These are some of the best stories I ever read.
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When I received the book, I looked through the pages. The front pages were folded in and torn a little. It was a gift that I needed to give right away and decided to keep it. After I had written a note to recipient in the cover, I found severe damage to the back cover underneath dust jacket. Very dissatisfied with this purchase.
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I read the entire Chronicles of Narnia at my childhood. Now, after buying the boxed set of the Chronicals for my daughter, I am reading them all again. It is fun to discuss the action with my kid. I suggest every other mother who may have read these as a child, take the time to go back over them... I assure the full enjoyment. Narnia series will remain a classic for decades and generations to come. The heartwarming tales of a lion teach children some valuable lessons. I think C. S. Lewis's a great collection belongs to any children's library. As for the contemporary authors I mostly recommend B. Nowiki's new series "Why Some Cats are Rascals". Rascal is just a house cat, not a lion, but he will teach your children as important lessens as did Narnia's lion.
Although the book would be rather bulky for younger hands, this is a great edition for older children and adults. Not only do you get all seven books in the series in one hardcover, but you get the original illustrations by Pauline Baynes, Lewis's illustrator since "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe" was first published. If that weren't enough, this edition also includes an essay by Lewis: "On Three Ways of Writing for Children." The essay gives a little insight into how the Chronicles came into being, and also discusses the value of "Fantasy" as a genre for children--and adults as well. He answers the critics who think that Fantasy and Fairy Tale give children a false concept of the world. The essay alone is worth the price of the book!
I bought this book to give as a Christmas gift to my 9 year old grand nephew. They are the only children stories written by C. S. Lewis and they have religious undertones I read the seven "Chronicles" several years ago. These are classic stories that all children should read or have read to them. I loved them, and became a child again while reading them. These stories are appealing to both children and adults. They are wonderful and take you along with the children in the stories to another world called Narnia, where animals can talk and, good and bad things can happen, but with the help of the animals, dwarves and other characters, especially the great lion, Aslan, they win out against their enemies. Each story is different and sometimes the characters change, but always present are the talking animals and Aslan. I highly recommend this book it is wonderful.Read full review
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