I have fond memories of reading them when I was younger, but as I think about introducing them to kids I have some thoughts and issues:
- The clear colonial bias - Narnia needing white British rulers to thrive.
- Colorism/Xenophobia/Racism in the Horse and His Boy and The Last Battle.
Do the benefits of a neat magical fantasy world outweigh the issues? How would you approach it?
Golden Compass, baby.
All the same basic narrative parts of Narnia, plus more cooler better ones as well, and assembled by a writer who doesn’t just decide Santa is a cannon event to the multiverse.
i was never allowed to read it because my mom said it was anti christian propaganda![emoji angery angery](https://www.hexbear.net/pictrs/image/e639b50e-a115-48d7-af0b-1958b2397480.png)
'cus it is. Kill god, tear down the kingdom of heaven, and build a democracy
Oh fuck that sounds great adding it to my list
Lol same
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Thanks! I never got around to reading that one, but I’ll give it a shot.
Absolutely worth it, the whole trilogy is, and he’s working on a sequel trilogy, from what I’ve heard.
Probably worth going through all three first, because they do occasionally delve into darker or mature themes, but it’s all handled well.