees - and the evil white witch. The children free the land from her spell, helped by the wise lion, Aslan.
47pp, 234mm x 290mm, illus. in colour, softback, 2002
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