The Magician's Nephew
Lewis read Edith Nesbit's children's books as a child and was greatly fond of them. "The Magician's Nephew" refers to these books in the opening of the novel as though their events were true, mentioning the setting of the piece as being when "Mr. Sherlock Holmes was still living in Baker Street and the Bastables were looking for treasure in the Lewisham Road". The Bastables were children who appeared in a number of Edith Nesbit's stories. In addition to being set in the same period and location as several of Nesbit's stories, "The Magician's Nephew" also has some similarities with Nesbit's "The Story of the Amulet" (1906). This novel focuses on four children living in London who discover a magic amulet. Their father is away and their mother is ill, as is the case with Digory. They also manage to transport the queen of ancient Babylon to London and she is the cause of a riot; a very similar event takes place in "The Magician's Nephew" when Polly and Digory transport Queen Jadis to London and she also causes a similar disturbance.