The playroom at Cair Paravel: recipes, challenges and dates to celebrate
Recipes, quizzes, games and pages to print, the calendar of Narnia and of Lewis, and five reader challenges.
Tea at the Beavers'
- The Turkish Delight recipe of the White Witch.
- Eight dates to celebrate, from the birth of Lewis (29 November 1898) to the release of Greta Gerwig's film (2027).
- Five reader challenges linked to the entries and the maps on the site.
Narnia is for reading, and also for cooking, drawing and celebrating. This page gathers what you can do as a family, in class or with friends: a recipe, quizzes, a calendar of dates to celebrate and a few reader challenges.
At the Witch's table
Turkish Delight is perhaps the most famous sweet in English literature. Our Turkish Delight recipe lets you taste it without selling your brothers and sisters. To find out why the Witch chooses that sweet in particular, read the entry on the enchanted Turkish Delight.
Testez-vous
Games, recipes and printables
- Drag each place into position in the map game of Narnia.
- From the creation to The Last Battle, put the events back in order with the chronology game.
- A character to unmask from five clues, every day: character of the day.
- Lucy, Reepicheep or Puddleglum? Take the test Which Narnia character are you?
- Colouring pages, a map, masks, Happy Families, mazes: all our games and activities to print.
- Nine sheets ready for the classroom: find our teaching sheets.
- Invitations, games, decorations and certificates: everything for a Narnia birthday.
- Which book at which age, and with which activities? Follow the reading path by age.
- Trout, potatoes and marmalade roll: cook the Beavers' feast.
- Soft-boiled eggs, sardines and sugar cake: prepare tea at Mr Tumnus's.
The Narnian calendar
A few dates worth marking, from the birth of Lewis to the release of the new film. The full calendar, month by month, is here: the calendar of Narnia and of Lewis.
- 12 February 2027: Theatrical release of “Narnia: The Magician's Nephew” by Greta Gerwig (no theatrical release in France).
- 3 January 1892: Birth of J.R.R. Tolkien in Bloemfontein (South Africa), the friend whose long night-time conversation, in September 1931, helped Lewis return to the faith.
- 2 April 2027: Greta Gerwig's film arrives on Netflix worldwide, including France.
- 25 April 2005: First article on blog.narnia.ch.
- 28 September 1931: Lewis goes to Whipsnade Zoo in the sidecar of his brother's motorbike: he sets off not believing that Jesus is the Son of God and arrives believing it.
- 16 October 1950: Publication in London of “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”: Narnia enters the world.
- 22 November 1963: Death of C.S. Lewis at the Kilns, near Oxford, a week before his 65th birthday.
- 29 November 1898: Birth of Clive Staples Lewis in Belfast.
Reader challenges
- Reread “The Silver Chair”, noting each time Jill forgets one of the four signs, then compare your notes with the entry on the Four Signs.
- Draw your own map of Narnia from the text alone, without looking at any map, then compare it with our general map.
- Find in “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” every island that is visited, and put them back into the order of the voyage.
- Read a chapter aloud, giving each Talking Beast a different voice: Puddleglum is an excellent exercise.
- Choose a minor character and tell the story of a day in that life which Lewis did not write.
The challenges point to the entries on the Four Signs, the general map and the map of the voyage.
- calendar —
- 03-01 — 3 January — 1892 — Birth of J.R.R. Tolkien in Bloemfontein (South Africa), the friend whose long night-time conversation, in September 1931, helped Lewis return to the faith. — link
- 02-12 — 12 February — 2027 — Theatrical release of “Narnia: The Magician's Nephew” by Greta Gerwig (no theatrical release in France). — link
From the 1955 book to the 2027 film: The Magician's Nephew according to Greta Gerwig
- 04-02 — 2 April — 2027 — Greta Gerwig's film arrives on Netflix worldwide, including France. — link
From the 1955 book to the 2027 film: The Magician's Nephew according to Greta Gerwig
- 04-25 — 25 April — 2005 — First article on blog.narnia.ch. — link
- 09-28 — 28 September — 1931 — Lewis goes to Whipsnade Zoo in the sidecar of his brother's motorbike: he sets off not believing that Jesus is the Son of God and arrives believing it. — link
Biography of C.S. Lewis (1): from Belfast to Oxford, 1898–1931
- 10-16 — 16 October — 1950 — Publication in London of “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”: Narnia enters the world. — link
- 11-22 — 22 November — 1963 — Death of C.S. Lewis at the Kilns, near Oxford, a week before his 65th birthday. — link
Biography of C.S. Lewis (2): from the Inklings to Narnia, 1932–1963
- 11-29 — 29 November — 1898 — Birth of Clive Staples Lewis in Belfast. — link
Biography of C.S. Lewis (1): from Belfast to Oxford, 1898–1931
- challenges —
- Reread “The Silver Chair”, noting each time Jill forgets one of the four signs, then compare your notes with the entry on the Four Signs.
- Draw your own map of Narnia from the text alone, without looking at any map, then compare it with our general map.
- Find in “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” every island that is visited, and put them back into the order of the voyage.
- Read a chapter aloud, giving each Talking Beast a different voice: Puddleglum is an excellent exercise.
- Choose a minor character and tell the story of a day in that life which Lewis did not write.
See also
- The White Witch's Turkish Delight recipe
- The enchanted Turkish Delight
- The quizzes
- From the lamp-post to the last king: twenty questions to test your memory of Narnia
- Have you just closed The Lion? Eleven questions to see whether the winter left its mark
- A thousand years after the Golden Age: the horn has sounded. Can you answer the call?
- Eastward, from island to island: how far will you go before you drop anchor?
- Beneath the northern moors a prince is waiting: will you have kept a cool head?
- From Tashbaan to Anvard, a flight at the gallop: can you stay in the saddle?
- Narnia begins on our side: what do you know of attics, stations and English families?
- Only one statement is true: can you spot it, from the books to the 2027 film?
- Who said that? Twelve lines to give back to their speaker
- Where is Cair Paravel? The map game of Narnia
- From year 1 to year 2555: put the history of Narnia back in order
- Character of the day: who is hiding behind the clues?
- Which Narnia character are you?
- Narnia colouring pages, games and activities to print
- Teaching sheets: studying Narnia and C.S. Lewis in class
- A Narnia birthday: the complete kit to print
- Narnia at any age: a reading path, from the age of 6 to adulthood
- The Beavers' feast: trout, potatoes and marmalade roll
- Tea at Mr Tumnus's: the recipe for tea with the faun
- A year with Narnia: dates to celebrate, from Narnia Day to Lewis's birthday
- From the 1955 book to the 2027 film: The Magician's Nephew according to Greta Gerwig
- J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis
- The blog archives (2005–2010)
- Biography of C.S. Lewis (1): from Belfast to Oxford, 1898–1931
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- Biography of C.S. Lewis (2): from the Inklings to Narnia, 1932–1963
- Aslan's Four Signs
- General map of Narnia and its neighbours
- Map of the Dawn Treader's voyage
- Narnia at home and in class: a guide for parents and teachers