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| The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe Is The Best Children's Book Ever Written |
| C.S Lewis was a great man, his story telling and his ability to put across strong philosophical, moral and spiritual ideas through his children's stories without resulting to cheap tricks, gore, violence or romance. |
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Blarg.
The best children's book ever written was "Little Pilgrim's Progress" an adaptation re-write of the
John Bunyan classic "Pilgrim's Progress".
Best runner-up? "My Side Of The Mountain". |
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I wouldn’t say it was the best book ever written, but as a child I certainly enjoyed all the
Narnia books. The Christian imagery was wasted on me, but then I was never connected to the church
so had nothing to compare it to. |
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No way. 2 words- harry potter! |
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"The Liar, Whitebread and the Warthog" is a piece of garbage. It was to the early 20th century what
Tim LaHate's "Left Behind" (a/k/a "Half-A**ed") garbage was to the late 20th century:
Both are hate literature to which children should not be exposed.
Any parents who really loved their children would point them toward E. B. White, Judy Blume and
Encyclopedia Brown. Even Tintin and Asterix comics make for better literature.
Even Lewis' best friend, J.R.R. Tolkien, said Lewis' books were overreaching and heavy on the
christian pornography. Tolkien was a hardcore catholic and managed to keep his religion out of his
books. (By the way, Tolkien's son was a catholic priest until he was put in prison for molesting
boys.)
And on a literary basis alone, the books are junk. It is just a poor copy of Lord Of The Rings. |
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I enjoyed the novels and movie, but I’ll have to agree with the previous people who have posted
when they speak about the Christian propaganda-like background of the stories. I also find it quite
hypocritical when religious fanatics praise movies and novels which embrace their own beliefs (The
Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe), yet protest those which they consider to be "unacceptable" by
the regulations of their own faith (The Golden Compass or the Harry Potter series). |
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I disagree, although i enjoyed reading it as a child, it is pretty much soft-core Christian
propaganda. |
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It is a great story, but if you are going to read them read ALL of them. |
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No not at all |
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I don't know if I would say that the C.S Lewis's second book in the chronicles of Narnia is the best
children's book ever. It seems to me that if it promotes Christianity in a world that is growing
particularly secular it may be out of step with young people.
I think that books by J.K Rowling or Jacqueline Wilson offer equally excellent levels of teaching
children about morals, ethics and ways to behave with each other. Granted, many Christians were
upset by the wizardry aspect of the Harry Potter books, but behind that is the battle between good
and evil, something that is often common to a good children's story. They must first teach and
socialize the child and second give them examples of good and bad.
The problem that I have with Lewis is that his Christianity is preachy in a way that children find
difficult to wrestle with and I wouldn't want any child growing up to think that there is an
superior being to them that controls all. That's why I like Harry Potter, because this wee boy has
the power to shape his destiny in his own hands. It also develops the importance of friendship and
loyalty, family and the importance of a strong education. It teaches a type of love of schooling
and learning that other books avoid.
I want a children's book to teach without taking too strong a doctrinal bent, I think that this is
impossible in an author with a strong religious conviction. |
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