Although Reading with the Heart: The Way into Narnia has been out-of-print since the mid-1980s, I continue to be contacted by people wanting to obtain a copy of it. Because reprinting it is not feasible, I have decided to make it available electronically. This site contains the entire book, including index, in HTML format. Original pagination is indicated by page numbers inserted in brackets [ßp. 1], for convenience in citing material from it.

This is a copyrighted book. Quotations from or paraphrases of it must be cited—footnotes should be similar to the following:

        Peter J. Schakel, Reading with the Heart: The Way into Narnia (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1979), p. *; http://readingwiththeheart.com

Individuals may print copies of the book for personal use; but no part of the book may reproduced for publication or sale without prior permission of the author.

Peter J. Schakel
Department of English
Hope College
Holland, Michigan
http://hope.edu/academic/english/perspages/schakel

February 2001