The Prydain Chronicles Book One: The Book of Three

By: Lloyd Alexander

Narrated by: James Langton

Taran dreams of adventure, but nothing exciting ever happens to an Assistant Pig-Keeper--until his pig runs away. A chase through the woods leads Taran far from home and into great danger, for evil prowls the land of Prydain. With a collection of strange and wonderful friends whom he meets on his journey, Taran finds himself fighting so that good may triumph over evil--and so that his beloved home will not fall to a diabolical fiend.©1964 Lloyd Alexander; (P)2004 Random House, Inc, Listening Library, a division of Random House, Inc.

Excellent

This was simply excellent, great fantasy for young and old

super

all super .
popping .God like.
I like it a lot. super duper duper duper cool.

Important lessons learned for young ones

My 9 year old chose this book from her reading list this summer and to my surprise became one of our families favorite. This book teaches some very important lessons about growing up and learning to find ones own identity in a world that when young seems so large and exciting, but when the time comes to step outside ones comfort zone only makes us realize there is no place like home.

Hard to find anything better

I have read a truckload of post 2000 YA and low teen fantasy novels, very few are as engaging as this series. I come back to classics like this periodically just to refresh my senses of what a good story is like. Of course, the princess would be more to the fore in a modern story, so just deal with that. It is the 1960s, not the 2020s.

awesome

I read this once as a kid, favorite book ever. The Narrator was awesome. Recommend!!!!