<P> The Lion , the Witch and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel for children by C.S. Lewis , and illustrators Pauline Baynes , Chris Van Allsburg in 1978 , and Leo and Diane Dillon in 1994 , published by Geoffrey Bles in 1950 . It is the first published and best known of seven novels in The Chronicles of Narnia ( 1950 -- 1956 ) . Among all the author 's books it is also the most widely held in libraries . Although it was written as well as published first in the series , it is volume two in recent editions , which are sequenced by the stories ' chronology ( the first being The Magician 's Nephew ) . Like the others , it was illustrated by Pauline Baynes , and her work has been retained in many later editions . </P>
<P> The Lion , the Witch and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel for children by C.S. Lewis , and illustrators Pauline Baynes , Chris Van Allsburg in 1978 , and Leo and Diane Dillon in 1994 , published by Geoffrey Bles in 1950 . It is the first published and best known of seven novels in The Chronicles of Narnia ( 1950 -- 1956 ) . Among all the author 's books it is also the most widely held in libraries . Although it was written as well as published first in the series , it is volume two in recent editions , which are sequenced by the stories ' chronology ( the first being The Magician 's Nephew ) . Like the others , it was illustrated by Pauline Baynes , and her work has been retained in many later editions . </P>
when was the book the lion the witch and the wardrobe published
when was the book the lion the witch and the wardrobe published
1950
1950