Harry Potter loses first place to the Chronicles of Narnia
February 22, 2008 by Wendy Boswell
Wow, I didn’t really expect this one. C. S. Lewis’ classic tale “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” has beat out the Harry Potter series to win the coveted title of the Ultimate Book:
‘The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe’, ‘Winnie the Pooh’ and the ‘Famous Five’ all finished above the only Harry Potter book to make the top 50.
The poll was conducted among 4,000 parents.
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe was first published in 1950. The novel, the most famous in the Narnia collection, has been made into several TV series, theatrical performances and films with the recent Disney adaptation in 2005.
The second spot was grabbed by the picture book ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ by Eric Carle which is said to have sold an average of one copy every minute since it was first published in 1960.
Enid Blyton’s ‘Famous Five series’, first written in 1942, came third in the poll,’ Winnie the Pooh’ by A A Milne was fourth and ‘The BFG’ by Roald Dahl was fifth.
By contrast, the only one of J K Rowling’s Harry Potter books on the list - Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - came in at sixth. Another modern bestseller, ‘The Gruffalo’, by Julia Donaldson, came 10th.
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