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A Landscape With Dragons: The Battle for Your Child's Mind Paperback – Illustrated, November 1, 1998

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The Harry Potter series of books and movies are wildly popular. Many Christians see the books as largely if not entirely harmless. Others regard them as dangerous and misleading. In his book A Landscape with Dragons, Harry Potter critic Michael O'Brien examines contemporary children's literature and finds it spiritually and morally wanting. His analysis, written before the rise of the popular Potter books and films, anticipates many of the problems Harry Potter critics point to. A Landscape with Dragons is a controversial, yet thoughtful study of what millions of young people are reading and the possible impact such reading may have on them.

In this study of the pagan invasion of children's culture, O'Brien, the father of six, describes his own coming to terms with the effect it has had on his family and on most families in Western society. His analysis of the degeneration of books, films, and videos for the young is incisive and detailed. Yet his approach is not simply critical, for he suggests a number of remedies, including several tools of discernment for parents and teachers in assessing the moral content and spiritual impact of this insidious revolution. In doing so, he points the way to rediscovery of time-tested sources, and to new developments in Christian culture.

If you have ever wondered why a certain children's book or film made you feel uneasy, but you couldn't figure out why, this book is just what you need. This completely revised, much expanded second edition also includes a very substantial recommended reading list of over 1,000 books for kindergarten through highschool.

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125 pages
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Ignatius Press
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November 1, 1998
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5.33 x 0.93 x 8.04 inches
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0898706785
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978-0898706789
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Michael D. O'Brien, iconographer, painter, and writer, is the popular author of many best-selling novels including Father Elijah, Elijah in Jerusalem, The Father's Tale, Eclipse of the Sun, Sophia House, Theophilos, and Island of the World. His novels have been translated into twelve languages and widely reviewed in both secular and religious media in North America and Europe.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ignatius Press; First edition (November 1, 1998)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 125 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0898706785
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0898706789
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.33 x 0.93 x 8.04 inches

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Keri kYnerd

Intense and Enlightening

Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2019

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(I brought this book along for vaca reading… It. Was. Not… Light reading.) wow. As a catholic homeschool Mom of 2 Avid readers, I must recommend this book to any parent who prays for her children’s (or grandchildren’s...) eternal salvation. My kids love to read thriller fiction story fairytales. And this book opened my eyes to the horror of how the modern world is dragging our children’s minds straight to the devil. I was brokenhearted to find some of my favorite titles, that I was looking forward to sharing with my children, and had not realized how insidiously woven with evil they are. (Spoiler alert - Harry Potter is not even mentioned in this book. O’Brien has a whole different book dedicated to HP that I haven’t read yet). Small consolation, there is a wealth of worthier book titles in the back third of this book for children and adults to enjoy

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Joe Keenan

Required Reading For Todays Parents

Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2015

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A very well reasoned and developed examination of Fantasy. Author examines the fall of Fatansy, that is the turning of Fantasy from its Logos inspired origins to its current neo-pagan manifestation. This fall is in part examined by examining the change in the use of a powerful archetype, the dragon, The dragon has always represented danger, cunning, greed, its pretty much vice made flesh, in the neo-paganism that informs Fantasy today the dragon becomes a good guy, he's just misunderstood. Author argues pretty convincingly that this inversion of archetype reflects a moral confusion and or ambiguity, in the respective author(s) and thus leads to moral confusion in the resulting tales. He then discusses some of the top writers of Fantasy fiction (George MacDonald, C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, Lloyd Alexander, Le Guin, etc...) and analyzes their writings based on this perspective. The criticism (whether you agree with it all or not), seems fair and even handed. There is much here to reflect on. A very good book.

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Dopey

Danger Will Robinson danger!

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2015

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While I don't agree with everything said by Obrien, we too passively dismiss dangers to our spiritual lives present accidentally or by intent In literature that blurs the distinction between good and evil in a false reconciliation. That false reconciliation mounts to trying to force water and oil to mix, make 2+2=5 and call a round object square in the name of tolerance and personal freedom. This mantra, or noise, as O'brien puts it, has been going on for a long time. If you put a frog in boiling water it will jump out immediately, but if you turn the heat up slowly enough it won't know it's burning until it's too late. We're almost there now

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Angela Daniel

Pretty good book

Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2010

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I enjoyed this book. Not being Catholic, there were a few points on which I disagreed theologically with the author. However, for the most part, I found both his worldview and his musings on the decline of western culture thought-provoking and accurate. This being said, I actually purchased the book based on recommendations of the wonderful 90+ page booklist in at the back of the book. There is a warning at the beginning of the booklist, that some people might not find every book in the booklist appropriate for their own children, and I must say that is a very true statement. For example, one book recommended for young children focuses on Buddhism and reincarnation, and another is about a million cats fighting and destroying each other until only one is left. There are numerous examples like this. While I do think the author does a great job of alerting parents to some of the problems we face today in choosing children's literature, I think the author could have done a better job in creating his list, or at least, putting a brief warning on books containing material that some Christian parents might find objectionable. It makes me wonder of he even read all the books he listed! As the author stated, making sure our children grow to be healthy spiritual creatures requires constant vigilance. Another good list of a 1,000 books for children--also containing a some questionable recommendations-- is located at [...]. There is quite a bit of overlap between the two lists, and this list is free.

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Ariel Lewis

With things so bad today, it was interesting to find that it ...

Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2015

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A critique of the increasingly degraded and subversive content of all contemporary movies, books, TV etc., especially for kids. With things so bad today, it was interesting to find that it was pretty bad in 1998 also, nearly 20 years ago. I don't agree with the author on all points, but useful especially for extensive reading lists of relatively wholesome books for children, and some warning flags for things I didn't know about like R.L Stine's "goosebumps" series, which is apparently straight up horror.

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Bernadette C.

Worth the Read

Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2020

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Not exactly an easy read, but so worth getting through. Parents should definitely read this book. And the book list in the back is awesome! This book gives you the tools to discern the morality if what your kids read.

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roger chaney

An excellent book written from a Christian prospective

Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2016

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An excellent book written from a Christian prospective. Surprising at times, the opinions of the author was always backed up by sound Biblical reasoning which was not presented in a dogmatic fashion but with a loving attitude. I believe Mr. O'Brien understands there is always more to understand on the subject of children's media, where in lies much of it's value. Would advise all to read and ponder the subject matter whether one is a parent or grandparent. The Church certainly needs books written in a clear headed manner such as this one. Refreshing and challenging.

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