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Chapter 1 transitions from the ordinary world to the magical one, offering passages that contrast domestic realism (the rainy country house) with fantasy imagery (the snowy forest and lamppost).
Read Chapter 1 aloud with your child or have them read it independently. Choose two to four sentences that show C.S. Lewis at his descriptive best — the moment Lucy steps from fur coats into crunching...
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Narration Prompt
In your own words, tell the story of this chapter. What were the most important moments? What made them important — and how do you know?
Discussion Questions
- Each of the four Pevensie children reacts differently to being stuck inside on a rainy day — Edmund complains, Peter wants to explore, Susan tries to keep the peace, and Lucy ends up finding the wardrobe. What do these different reactions tell us about what each child wants, and what might that suggest about the kind of person each one is?
- Lucy keeps the wardrobe door open behind her as she walks in, and C.S. Lewis writes that she knew it is very foolish to shut oneself into any wardrobe. Many readers take this as simple practical advice, but what else might the author be telling us about Lucy and about the kind of story this is going to be?
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Much bigger than you would normally expect
Item 2
Extremely pleased and full of joy about something
Item 3
Eager to learn about or explore something unknown
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