Narnia Fans Spy SusanTheGentleHornblower wrote an awesomely detailed account of a trip to the bookstore. This first article is all about the Movie Tie-In edition of the book. Enjoy!
I went to my local Family Christian Bookstore, and I was shocked and thrilled to find that they already had the novel with the movie cover and the Movie Storybook! They were chock full of new pictures. I had never seen ANY of them before. Thankfully, I had my school stuff with me so I took notes on all of the pictures and also took pictures of them with my phone.
For the novel:
All of the pictures are backed on red or blue backgrounds.
1st page:
The kids are at the train station, with the boys and Susan sitting down in front of the wall that says Strand. Susan has her arms crossed and is looking at Lucy, who is standing there glaring at her. The boys look on.
The kids are at the ruins exploring. Peter is in the distance, and Lucy is closest. She is barefoot and holding a half-eaten apple. Edmund is right behind her climbing some stairs.
2nd page:
All four kids are in the treasure chamber. Their looks are excited and filled with awe. There is a suit of armor and some gate-like thing behind them.
Peter is in front of his open chest in the treasure chamber looking very serious. The caption says that he has just unsheathed his sword, but you can’t see it.
Peter and Edmund are on the beach beginning to release a tied up Trumpkin. Peter’s back is to us, and we can see the side of Edmund’s face. Trumpkin faces us, and in the background the girls are running towards them with Susan’s bow drawn.
3rd page:
A picture of Glasswater Creek fills the page. At the top is the boat with the four Pevensies and Trumpkin. Edmund is steering!
On top of the large picture at the bottom is a picture of Nikabrik and Trumpkin emerging from the root house that I presume is Trufflehunter’s. Nikabrik is on the right with his sword drawn. Trumpkin stands with his sword in his sheath, but it looks like he’s about to draw it. I think this is the part where they see that Caspian’s falling, due to pictures in the Storybook.
4th page:
Caspian is on the ground blowing Susan’s horn. Since this picture is right after the previous one and due to other pictures in the Storybook, he is being approached by at least Nikabrik.
Lucy is in the forest and there is something fuzzy to the left of the picture. The caption says that she’s found Aslan, so I presume it’s him. She looks very adorable and excited.
5th page:
One picture covers the page. Caspian is being held by the Wer-wolf, and the hag is to his right with the witch’s wand remains in her hand. They are looking at something off-shot. The caption says that Caspian is attacked by them, and he looks very frightened.
Small picture on top of the previous one: Peter, Edmund, and Trumpkin are running down steps in what seems to be some kind of dark castle. The boys are wearing their night raid outfits, and are drawing their swords, but the caption says that they rescue Caspian from what I’m assuming is the picture that this one is on top of.
6th page:
Caspian is on a black horse that I would say is Destrier. He is wearing his coronation costume and has his crown on. The crown is made of gold and has blue gems in it. Caspian’s outfit is a white shirt with gold embroidery on it. The undershirt is a dark olive green, and the sleeves are slit in front to show the undershirt. Behind him you can see the top of Peter’s head, but nothing else. Susan is to our left and back from Caspian. She wears a red dress with gold sleeves that are cinched with white rope at the top of the shoulders and at the elbows. The neckline is square and at the top there are openings(like her sleeves in her green Narnian dress from LWW) that show white material. She wears the same necklace as earlier in the movie and her hair is down. She is riding on a white horse. There are two people behind her that look to be Edmund and Lucy but it’s too blurry to tell.
The kids are back at the station, and they stare in shock at Edmund who looks confused and stands there with his bag open. Another boy is there looking at him as well, and this boy has a uniform on that resembles the girls’. Maybe it’s when Edmund’s realized he lost his torch.
