The World Of Narnia Books in Order

The World of Narnia picture books are designed as an easier doorway into C. S. Lewis’s stories, especially for younger children who aren’t quite ready for full-length novels. Instead of compressing an entire book into a single retelling, each volume lingers over one key strand of the larger narrative.

Lucy Steps Through the Wardrobe focuses on the very first entrance into Narnia. Readers follow Lucy as she hides from a rainy-day game, pushes past fur coats, feels snow under her feet, and meets Mr. Tumnus the faun under the lamppost. It’s a gentle, mysterious introduction to the country before battles or prophecies intrude.

Edmund and the White Witch shifts the camera to Lucy’s brother, who blunders into Narnia alone and is dazzled by a beautiful woman in a sleigh. The text and illustrations dwell on Turkish Delight, flattery, and the seductive promise of being more important than your siblings, making Edmund’s temptation vivid for young readers.

Other books in the series center on the great lion Aslan and on pivotal scenes from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and The Magician’s Nephew. One volume shows Aslan’s arrival and the thawing of winter; another, Aslan’s Triumph, captures the climactic battle and coronation. The Wood Between the Worlds introduces Digory and Polly, the magic rings, and the quiet forest of pools that leads to many different universes.

Deborah Maze’s illustrations tie the sequence together. Snow-burdened branches, the Witch’s sleigh, cozy lamplight, and bright splashes of Aslan’s mane invite children to linger on each spread. The pictures make it easy to point out details—a faun’s parcels, a nervous donkey, a ring glowing in a child’s hand—and talk about what the characters might be feeling.

Because each book focuses on one episode, adults can read them aloud in a single sitting, returning to favorite moments without needing to retell an entire novel. They also pair naturally with the original chapters: you can share the picture-book version first with a younger child, then, a few years later, revisit the same scene in Lewis’s own words.

This page treats The World of Narnia as its own small series, connected to but distinct from the main Chronicles. It gives you a sense of how the picture books map onto The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and The Magician’s Nephew, what ages they suit best, and how they can help a new reader grow into the longer stories.