A aventura começa quando Digory e Polly vão parar no gabinete secreto do excêntrico tio André. Ludibriada por ele, Polly toca o anel mágico e desaparece. Digory, aterrorizado, decide partir imediatamente em busca da amiga no Outro Mundo. Lá ele encontra Polly e, juntos, ouvem Aslam cantar sua canção ao criar o mundo encantado de Nárnia, repleto de sol, árvores, flores, relva e animais.

Uncle Andrew is a not very nice magician. He tricks Digory and his friend Polly into traveling to another place with the use of magic rings. They find their to the Narnia, at the very beginning of its existence. They meet the evil sorceress Jadis, but they also meet Aslan who gives Digory a task to complete, to make up for accidentally bringing Jadis to Narnia. It’s a first class adventure tale, another well written novel in the series, and one that can be enjoyed by children and adults alike. ( )

This book is about the creation of Narnia and comes before The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.

Another fine entry in the series, somewhat spoiled for me by too much presence of Aslan. Really, the religious allegory personified by Aslan goes to the detriment of the story being told. And the story, at least until the appearance of the Great Lion, was quite good.

In the end, we get to see the origin of the magical land of Narnia, and it connects nicely with the other books in the series. An enjoyable read. ( )

This passage makes me tear up every time I read it.

Up till then he had been looking at the Lion's great feet and the huge claws on them; now, in his despair, he looked up at its face. What he saw surprised him as much as anything in his whole life. For the tawny face was bent down near his own and (wonder of wonders) great shining tears stood in the Lion's eyes. They were such big, bright tears compared with Digory's own that for a moment he felt as if the Lion must really be sorrier about his Mother than he was himself.
"My son, my son," said Aslan. "I know. Grief is great. Only you and I in this land know that yet. Let us be good to one another.

Which ever Narnia book I read most recently always becomes my favourite. The suspense while the characters are in Charn is incredible, I felt like I held my breath through the whole section! ( )