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Post by Jedi Knight on Apr 7, 2009 16:06:00 GMT -5
I actually love the books for how they were written, even the "Last Battle". C.S. Lewis believed that children's books should be written the same as adult's books. Otherwise, it's condescending. If only more people today had that point of view... there might be more people that enjoy reading. THIS. The next person I see defending bad writing because it's intended for children I will hunt down with a shotgun. Good writing is arguably more important in a children's book, because kids who read crap will grow into adults who read crap and write crap of their own. I think the test is "can a literate adult read this book and still appreciate it?" - not only is a book that passes the test not going to pass bad reading and writing habits onto the next generation, it has a larger potential market so more sales, so a happier writer and a happier publisher. Everyone wins. I agree. The best children's books have so much depth they can be read and enjoyed by adults. I too, still read the Narnia Chronicles, The Hobbit, Alice in Wonderland (Now, what did Lewis Carroll smoke?) and everything written by Astrid Lindgren.
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Post by julie on Apr 7, 2009 16:36:29 GMT -5
I love love loved the Narnia books as a child and still like some things about them. But the older I get, the more they feel rather unkind and propagandish. I get uncomfortable reading A Horse and His Boy now, and it was one of my favorites as a child. It strikes me as ugly racism (at least in parts) now.
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Post by The Lazy One on Apr 7, 2009 19:34:27 GMT -5
I have never read The Last Battle but The Horse and His Boy was one of my favorite books as a child.
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Post by szaleniec on Apr 7, 2009 19:49:12 GMT -5
I'm not sure when I first read the books. By 9, I know, maybe earlier. I was 6 or 7 because it was my Year 2 teacher who read it to the class. (Though it was a de facto church school, the Christian connotations were never mentioned.) Enjoyed it so much that I got my parents to buy the books so I could re-read them alone.
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