We recently finished listening to all seven of the Chronicles of Narnia. For most of the books, we just listened to someone reading the text. When I had expended all my renewals, we borrowed The Chronicles of Narnia: Innovative Audio Entertainment with Complete Cast, Cinema Quality Sound, and Original Music (19 CDs, 7 Complete Audio Dramas) (Focus on the Family Radio Theatre)
from Grammy. At first I was disdainful of the "8 and over" suggestion on the back, but now I know better. In one of the first chapters we heard (we listened to the books out of order), Aslan chased Shasta, Bree, Aravis and Hwin together. First Daughter in particular was quite frightened. Even First Son was upset until I explained it was Aslan and that he was actually helping them in their journey. It was also more difficult to First Son to follow the story as some points. I still don't think he realizes that Aslan turned Rabadash into a donkey at the end of the novel. In general, I'd recommend choosing a straightforward reading for the audio books when young children are in the vicinity. Of course, you can read the books out load yourself as well. That doesn't work so well when you're driving, though.
