His Welsh accent is lovely and helps to keep younger readers or more difficult to engage readers engrossed in this incredible series. I also recommend the audio books as you read along, narrated by James Langton. Fortunately, there is a pronunciation guide in the back of each book. Lloyd Alexander (1924-2007) was the author of more than forty books for children and adults, including the beloved childrens fantasy series. And Welsh may be even more notorious than French in the realms of spelling versus saying. As it is based on Welsh mythology, there are Welsh names. The High King brings us to the battle for all Prydain.Taran Wanderer follows Taran's journey to self-discovery.The Castle of Llyr takes us to the isle of Mona and the bumbling Prince Rhun. The Chronicles of Prydain Boxed Set contains Books 1-5 1 The Book of Three 2 The Black Cauldron 3 The Castle of Llyr 4 Taran Wanderer 5 The High King.The Black Cauldron seeks to destroy the power of Arwn to create the deathless warriors, the Cauldron Born.The Book of Three introduces the threat of the Horned King, a servant of Arwn, to the peace of the Prydain, and we meet Taran and the companions for the first time.There are five books in the series, and each builds upon the adventures in the last. How can you improve on "the standard of excellence in fantasy literature for children"? This series has everything you could want: comedy, courage, wisdom, foolishness, power, tragedy, and friendship.
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