The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew

This installment in the Chronicles of Narnia series is very different from the others because when the kids are taken to Narnia, we realize we're actually reading a story that takes place just as Narnia is being created by Aslan. I love that the Uncle in the story is an earlier version of the Professor from the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. This book has all the elements I love in the Narnia books: adventure, imagination, and intelligent world building. Fantastic.

I first read this book as a child and just recently listened to it as a book on CD. As an adult, the wonder and magic of this story is just as present as when I was a child. In fact, it is more so as I understand more of the nuances of the story now than I did back then. I recommend this book for children of all ages (and adults, too), especially if you are just starting the series. I think that reading this book first helps you understand everything else that happens in the series much better.

Reader reviewed by AB

The Magivian's Nephew was a very good book.
It is the first book in the Narnia series.
 It talks about how Narnia fisrt came to be and I must say a very good source of information if you read The Lion,The Witch, and the Wordrobe first before this.
It answers a lot of questions about Narnia that you may had.
I know it gave me a lot of info my family was bombarding me with!

Reader reviewed by Sarima89

Excellent book, full of... mystery, I mean, I have no idea about the story of Narnia, about the kids, about the witch, about that magnificent world beyond the imagination. I really enjoy it, it was easy to read, just as the other books, an incredibly good too.

Reader reviewed by Allire

In this book the main characters are Polly and Digory. They go to Narnia, while at Digory's uncle's house. Narnia is this magical place, where it is not like the real world. While times goes by there, very little time passes in the real world.


I read this book in fourth grade. I was told that it was the first book of the series, and I'm still not sure if whether this is the first book, or if "The lion, witch and the wardrobe" is. I guess that it really doesn't matter which is read first.
It's an interesting book, definitely worth the read. I liked how Digory's uncle was a bit of a mystery, and how he wasn't really known until the end of the book. I would recommend this book to anyone.

Reader reviewed by Veronika

A friend of mine gave me the full saga as a present, so I begun discovering the story.

In the first book, Digory and Polly, two londonian children discover a new world, Narnia, being sent there by Digory's uncle, Andrew, whose godmother was a fairy.

There they will discover a new enchanted world, with talking animals, crual witches and fantastic landscapes...

I liked this old-fashioned story, the writing is different from what you can read now and it's a good entertainment for those who love fantasy !

Veronika

Reader reviewed by Nightbringer

this series is magnificent, you must read it.
i love the series title (the chronicles of narnia) because its called chronicles and isnt in chronologucal order. but any way, to the point this is about four kids who find a large wardrobe which is a portal to a magical land called narnia which is locked in winter. or is it?? you will have to find out for yourself

Nightbringer

Reader reviewed by Ben

By the good graces of two inquisitive children, we discover a secret passage, to Digory's uncle Andrew's "study", where they are transported to a forest that leads to other worlds. As one world of evil ends we see a new world begin. In some senses allegorical to Christianity, we simply are endeared to this lovely book, the start to a great epic, in the world of Narnia. Though written intentionally for kids around grade school age, anyone can definetely enjoy this book, or at least I did. :)

Reader reviewed by snailshot-Ashley Sarpong

C.S. Lewis' well-known series The Chronicles of Narnia, commences with The Magician's Nephew . Set in an England in a time "when your grandfather was a boy", we follow the story of extraordinary circumstances in ordinary places.


By the good graces of two inquisitive children, we discover a secret passage, to Digory's uncle Andrew's "study", where they are transported to a forest that leads to other worlds. As one world of evil ends we see a new world begin. In some senses allegorical to Christianity, we simply are endeared to this lovely book, the start to a great epic, in the world of Narnia. Though written intentionally for kids around grade school age, anyone can definetely enjoy this book, or at least I did. :)

Reader reviewed by Laura Loeb

I have heard these books since I was very young when my father and mother read then all to me, then I read them to myself all at least twice probably more. My favorite was The Boy and his Horse. I didn't take me to long to realize the religious conection but the books are not preachy the are great adventures with good caracters.