Book 4 in the Chronicles of Narnia Series, the second to be made into a film. I enjoyed this story much more than the previous, but I was also familiar with it having already watching the film. I liked the introduction of the new character, Prince Caspian, and his association with the kids, along with more about the time lapse only touched on during The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Prince Caspian is the story of the children as they make their first return trip back to Narnia to find that hundreds of years have passed and there is a new king, and new conflicts that Narnia faces. Together with Prince Caspian, the children help restore Narnia to its former self.

This edition contains all seven Narnia novels in the order C.S. Lewis wished them to be read.

In The Magician's Nephew, Digory and his friend, Polly, are sent to another world by wearing rings created by Uncle Andrew. Here they unwittingly wake Queen Jadis, who creates havoc in 1900's London. This is a very interesting introduction to the beginning of Narnia by Aslan.

In The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Lucy and her brothers and sister travel to Narnia through a wardrobe at Professor Kirke's house. While in Narnia, they must help defeat the White Witch to help Aslan.

In The Horse and His Boy, Shasta runs away from home with a talking horse with the intent of going to Narnia. Along the way, they join with another talking horse and Aravis, who is escaping an arranged marriage.

In Prince Caspian, Caspian uses a magic horn to call Susan, Peter, Edmund and Lucy back to Narnia, although it is not the Narnia they remember. Together, they work to restore Caspian to his throne.

In Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Edmund, Lucy and their foul cousin Eustace are sucked into a picture onto Prince Caspian's ship, The Dawn Treader. They join him on a journey to the end of the earth, having adventures along and changing things while they journey.

In The Silver Chair, Eustace and his friend, Jill, are pulled back into Narnia to help find Prince Rilian, Caspian's son. They are helped along the way by Puddleglum a Marsh-wiggle.

In The Last Battle, Prince Tirian must fight agains Shift, The Ape, who says that Aslan is with him and wants to enslave all of Narnia.

These are magical books which will charm any child, young or old. ( )

People are so generally down on poor old Lewis these days that it's hard to remember sometimes that he wrote a jolly good story and that's why these books are still in print. I reread this after we'd watched the film and was amused to be reminded that the Telmarines were not, originally, swarthy and heavily-accented (= Hollywood-bad), but English and rather common … which would, I daresay, also be bad. Worth noting: Telmarine revisionist history ("duller than the truest bit of history you ever read, and more untrue than the most exciting adventure story"), Nikabrik's foolish contention that the enemy of one's enemy is one's friend – not such a good idea when you're talking about the White Witch – and, of course, the almost-Bacchanal, where you can almost hear Lewis pulling up in his head: "Whoa, wait a moment – children's book, children's book …" ( )

I had to read this for class and it was so boring that I hated reading it ( )

Whilst still very enjoyable I do not feel this book is as excellent as the famed Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe. Caspian at times is a very reluctant hero and there is a fine line between a big ego and not quite heroic enough! ( )