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The Hose and His Boy was the fifth book published in The Chronicles of Narnia series. This tale is a bit unusual, for instead of going forward in time, it drops into the middle of the time when Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy were still in Narnia and reigning as the Kings and Queens of Narnia.

The Silver Chair was the fourth book published in The Chronicles of Narnia series. This tale leaps forward in time from the time of Dawn Treader.

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader was the third book published in The Chronicles of Narnia series. This tale carries forward the story begun in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian. This time, Peter and Susan do not return. Edmund and Lucy do, along with a new character – Eustace Clarence Scrubb. these children are taken through a picture into a Narnian sea, where they are rescued by Caspian and taken aboard the Dawn Treader.

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Prince Caspian was the second book published in The Chronicles of Narnia series. This tale carries forward the story begun in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. In fact, it moves forward many centuries in Narnian time – though very little in time on Earth! While waiting for a train, the children are suddenly pulled back into Narnia. At first, they do not know exactly where they are, how long it has been in Narnian time since they left, or why they have been called back into Narnia. Thus, the first part of the book recounts their slow uncovering of where they are, how long it has been, and why they have been called back.

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe was the first book published in The Chronicles of Narnia series, and it is the most popular and well-known book in the series. Many modern versions of the Chronicles choose to put the books in chronological order rather than the order in which Lewis wrote and published the books, but I think this is a mistake. It is best to read the books in the order in which they were written and published so that you might experience them as they unfolded in the mind of Lewis and his original audience.