Probably my least contested favourite in the Narnia series. I had such a literary crush on Caspian, and I'd got a lot fonder of Edmund, too. And of course, it has Reepicheep! And a voyage to the end of the world, involving a lot of marvels along the way. Eustace, of course, is a turn-off at first -- you can't help but think he doesn't deserve to be in Narnia, and to be resentful that he could go and you can't -- but watching his character development is rewarding. He and Edmund are among the few characters that actually have character development: Peter, Lucy and Caspian were all born perfect, more or less, particularly Peter -- Lucy and Caspian have their moments of failure, but without consequence; Shasta and Aravis just needed to appreciate one another's good qualities; Susan has always been the rather reluctant, prissy, perhaps-not-worthy one.

Anyway, I always thought Dawn Treader was the most magical of the stories. And it still is.