Let me suggest that, like several other books which masquerade as children's fiction, The Book of the Dun Cow is a serious book, written for adults, by a serious theologian, who grapples with altogether serious issues in it.
Surely it's a serious book. Never meant to suggest otherwise. I had no idea he was a theologian, but it makes sense given the subject of the book. I'm probably misusing the term "children's book." Maybe that's a loaded phrase that someone would find offensive. I guess I'm not sure I agree with the implication that Children's books can't be serious. Is A Wrinkle in Time a serious book? Or The Chronicles of Narnia?
Wait ... I think I missed the very obvious message on my first reading of your post. You're saying that it is OSTENSIBLY a children's book in maybe a similar vein as The Screwtape Letters or Chronicles of Narnia, but this is a vehicle for communicating a serious idea.
Okay, sure. I'll buy that.
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