The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1950. It is the first published and best known of seven novels in "The Chronicles of Narnia" (1950–1956). Among all the author's books it is also the most widely held in libraries. Although it was written as well as published first in the series, it is volume two in recent editions, which are sequenced by the stories' chronology (the first being "The Magician's Nephew"). Like the others, it was illustrated by
Journey into Narnia: Creating The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe the DVD edition of "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" or in online previews of "Prince Caspian". After standing and watching for approximately 10 to 15 minutes, the audience exited through a hallway that was decorated with several costumes from the film. This attraction closed permanently on January 2, 2008 so it could be converted into the new attraction, "", which officially opened on June 27, 2008. It is scheduled to remain until the third film in the series, "Journey into Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader", is released in May 2010. It has since been replaced by "The