tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18592726.post2276304828988541698..comments2023-10-17T09:45:01.061-04:00Comments on scattershot thoughts: Harry Potter's Secrettwo crowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14289442473441279230noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18592726.post-80477610248691890322007-11-28T13:04:00.000-05:002007-11-28T13:04:00.000-05:00welcome to Scattershot, Jude--btw-- I loved your p...welcome to Scattershot, Jude--<BR/>btw-- I loved your post on the 13 grandmothers.<BR/>I'm thinking about contacting them to find out how to be part of that movement--<BR/>I'm OLD enough to be a g-ma, tho I have no kids or grandkids by blood--<BR/>xxx<BR/>yes, C. S. Lewis had a 'crisis of faith' when his wife died.<BR/>and the far-right's condemnation of the Harry Potter series is SUCH a red-herring, it seems to me. <BR/>the good news is -- it's the most sure-fire way to get their kids to read it under the covers when their parents aren't watching. <BR/>so, maybe their kids will learn something about loving those who are different from themselves despite their parents' attempts to keep that from happening---<BR/><BR/>I'm gonna have to look up My Side of the Mountain at the library.two crowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14289442473441279230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18592726.post-72843288218833200412007-11-28T00:20:00.000-05:002007-11-28T00:20:00.000-05:00I believe the author of the Narnia series was a we...I believe the author of the Narnia series was a well known Christian advocate of his time. There were writings about how CS Lewis turned his back on "wicked" ways and embraced Christianity with a vengence so of course his books would be more widely accepted - it was a Christian peep! Unlike JK who lived a dubious lifestyle previously to release Harry books. I think it is silly to delve that deeply into children's books and take apart their hero. My favorite all time book from my childhood was My Side of the Mountain. In it a boy ran away and lived in a tree in the mountains but I do not remember people pooh poohing that book as bad for the youth. I thought the character was adventurous! And DON'T get me started on the Boston Banned Books list. I could on and on (I read them all by the time I was 12 - naughty girl I was).Choochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924924213787237712noreply@blogger.com