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

[Debby Phillips]

I would not say that Aslan is a stand-in for God, but He does 
represent Jesus.  And I'm NOT a fundamentalist.  But it's quite 
simple to see that symbology.  Edmund is a traitor, and so 
according to the magic, someone must die.  Aslan chooses to do 
that.  But he knows that there is even deeper, older magic.  
Whether you accept Aslan as representing Christ or not, in Narnia 
the Good always triumphs.  I have to believe that, even in this 
world that's so messed up.  The Good will triumph.  Love will 
always win out.  I may be an imperfect representative of Love, 
but it will triumph, in spite of me, in spite of all of us and 
our laziness, indifference, dishonesty, greed, hatred, and so 
many other crappy things that we carry around and throw at each 
other.    Debby