[stylist] Looking for ideas on good children's books

[Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter]

Not to rock the boat, but the Left Behind series, both adult and children's,
are some of the biggest propaganda-driven books I've ever read. And not all
that Biblically sound either. Doctrinally, though espousing popular beliefs,
the theology is not well-grounded, much of the Bible it's based on taken way
out of context, and based on beliefs that are only about 100 years old or
so, interpreting Revelations in a way not previously interpreted as such.
The first university I attended was a Bible college, and all students,
regardless of major, had to minor in Biblical studies, plus, I've done a lot
of independent research on this, so I'm not just blowing smoke. I know I'm
being controversial, but I'm by far not the first to make these comments.

And I don't even find Left Behind to be a good series. The movies are
equally bad. This is a perfect example of pushing an agenda in literature,
and focusing on the agenda more than the characters, or even, to be frank,
the plot.

Bridgit

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Subject: Re: [stylist] Looking for ideas on good children's books

Hi Barbara, I read some of the Left Behind (for kids) series and really
liked it.  The others became so intense, that even though I read them all,
by the end I was so depressed I had to go read something totally unrelated,
like the Little House books.  
(Grin).  Well, I'm getting ready to go nap again.    Debby P.S.  
I'm reading M.  L.  Montgomery's biography.  It's on BARD.  It's okay, very
easy to see Anne in her books.  Also the Emily Star 
books were referred to.  Have not read those.  Have any of you?    
Debby