The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Lesson Plan

When Mr. Tumnus mentions Cair Paravel to Lucy in Chapter 2, how many seats, or thrones, did he say there were at the castle? In light of this information, what is interesting about this line from Chapter 6: “The coats were rather too big for them so that they came down to their heels and looked more like royal robes than coats when they had put them on”?

This question provides an opportunity to introduce the literary technique of foreshadowing. Observant students might recall that the Witch perked up when Edmund mentioned that there were four children in his family, and they may see this exchange as building or contributing to the quotation about the robes, or they...