My Prince

Friday is Book Character Dress-Up Day at Pretlow's school. My son wants to be a prince, so I've been searching for a story in which that role is not secondary to a princess. I also wanted one that doesn't involve death (at least not too much). This is harder than you might think. My search finally ended at Prince Caspian from the Chronicles of Narnia series, except that I needed an age-appropriate version that Pretlow could read by Friday. I know that he is a good reader, but since we are pressed for time (wait until the last minute? Never!), I didn't want this particular assignment to be too challenging (and therefore, stressful for both of us). I picked up The Rescue of Prince Caspian (The Return to Narnia) from Barnes and Noble (for free! but that's another story), which the website says is for ages 4 to 7. So it'll be an easy read, but we'll have a prince for Friday.

Today was also my conference with Pretlow's teacher. Her glowing report included praise of Pretlow's reading ability. So when we went to the library today, I checked out The Magician's Nephew, the first book in the Chronicles series. If Pretlow likes Prince Caspian, he can give the more challenging book a try. It will be his first chapter book. My little scholar is growing up!