It's interesting just how many people here are keen on
The Chronicles of Narnia. I also read them as a kid, and enjoyed them thoroughly. In fact, I gave a set to my nephew last summer. (They were supposed to be set aside as a Christmas present, but mum got confused when she took them over -- my brother lives abroad -- so the lucky kid ended up with a Christmas present, too!)
All the discussion about the chronology of the books intrigued me; I always thought that
The Magician's Nephew came first, although I certainly didn't read it first. Anyway... So intrigued was I that I did a little websearch and... For anyone who is interested, you can find the result
here .
Suffice to say, they weren't written or published in chronological order; Pam's list looks about right for the order they were written in. The author of the article linked to (above) seems to put forward a pretty good case for
not reading them in chronological order, too, but points out that it really doesn't matter all that much.
Yes, the mentions of Narnia have stirred up some good memories, but I don't think they're quite up there on my most treasured book lists.
Oh, and whoever mentioned
Shadow the Sheepdog? I'd forgotten entirely about that one, but I loved it when I was little. I also loved
What Katy Did,
What Katy Did At School and
What Katy Did Next, plus the Laura Ingalls Wilder books.
I'm going to stop now, before I drown myself in nostalgia.
Chris
