Book chosen by Gov. Bush for contest tied to GOP donor's movie

TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Jeb Bush is encouraging Florida schoolchildren to read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, a parable of the New Testament gospels, for a contest timed with the release of the movie version by a company owned by a prominent Republican donor.

The $150 million film opens Dec. 9, and three sets of winners will get a private screening in Orlando, two nights at a Disney resort, a dinner at Medieval Times and a copy of the C.S. Lewis children's novel signed by Jeb and Columba Bush.
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This is the first time a contest will coincide with the release of a movie, a feature that Walden officials admit helps them market the film. Debbie Kovacs, the company vice president in charge of promoting the movie among the nation's teachers, said Walden was "honored" when the state approached them about two weeks ago.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/state/epaper/2005/10/04/m1a_flabook_1004.html

these people have no shame. And I wonder how many of their base will find the use of magic in the books unsettling...

The Lion Witch and Wardrobe are very popular in Christian circles...

and had to stop - I don't know what's so "great" about it - sounded kind of sick to me......

...I'd be angry that the BUSHES were signing the novel. Gresham's stepfather, C.S. Lewis, was the one who wrote it, and Lewis was known to correspond with young readers who wrote to him with questions about the book and other matters. The Bushes shouldn't elbow in on this.

On edit: I read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in the third grade, when it was a popular book among my classmates. It's a great work of fantasy fiction, and people don't need to go all knee-jerk nervous about it being by a Christian. For crying out loud! :eyes:

Christians. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a great book. And one which "they" would not like.

Now there's a C.S.Lewis book for times like these. Read it if you haven't. There's also an audiobook version read by John Cleese.