Prince Caspian

Why it’s on the list: The Pevensie children return to Narnia to find centuries have passed and the Telmarines have driven the talking beasts into hiding, and help the rightful heir, Caspian, take back a country that has forgotten it was ever magic. The Narnia book about belief under pressure — Lucy sees Aslan and the others do not, and the plot turns on whether they will follow her anyway.

Where I heard about it

• Founders Classical Academy — on the fifth-grade reading list at this classical school in Lewisville, Texas, posted by the Classic Learning Test (September 2026) as an example of what a classical curriculum assigns. Full eight-year sequence: Founders Classical Academy Reading List.

Connections

• Founders Classical Academy Reading List — the curriculum this came from; 56 unique titles across 5th through 12th grade.
• Classical Education — the movement whose canon this list is.
• C.S. Lewis
• The Chronicles of Narnia