Here is a preview of the upcoming (May 2008) Prince Caspian (HT: Tony Reinke).

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Makes me miss my kids. Before bedtime we read the Scriptures, sing Psalms and pray. Following that they get under the covers while I read them stories. We've been reading through the Chronicles of Narnia and finished Prince Caspian about a month ago.

The stories are pretty good. The plots aren't really very thick but the kids seem to enjoy them.

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Prince Caspian trailer:

Andrew,

Any word on why they skipped over The Horse and His Boy? I actually found Prince Caspian to be kind of a boring read by comparison.

Looks good. I need to read the book again. I can't remember very much of it.

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Well, after watching the trailer, the movie looks more interesting than the book was.

Rich -- Here is what they say about it at NarniaWeb:

My wife has been reading through the whole series recently and is The Horse and His Boy now. Prince Caspian was not her favorite, but we are both looking forward to the movie.

My guess is that they are following the popular order of the books. I would also be curious to see how they handle the obvious (and correct) negativity towards the Arabian and Islamic people of Calormen.

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We're in the thick of it now. Before bed, we read the Scriptures, sing Psalms, and pray. At the conclusion of family worship the kids curl up and then I read a few pages from the Chronicles of Narnia.

The kids so look forward to family worship that they've kept me from being lazy at times because they always ask: "Are we doing Bible Studies?"

- Thanks, Andrew. I don't catch many of the modern day movies, but this is one I don't want to miss.

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Yeah, I was going to post that point too and wondered if they were leaving it out because it painted a bad picture of Arabs.

I didn't realize that The Horse and His Boy was in a different order. In the tale, all the Peavensies are still in Narnia ruling before they've chased the White Stag and returned from Narnia for the first time.

here, Rich. I've been in bed all day with flu like symptoms, but my daughter came in to my room tonight before her bedtime and said, "Daddy, are we doing Bible tonight?"

Every time I get to keep Chloë, I'll be saying something about a verse of Scripture and she always butts in, "Ooh! Oooh! Daddy, can we do that verse tonight?" Ya gotta love it.

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Yes. The "ordinary" order for American sales is:

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

Note that the Magician's Nephew is actually the first (chronologically) of the books.

Interesting. The book Sonya and I bought a couple of years back has them in chrono order. It doesn't make any sense at all to have The Magician's Nephew second to last as it deals with the creation of Narnia and the White Witch. Lewis even refers to the events of the book as he's reading it.

I guess kids really like it but I find this aspect of Lewis' writing annoying. I can see why Tolkien didn't like his work. I find myself wrinkling my nose sometimes and saying: "...that was just lame...."

My friend just gave James a gigantic collection of superhero cartoons from the 60's and beyond to include classic Spiderman, Hulk, and Ironman. They all have that cheesy still figure animation where it looks like some dude just slid the figure across a screen. James and Anna love it as much as I did back when I was a boy.

Sonya and I were listening to it this AM while they were watching it over breakfast and all the dialogue is kind of like: "Oh no, these transistors that power my suit are running out of juice. Maybe if I trick the Mandarin he will leave here so I can power up...." It's kind of the "...we don't have time to develop the plot so we'll just have the character tell you something right away and fill in all the blanks in an obvious way...." James and Anna don't seem to care but it makes me chuckle.

Well, that's a long way of saying that the Chronicles of Narnia are written that way. It's like: "You remember kids that in the last story, Lucy got a magic bottle that cures people with one drop...." It works for little kids but all the mythology and texture that makes LOTR so rich is completely missing from the Chronicles of Narnia. You feel like the kids have been dropped into a story and not into a real place. There are moments when I get caught up in the story but the plots build and resolve so quickly that their is little suspense.

Anyway, just my little take. We'll be reading the Hobbit after this is all done in a few months.

I started to read TMN and had to put it into storage months ago I cant wait to read them in the future.

Trailer was awsome!!

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Rich,

They are children's books, written for children.

As some have said, they are written for children, but if you pay enough attention, there are a lot of lessons for adults. I can never read the episode of Eustace turning into a dragon in "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" without getting a little choked up when Aslan comes and removes Eustace's dragon skin. How like it is to Christ dealing with our sin nature. We cannot deal with our sin, only Christ can do it. Lewis understood this and other biblical truths. When reading through these books, my children and I discuss these things, and it gives me a springboard to dive into the Scriptures with these things. I suppose that is what the magic of these books is for me, not necessarily how poorly or well-written the stories might be.

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