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    <body><![CDATA[Wonderful book, with plenty of neat details and facts, esp. about his Narnia series.<br/><br/>Excerpts:<br/>                                                     22 January 1977<br/><br/>Dear Martin,<br/><br/>The books don't tell us what happened to Susan. She is left alive in this world at th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33683492">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Not really sure which shelf to put this on--I read some of the letters to my 8 year old and she enjoyed them.  <br/>The letters are insightful, charming and well-written.  I wish I could write letters like that (then again, if I could, I'd have probably had a book published by now!)]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[pleasing. an interesting look at the life of the famous author through correspondence. he's by no means glamorous but well educated and positive, albeit a bit repetitious (what'cha expect, he's writing letters to children!) did you know he called himself &quot;Jack&quot;?]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A collection of letters from CS written to children from around the world.  This book makes me want to meet CS Lewis even more than I ever did before.  He is so frank, and so open, and so honest in his letters and he so obviously enjoys observing things from a child-like viewpoint, and intellectual ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43560000">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This small sample of Lewis' ample correspondence with his fans shows a true sensitivity to the minds of children.  He treats the children as adults but also answers them in a way appropriate for how they opened the conversation.  I was impressed with the number of children he had an ongoing correspo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27397862">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another classic by Lewis. In reading his answers to children's letters, you can see more about the development and purpose of the Narnian world--and the best ways an adult author should answer a child's questions about literature.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Really wonderful.  C.S. Lewis never talked down to children.  He treated them and their questions with great respect and dignity.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[allows one to see the soul of one of the great apologists of our time...and makes one appreciate his 'children books' even more.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Really got a glimpse of C.S. Lewis' character. Love him and his books even more]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[...Gives great insight into the kind of man C.S. Lewis was. For him to take the time to respond to letters that children had written to him is so wonderful! He wrote in such a sweet, yet unpatronizing way to them.<br/>Some of the children he wrote to were &quot;pen pals&quot; with him for many year...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33949847">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I flew through this book - and when I finished C.S. Lewis became more like a grandfather to me. I have always reveled in his literary genius and theological mind. Yet, to read these letters, I saw quite clearly his passion and love for children. Why else would he painstakingly write letters encourag...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10182248">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great stuff; some precious little gems from this great mind.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Invaluable in a hundred different ways.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An extremely tasteful and compelling set of letters Lewis wrote to little ones who asked about his books.  Very interesting to see how he robustly yet lovingly answers them, expecting they should understand him quite well.  An excellent companion to The Chronicles of Narnia, since he answers many qu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17985979">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book shows a very sweet side of C. S. Lewis, who felt the responsibility to answer letters from his fans. There's one in particular that I think is funny, if you ever come across this book. He draws a picture of a cat in it. See if you can find it.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[there's some good stuff in here and it is an excellent supplement if you love CS Lewis. his decline is truly sad to see and it's touching and inspiring to see how kind and thoughtful he was when responding to young people.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[A collection of letters from the English author of the Narnia books to a variety of children.]]>
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