Hey, NarniaFans! Leah Wilson, over at BenBella Books sent us an e-mail about a new release called Through the Wardrobe: Your Favorite Authors on CS Lewis’s “The Chronicles of Narnia”.
Here is the Official Press Release:
Through the Wardrobe
Your Favorite Authors on C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia
Edited by Herbie Brennan
April 2008
Why is Prince Caspian the ultimate teenager?
What does Narnia have to do with the Nazis?
How come C. S. Lewis has such a big problem with lipstick, anyway?
Step through the wardrobe … and into the imaginations of sixteen friends of Aslan as they explore Narnia, from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe to The Last Battle, from the heart of Caspian’s kingdom to the Eastern Seas.
Join in on the adventure, the battles, and—of course—the celebrating!
Find out:
How in Narnia (like in our world), bigger isn’t always better
Why Edmund Pevensie is totally crush-worthy
What tea and Turkish Delight have to do with religion
And why it’s okay to have an occasional temper tantrum
With Essays From …
Herbie Brennan
Deb Caletti
Diane Duane
Sarah Beth Durst
Brent Hartinger
Susan Juby
Sophie Masson
Kelly McClymer
O.R. Melling
Lisa Papademetriou
Diana Peterfreund
Susan Vaught
Ned Vizzini
Elizabeth Wein
Zu Vincent and Kiara Koenig
Leah told NarniaFans that the book is a collection of essays by various Young Adult writers on the Chronicles of Narnia. She says that it is geared towards a pre-teen to teen audience, but thinks that it will also be a great read for older NarniaFans.
Look for my review to be posted here at NarniaFans in the next couple of days.