Friday, January 20, 2012

Into the Wardrobe!

The girls and I have been reading The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe for the last week. We are about 3/4 of the way through. I think this is my favorite book I've read with them so far. They are totally enthralled. My favorite part of reading this book though has been watching them start to guess at what is going to happen next. And they are making their guesses by remembering what happened earlier in the book, last night they didn't even get scared the White Witch was coming to get the beavers and children because Havah remembered that the dwarf didn't put bells on the sledge to chase them. That was like a chapter before! And, then Lilly totally guessed that the sledge was going to be Santa and not the Witch.

We are having a great time!

I can't remember though, so I will ask opinions from people who do remember, (please don't base your comment of of the movies) if the next two books would be appropriate (read not overly violent/scary) for a 4&5 year old?
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  1. Melissa2:01 PM, January 20, 2012

    Your kids are very clever. I don't think I ever made the connection with the bells on the sledge.

    So I think the next two books are:
    Prince Caspian
    The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

    Correct? It's been a little bit since I've read them but I find those ones similar to the Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe as far as suspense and scariness.

    As far as the other chronicles go:
    The Silver Chair = more scary, underground world, giants, evil witch, etc.
    The Horse and His Boy = Good story, I think equal to the first few books in story/scariness.
    The Magician's Nephew = Sort of odd, maybe too abstract in some ways for a 4 & 5 year old but your girls are pretty smart. It talks about worlds within worlds and creation of worlds and worlds dying.
    The Last Battle = Maybe too sad and scary. It ends well from an adult point of view but not sure if a 4 & 5 year old would understand. And most the book everything seems to be going wrong.

    Anyways, that is more opinion than you asked for. I'm excited to be able to read stories and have kids get excited about them someday. Right now we just point out pictures and get real excited anytime a star or a moon is on a page :)

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  2. Jenna11:18 AM, January 29, 2012

    I think Melissa pretty much nailed this one on the head. "The Silver Chair" also doesn't have any of the four original children in it.

    I might add that "The Horse and His Boy" is my favorite because it takes place when the four children are ruling as adults in Narnia.

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