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

[Debby Phillips]

Actually, Lucy is one of my favorite female characters in Narnia.  
She shows sensitivity, and her love for Aslan is strong.  And 
Jill.  Once she gets over being a ninny, she turns out to be a 
wonderful young girl.  I believe that the real villainess is the 
White Witch, and she turns out to appear in more of the stories 
as one and the same.  But she is no different than many of the 
women in fairy tales, the wicked Queen in Snow White, the wicked 
Fairy in Sleeping Beauty, the wicked stepmother in Cinderella and 
Hansel and Grettel.  I know that there are wicked men too, but 
right now my mind is drawing a blank.

I always wished that C.S.  Lewis would have written more adult 
versions of Narnia.  I mean, I love them, but I'd really would 
have liked to read more in-depth books about Narnia.  But they 
are children's stories, and written as such.  For me I love them, 
and they are a great read for me sometimes.    Debby