52 Books in 52 Weeks - Book 7 - The Magician's Nephew

This story is perhaps my favorite of all the Chronicles of Narnia. It tells the story of the creation of Narnia's world, and ties together many links from the previous books. My favorite scene is the creation scene - with Aslan singing and the creation leaping into existence. His song varies, with a different tone, quality and cadence for each category of creation - the grass, the trees, the animals.

There is also an obvious parallel to the Biblical story of the garden of Eden, the entrance of evil into the world, and the temptation of man. But, in this story, the temptation is resisted. For now, anyway. We already know that the choices of the Sons of Adam will later result in the need for a blood sacrifice.

Sojourner