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A review by semperlunaris
The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander
4.0
I came to this series through my old, beaten-up VHS of Disney's adaptation, The Black Cauldron (which I understand was a box office flop UM EXCUSE ME the 80's clearly wasn't a time for CULTURE!). Rant aside, I was over the moon to find a box set of these novels and binged them over 3 days.
There is so much to the world of Prydain and Taran's adventures which were neglected in the Disney version (probably didn't help they were trying the smash The Book of Three and The Black Cauldron together in the space of an hour). While I love this series for the joy it's given me as a child, I do criticise it's treatment of girls *cough* Eilonwy *cough* from book 3 onwards (it's very)
Tried and tested in a P5/6 classroom, kids enjoyed it, and having the glossary at the back helped them to navigate Welsh names/phonemes.
There is so much to the world of Prydain and Taran's adventures which were neglected in the Disney version (probably didn't help they were trying the smash The Book of Three and The Black Cauldron together in the space of an hour). While I love this series for the joy it's given me as a child, I do criticise it's treatment of girls *cough* Eilonwy *cough* from book 3 onwards (it's very
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'girls you must give up your power and anything you like if you want to be with a boy!'Tried and tested in a P5/6 classroom, kids enjoyed it, and having the glossary at the back helped them to navigate Welsh names/phonemes.