The Last Battle

**Book 1 * Book 2 * Book 3 * Book 4 * Book 5 * Book 6**

What a bittersweet ending to this great series. Although, I felt that the title was just a little misleading. It wasn't really all about a battle. That battle was really only in one or maybe two chapters.

But this book definitely had conclusion to it. It brought together the visitors from our world in Narnia's last days. Because Narnia is ending at this point. Aslan has not been seen for quite some time. An Ape and a Donkey begin to pretend that Aslan is giving orders - orders that he wouldn't ever give.

Eustace and Jill come to save the last King of Narnia, Tirian. He has gotten into a little bit of trouble and they arrive to help him out of it. But there is only so much they can do.

Lucy, Edmund, and Peter, as well as Digory and Polly, make an appearance. The ending is kind of sad, but looking back, it was kind of foreshadowed. Either way, it was a satisfying conclusion.

The Silver Chair

**Book 1 * Book 2 * Book 3 * Book 4 * Book 5**

This book did not hold my attention the way the other books have. I liked it well enough, but maybe it was the characters that were the problem.

Eustace enters Narnia again with a girl from his school named Jill. Eustace wasn't my favorite character from the last book and he still isn't all that interesting. Jill isn't much better. They enter Narnia with the mission of rescuing Caspian's son Rillian. They have a guide for this journey, a Marsh-wiggle by the name of Puddleglum. He might have been the most interesting character in the book. If Eustace and Jill had been as interesting, this would have been a different book.

Anyway, they go on this adventure to find the prince and get into all sorts of trouble, including ending up in an underground world.

So, while I didn't love the book, I still enjoyed it and its bittersweet ending.

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

**Book 1 * Book 2 * Book 3 * Book 4**

These books are still fun. My daughter is excited to have them read to her (although this book took a little longer for us to get through because I got sick, so Daddy was reading some Lord of the Rings to her for about a week).

This book is in Narnia technically, but it doesn't take place in the actual country. This book takes place on a ship - the Dawn Treader. This book also has a different set of characters than the other Narnia books. Edmund and Lucy are still visiting, but Peter and Susan are no longer able to - they've become too old to travel to Narnia. But with Edmund and Lucy on this trip is their cousin Eustace. Eustace is a rather unlikable boy who doesn't believe in Narnia, even after the three children land there.

The crew of the Dawn Treader - which includes Caspian and Reepicheep the Mouse - find themselves in some interesting adventures as they journey to find the Narnian lords that were banished from Narnia by Caspian's uncle Miraz. They find islands with mysterious, exciting, and even dangerous things on them. They also discover the whereabouts of the seven missing lords.

I'm excited to continue reading these books to my daughter and getting the chance to enjoy them for the first time myself.

Prince Caspian

**Book 1 * Book 2 * Book 3**

I am still really enjoying this series. Which is saying something considering that I have never read this series and it's more geared towards children. My three year old is enjoying it too (I think).

This was a bit different from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy return to Narnia, but it's a radically different Narnia than the one they left. Where it has only been a year for the children, hundreds have appeared to have passed in their beloved Narnia. But they have been called there to help a boy not much older than themselves.

Caspian is the proper heir to the throne of Narnia. But his uncle has usurped the throne as well as killing his father. Now that his aunt has had a male child, Caspian is a threat to his uncle. So Caspian runs away, and he finds a group of Old Narnians - Talking Animals, Fauns, Centaurs, and even a Giant - who will gladly make him the King of Narnia, but they must go to battle against King Miraz and his army.

So, the children get pulled into Narnia to help Caspian succeed in restoring Narnia to what it once was.

It's a fun book. All the books of this series are. And they're the perfect length to read to my daughter at night.

The Horse and His Boy

**Book 1 * Book 2**

Another Narnia book that follows new characters. The characters in this book are Shasta, a slave boy to a fisherman, Bree, a talking horse, Aravis, a noble girl, and Hwin, another talking horse.

The book mostly revolves around Shasta and Bree. Shasta is escaping after hearing the fisherman planning to sell him to a nobleman. Bree is the nobleman's horse, who desperately wants to return to Narnia. So in the middle of the night, they leave.

Along their journey they meet Aravis, who is running away from home to keep from marrying a much older man. She rides Hwin, who is also trying to return to Narnia.

Their adventure leads Shasta to discoveries about himself that he never expected.

I liked it. It was a heartwarming kind of book.

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

**Book 1**

Continuing on in the Chronicles of Narnia, is The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. I have realized I'm fond of this book. It's technically the second book in the series, but it was the first book written.

The book takes place during WWII when all the children were evacuated from London. Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy are sent to a Professor's house. But this isn't just any Professor. This is the same boy who was the Magician's Nephew.

Lucy stumbles through a wardrobe and finds herself in Narnia. But when she tells her siblings, they don't believe her. That is, until they all stumble through.

They all end up in Narnia and their adventures truly begin.

This is definitely a good fantasy read for a younger audience.

The Magician's Nephew

Since finishing the Little House series with my daughter, we have moved on to The Chronicles of Narnia. I will admit that I haven't really read these books. So, while I read to the three year old, I will be enjoying them for the first time.

The Magician's Nephew is the first book in the series by placement of book, although it was written and published sixth. But I read it first because it is the beginning of Narnia.

Digory is a little boy with a neighbor girl, Polly, who becomes a close friend. His uncle, however, is not a good man. Uncle Andrew is a magician, but he is not a nice magician. He tricks Polly into using a ring which transports her to another world and forces Digory to go as well in order to bring Polly back into their own world.

During this, the children go on an adventure, meet an evil Witch, and witness the birth of the land of Narnia.

Overall, this is a good book. It is fantastical in it's creation and tells the story of the professor as a child and Narnia before the other books begin.