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On C S Lewis

If all NZ children could – and would – read the seven books of the Chronicles of Narnia... it would be hard to say we have a literacy crisis.

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Alwyn Poole
Began teaching in 1991. TBC, HBHS, St Cuths. Founded/led Mt Hobson MS–18 years. Co-founded SAMS and MSWA. Econs degree, Masters in Edn, tchg dip, post grad dip – sport.

C S Lewis is truly one of the most remarkable and influential intellects of the 20th century – as was George MacDonald in the century before him.

Lewis regarded MacDonald as his ‘master’ – high praise indeed when he got to sit across the table and share a beer with Tolkien weekly.

This piece is interesting and inspiring – and I assume Greta Gerwig’s Narnia Films: https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/20-09-2025/an-ode-to-the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe

Anyone who can read the series and finish The Last Battle without tears has a cold heart indeed.

If all NZ children could – and would – read the seven books of the Chronicles of Narnia... it would be hard to say we have a LITERACY CRISIS.

This article was originally published by Education – the Absolute Best Ways.

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