title: A Landscape with Dragons: Christian and Pagan Imagination in Children's Literature
author: Michael D. O'Brien
description: A Landscape With Dragons describes the degeneration of Western culture, its gradual replacement by pseudo-culture, and the resulting invasion of the Christian imagination - which the author describes as an ominous, even apocalyptic sign. Michael O'Brien's analysis of several aspects of the problem is incisive and detailed. His approach is not simply critical, however, for he suggests a number of remedies, offering parents tools of discernment for assessing children's books, videos and films. In doing so he points the way to rediscovery of time-tested sources, and to new developments in authentic Christian culture.
zlib_text: A LANDSCAPE WITH DRAGONS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## A LANDSCAPE  
  WITH DRAGONS
  
  
  The Battle for Your Child’s Mind
  
  
  ![](images/00001.jpg)
  
  
  by Michael D. O’Brien
  
  
  IGNATIUS PRESS SAN FRANCISCO
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  First edition published by  
  Northern River Press  
  under the title  
  A Landscape with Dragons: Christian and  
  Pagan Imagination in Children’s Literature
  
  
  Illustrations by H. J. Ford: pages [58](index_split_017.html#filepos98524),
  [66](index_split_019.html#filepos113828),
  [79](index_split_019.html#filepos142105),
  [92](index_split_020.html#filepos169180),
  [109](index_split_022.html#filepos204255),
  [131](index_split_024.html#filepos246121),
  [167](index_split_027.html#filepos321023)  
  Albrecht Dürer: title page, frontispiece,
  [160](index_split_025.html#filepos308768)  
  Howard Pyle: page [118](index_split_024.html#filepos220995)
  
  
  Illustrations adapted from  
  H. J. Ford: pages [16](index_split_009.html#filepos16049),
  [26](index_split_012.html#filepos34235),
  [42](index_split_016.html#filepos65798)
  
  
  E