Lyra's Oxford
by Philip Pullman (Author) John Lawrence (Illustrator)
This pocket companion to Philip Pullman's best-selling 'His Dark Materials' trilogy packages together a short story set in the Dark Materials universe, a fold-out map of the alternate-reality city of Oxford which Lyra and her daemon Pantalaimon inhabit, a short brochure for a cruise to The Levant aboard the SS Zenobia and a postcard from the inventor of the amber spyglass, Mary Malone.
The short story, "Lyra and the Birds," begins when Lyra and Pantalaimon spot a witch's daemon called Ragi being pursued over the rooftops of Oxford by a frenzied pack of birds. The daemon heads straight for Lyra and is given shelter. The creature was given Lyra's name as somebody who might help. It is seeking one Sebastian Makepeace - an alchemist living in a part of Oxford known as Jericho. Together Lyra and Pan try to guide the daemon to the home of this man, but it is a journey fraught with more danger than they had at first anticipated.
The short story, "Lyra and the Birds," begins when Lyra and Pantalaimon spot a witch's daemon called Ragi being pursued over the rooftops of Oxford by a frenzied pack of birds. The daemon heads straight for Lyra and is given shelter. The creature was given Lyra's name as somebody who might help. It is seeking one Sebastian Makepeace - an alchemist living in a part of Oxford known as Jericho. Together Lyra and Pan try to guide the daemon to the home of this man, but it is a journey fraught with more danger than they had at first anticipated.
His Dark Materials Series—Summary and Book Order
Series: His Dark MaterialsReading level: 12+
Books in series: 5
Read in order? Yes
Next release: Finished
Tags: fantasy adventure magic religion
Print series book list
Books in series order
1. Northern Lights (1995)2. The Subtle Knife (1997)
3. The Amber Spyglass (2000)
+ Lyra's Oxford (2003)
+ Once Upon A Time in the North (2008)