NEW YORK, Nov. 11, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Experience Narnia
as never before with a ground-breaking mixed-media digital edition
from HarperCollins Publishers: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN
TREADER Enhanced eBook ($9.99). This rich-media version targets multiple
senses to create an innovative and exciting way to experience
Narnia on e-reading technology.
For the first time readers can experience the entire
original text amplified with full-color images, integrated audio,
embedded video and interactive trivia, all of which can be
activated with the touch of a fingertip. Readers can download
this leading-edge iteration of the classic story for their tablet
devices ahead of Twentieth Century Fox's film adaptation "The
Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" (released
December 10th).
THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER Enhanced eBook will
be available on a number of handheld multimedia readers and
touchscreen devices. Interactive features include:
- Embedded Video: An Animated Journey of the
Voyage of the Dawn Treader—an exclusive video offering readers
a journey along the animated time line of the ship and crew's
voyage, with original Pauline Baynes
artwork, music, and narration
- Integrated read-along audio
excerpts: abridged text read by Derek Jacobi
- Interactive trivia: flip the cards to test your
Narnian knowledge
- Full-color images: just double tap to enlarge
In addition, THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER Enhanced
eBook features:
- Map of Narnia: the original Pauline
Baynes map of Aslan's kingdom, as well as a Map of the Great
Eastern Ocean, where the adventures of the Dawn Treader take
place
- Blueprint of the Dawn Treader
- Guide to 'The Creatures of Narnia' and 'The People of
Narnia'
With more than 100 million units sold worldwide, The
Chronicles of Narnia is one of the bestselling series of
all time. THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER Enhanced
eBook combines the integrity of the original text with the
wonderful enhanced experience that only the new digital platforms
can provide, and anyone already familiar with the story is
bound to find something new to discover in the enhanced adventures
of Lucy, Edmund, and their cousin Eustace aboard King Caspian's
ship.
"THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER Enhanced
eBook allows us to bring readers of all ages to
C. S. Lewis's visionary series in an
entirely new way," says Susan Katz,
President and Publisher of HarperCollins Children's Books.
"This Enhanced eBook has something for everyone whether you've read
the book before or are discovering it for the first time. We
are honored to launch Narnia into the digital world while still
preserving the treasured adventures as Lewis wrote them and as
generations of fans have discovered and embraced."
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Clive Staples Lewis, known
as Jack to his friends, was born in 1898. Lewis and his good friend
J. R. R. Tolkien, the author of the Lord of the
Rings trilogy, were part of the Inklings, an informal
writers' club that met at a local pub to discuss story ideas.
Lewis's fascination with fairy tales, myths, and ancient legends,
coupled with inspiration drawn from his childhood, led him to
write The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, one of the
best-loved books of all time. Six further books followed to become
the immensely popular The Chronicles of Narnia. The
final title in the series, The Last Battle, was awarded
the Carnegie Medal, one of the highest marks of excellence in
children's literature.
HarperCollins Children's Books is one of the leading
publishers of children's books. Respected worldwide for its
tradition of publishing quality, award-winning books for young
readers, HarperCollins is home to many timeless
treasures—Charlotte's Web, The Chronicles of
Narnia, Goodnight Moon,
Where the Sidewalk Ends, and Where the Wild Things
Are; and popular new classics—A Series of Unfortunate
Events, Warriors, and Fancy Nancy. HarperCollins
Children's Books is a division of HarperCollins Publishers, one of
the leading English-language publishers in the world and a
subsidiary of News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A; ASX: NCP, NCPDP).
Headquartered in New York,
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