Chronicles of Narnia - the books!

[Wallace]

Are they suitable to read to a 6yr od, and a 4yr old? I've read them things like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory which thye loved. I fished my old Narnia books out of a cupboard, and thought I would give them a try

Yes!

Some are a little obscure though. I would recommend starting with Lion/witch/wardrobe, then skip the Horse and his Boy, and move straight onto Prince Caspian.

Chronologically the Magician's Nephew is first, but you need to read some of the others first.

Thanks! I was hoping for that answer

I don't think I have the full set anyway. The ones I can find are:

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Prince Caspian
The Silver Chair
The Voyage of the Dawntreader
The Last Battle

Could you help me put them in the right order, and tell me which ones I'm missing?

In chronological order (I think), they are:

The Magician's Nephew
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
The Horse and his Boy
Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Silver Chair
The Last Battle

So you are missing The Magician's Nephew and The Horse and his Boy

This is the order they were written in (and IMO the best order in which to read them)

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the Dawntreader
The Silver Chair
The Horse and His Boy
The Magician's Nephew
The Last Battle

ooh, I didn't know the Magician's Nephew was written so late in the series. When I was a kid that was my fave - I loved the idea of popping in and out of the different worlds.

Thanks, I will have to ask my mum if we have the missing two.

I read the first chapter of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe tonight, and they are spellbound already... you know when they are quiet and still, not all fidgety and distracted

The Book People are selling the complete set for £6.99 plus postage - seems a real bargain! here

ooooh thank you

They had the narnia books a complete set in whsmiths in a box think it was either 9.99 or 19.99...didnt look properly.

Funnily enough we have just started reading the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe to DD(7) and DS(5) this evening.

We thought they might like to go and see the film when it comes out, but very much wanted them to read the book first.

I always think books are better before the film version rather than after!

That's exactly what I was thinking soapbox
We did that with Charlie and the Chocolate factory. The trailer for the lion,etc looks quite scary though!

th ebook people website has them really cheap....

NB The Book People have sets specially printed for them now by the publishers - the quality isn't the same as bookshop books.

I bought 'The Lion the witch and the wardrobe 'today too. My dd is 4 so i'm glad for all the positive replies!

is tht all books jan?

Yes me too soapbox.
Dd wasn't impressed by the trailer yesterday (we went to see Nany McPhee) and it did look a little scary for her but i thought if she really loves the book......

Um - dunno, popsy! I only know some of mine have that printed in them, something like "this edition produced for The Book People" but can't remember which - they have thinner pages and possibly denser print.

thanks jan...i have just put in a rather large christmas order the ohter day..
hoping they dont look awful

Oh they look like the ordinary books! (And many of theirs actually are - I should have said "some", sorry, pops! I think it's the really high volume sellers they have to get printed specially or they wouldn't get them )

I've never had special editions from the Book People. Everything I've had from them has been standard quality, no probs.

Maybe I buy the more obscure titles

Read the first chapter to dd tonight.
She thought it was great and i was quite spooked as do is away!! Honest!

I borrowed an abbreviated version of the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe for DS (4) 2 weeks ago and he loved the story and then we saw the posters for the film so he is quite excited.

And I think there is going to be some sort of CS Lewis festival here in Belfast in the run up to the premiere (in Belfast - £10K per table of 10, with stars in attendance), because it's thought the book was inspired by his time growing up in Belfast.

I really like the thought of so many of us curled up reading The lion etc to our kids for the first time We did chapter 2 last night

I started reading The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe to my dds (who are 3 and 5) before I realised that the film was coming out. So glad, now, that they'll hear the book before seeing the film. Actually, don't think the 3-y-o will cope with the film, as she doesn't 'do' scary. She doesn't listen to the book 100%, but she's taking the main gist of the story in. My 5-y-o is loving it, though (though she's a bit scared of the White Witch). I am loving the dialogue too... so 1950s. And it's rubbing off... dd1 saw a rainbow the other day and announced 'How glorious!'