# The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

**Author:** C.S. Lewis
**Lexile:** 940L
**Grade range:** Grades 4–7
**Age range:** 8–12
**First published:** 1950
**Page count:** 206
**Genre:** Middle Grade Fantasy
**ISBN-13:** `9780064404990`
**ISBN-10:** `0064404994`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Four siblings step through a wardrobe into Narnia, a land held in endless winter by the White Witch, and join the great lion Aslan to set it free. C.S. Lewis's classic — first of The Chronicles of Narnia — is widely assigned in grades 4-7 for its adventure, allegory, and themes of sacrifice and courage.

## Themes

- good vs evil
- courage
- sacrifice
- family

## Content notes

- fantasy violence

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