Shortly before the start of World War II, many children were evacuated to the English countryside in anticipation of attacks on London and other major urban areas by Nazi Germany. Then one day, when I was about forty, I said to myself: "Let's try to make a story about it." This picture had been in my mind since I was about sixteen. The Lion all began with a picture of a Faun carrying an umbrella and parcels in a snowy wood. Lewis described the origin of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in an essay entitled "It All Began with a Picture":
CHRONICLES OF NARNIA RADIO THEATRE AUDIBLE SERIES
The series was first referred to as The Chronicles of Narnia by fellow children's author Roger Lancelyn Green in March 1951, after he had read and discussed with Lewis his recently completed fourth book The Silver Chair, originally entitled Night under Narnia. Lewis was awarded the 1956 Carnegie Medal for The Last Battle, the final book in the saga. The original illustrator, Pauline Baynes, created pen and ink drawings for the Narnia books that are still used in the editions published today. Lewis did not write the books in the order in which they were originally published, nor were they published in their current chronological order of presentation. The Magician's Nephew, the penultimate book to be published, but the last to be written, was completed in 1954.
Except in The Horse and His Boy, the protagonists are all children from the real world who are magically transported to Narnia, where they are sometimes called upon by the lion Aslan to protect Narnia from evil. It narrates the adventures of various children who play central roles in the unfolding history of the Narnian world. The series is set in the fictional realm of Narnia, a fantasy world of magic, mythical beasts and talking animals. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes and originally published between 19, The Chronicles of Narnia has been adapted for radio, television, the stage, film and computer games. The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven fantasy novels by British author C.
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