[chae]

Thanks for posting this. I was planning on taking my 12 year-old to see this movie, and a couple days ago nearly bought him the book. Yikes.
On a different note, does anyone know anything about the Spiderwick movie?

[twigs]

I would definitely not buy these books for a 12-year-old child. They are exciting enough, but by the fhird book, they’ll be into themes that I doubt you would want your son reading. Hint: the church gets another chance to do the Garden of Eden over. Pullman thinks that the church is evil to forbid sex. The two young protagonists are young adolescents; the young lady, Lyra, is the new “Eve,” although you don’t know that until the third book. I hope that’s not a spoiler. Anyway, if you get my drift, there are topics you probably would not want your young son to contemplate for awhile. And you might well not want him ever to think about it the way Pullman does.

[NYer]

I was planning on taking my 12 year-old to see this movie, and a couple days ago nearly bought him the book. Yikes.

My childhood memories of holidays are filled with trips to see wonderful movies with positive character themes. Now parents and grandparents must rely on outside sources to provide information about the garbage eminating from Hollywood. As for the books, I just posted a review written by an agnostic, at post #17.

If you visit Amazon.com, you will find many similar reviews about this series of books.

As for the Spiderwick movie, I have not heard anything. However I understand the movie ....

is phenomenal. It has already won several awards. Learn more at the official web site.

BELLA MOVIE