Reading this book was one of the top to-do's on my summer list. I was mainly interested in her book lists for each of my boys as I sometimes wonder if I am reading the right age-appropriate books to my 6 year old. But my eyes were opened to a harsh truth on what Americans have been allowed to do to our culture, to our children, including in my time. In the late 1960's, writers became convinced that children needed relevant books or realism in which violence, sex, alcohol, drugs, death, divorce and disease were used to urge a nonjudgmental culture and to become understanding and noncondemning. And contradictory to that, animal rights activists would change such a classic as, The Three Little Pigs, in which the pigs got away from the wolf for fearing it would provoke animal cruelty, and health nuts replaced Cookie Monster's cookie with carrots and veggies for fear or blame on America's children becoming obese???
Who are these people that have been allowed to make such calls?
Hunt is a Christian author, but I enjoyed the fact that she was not so narrow minded to exclude good literature such as Fantasy, as she very well states Fantasy makes "tumbling down stairs" harmless. And goes on to say 'No child confuses dragons or unicorns with cattle in a meadow'.
My favorite chapter, however, was Honey from the Rock. She says to see for yourself the difference, beyond her insights, of those who have gathered around and read from the bible together as a family and those who have not. Some Christians do not believe in contemporary teachings, but Hunt says of those, if they want to learn from the original doctrine, they need to learn Greek and Hebrew. Otherwise, the versions today, whether contemporary or traditional, are both translations.
And to think~ I was only going for the book list.
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