#TURKISH DELIGHT NARNIA MUSICAL SERIES#

I have some fun things planned for Narnia Week, not the least of which is a fantastic giveaway! Of course, it wouldnвЂ™t be any fun to just come right out with what the giveaway is, so IвЂ™m going to post a teaser each day until Friday. Since then, IвЂ™ve come to appreciate Lewis and Narnia in ways I couldnвЂ™t have as a child.

#TURKISH DELIGHT NARNIA MUSICAL SERIES#

(It just goes to show that one never knows the influence of reading aloud to a child.) IвЂ™m pretty sure I went on to read aВ few of the books as a child, but I didnвЂ™t make it all the way through the series until I was in college and chose Lewis asВ the subject of a lengthy research project. ItвЂ™s really neat to meВ now to think that a woman whom I knew only briefly introduced me through reading aloud to a world that I laterВ embraced fully in my imagination. рџ™‚ I assume these songs are from a musical or dramatic production of some kind since the songs are from the charactersвЂ™ points of view. I remember a song (sung by Lucy) that goes something like this: вЂњEdmund, oh Edmund, please tell them the truth!В / That youвЂ™re not lying, oh Edmund, please tell them the truth!вЂќ Another one, sung by Edmund, goes like this: вЂњTurkish Delight! What surprise!/ Just by one biteвЂ“hypnotized!вЂќ Does anyone recognize this? I would love to be able to put these songs to rest in my mind by hearing (or ast least reading) the rest of the lyrics. IвЂ™ve tried and tried to locate the titles or lyrics to some of the songs I remember from thisВ album, but I have not been successful. I remember an album with an illustration of Aslan emblazoned on the front.

MandyвЂ™s mother also introduced us to Narnia throughВ music. I much prefer Pauline BaynesвЂ™ illustrations (and othersвЂ™, as wellвЂ“particularly Chris Van AllsburgвЂ™s), but these rather eighties-looking covers will always be a part of my imagination. These cover illustrations are by Roger Hane, a paperback book illustrator. Since this was the first set of Narnia books I called my own, I will always associate these cover illustrations with the stories: This set looks a lot like mine (worn places and all), except mine is white : I really do not remember my first reaction to the stories, but it mustвЂ™ve been a positive one because it was while we were living in Missouri that I asked for and received (for Christmas, I think) the boxed set of Narnia books that I still have (and read) today. MandyвЂ™s mother read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe aloud to us while we were at their apartment playing. While we lived there, we had a little neighborВ girl named Mandy, andВ she became friends with my sister and me. Louis, so my family eventually moved into an apartment complex in a St. рџ‰ However, this temporary transfer turned into a two-year tenure in St. Louis area for the summerвЂ“living in a hotel, swimming in the hotel pool, you knowвЂ“the good life. It was supposed to be a temporary transfer, so my family just sort of hung out in the St. The summer after my third grade year, my father was transferred to St. My first introduction to Narnia happened when I was about ten years old. I have the ideas for several Narnia-related posts running around in my brain, and I hope to get them all out here this week. In honor of CarrieвЂs Chronicles of Narnia Reading Challenge, I am designating this week as Narnia Week here at Hope Is the Word.

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