We are the Book Pilgrims. We invite you to journey with us through the pages of books.
Imagine hanging from a large rainforest tree in a makeshift harness made from seat-belt straps! Nobody has ever ventured into the rainforest canopy, so you have no idea what you will face. You don’t even know if the harness that you made yourself will hold!
The life of John Bunyan, the famed preacher and author, is outlined in this book. John Bunyan’s early life is riddled with misbehavior, willfulness, bad language and drinking. At sixteen, he joins the Parliamentary army and narrowly escapes with his life.
What comes to your mind when you hear the name, Beatrix Potter? Lovely water-colored images of little animals? Mischievous Peter Rabbit? Squirrel Nutkin? While Beatrix Potter is best known for her beloved children’s classics about small animals, Ms. Potter was an accomplished botanist
What a lovely re-telling of the story of Paul and Silas in jail accompanied by expressive and creative illustrations! This book features the age-old story of God’s miraculous saving of both Paul and Silas as well as the Philippian jailer. This re-telling is sure to capture the attention of children
A long time ago, Emily married Washington Roebling. Washington Roebling was an engineer and his father, John A. Roebling also was an engineer. He built bridges and he had a new idea. He wanted to build a bridge across the East River in New York City using towers and steel cables.
Born in the late 1800s, Evelyn Cheesman loved nature and animals. She enjoyed playing outdoors and dreamed of being a veterinarian. However, at the time no college would accept her into their veterinarian program and only offered an animal nursing program.
Have you ever wondered where C.S. Lewis found inspiration for The Chronicles of Narnia? Look no further than this book. This book features favorite characters like Reepicheep, Aslan, Peter, Susan, Edmond and Lucy.
This book highlights the life of Mrs. Cleary and her love for books and desire to have interesting books for young children, especially boys to read. I would highly recommend this book!
Katherine Johnson loved Math. She showed unusual talent in Math and Science even as a young girl, and continue to shine during school. However, Katherine lived in the segregated South where she was not allowed to attend the white High School.
What Should Danny Do? School Day helps children understand the consequences of their actions in school and how to make good choices during a school day. This is an excellent book for teaching students, especially first and second graders the complexities of emotions and choices.
Lady Di thinks that her husband, King Arthur looks a little sad, so she plans a huge birthday party! Unfortunately, Lady Di invited too many people. The castle is bursting with people!
American soldiers force Dustu and his family to leave their home and travel thousands of miles to a new home. Why? Simply because they are Cherokee and live in Georgia in 1830. In 1830, President Andrew Jackson enacted the Indian Removal Act of 1830. This
Let me preface this review with this, this book is appropriated for girls 7&8th grade and older and the main character is Muslim. However, this book showcases a valuable and beneficial perspective.
Twila Hammond’s family has a special family mission. They welcome children in the foster care system into their home and have adopted two children. Twila loves working with children and helping her Mom at home when she’s not at school. She is so excited when the social worker tells them that she has another child for them!
Join Deanna and her family on their trip to visit the Bahamas! They are traveling to the Mennonite Mission in Andros to visit family. Deanna is excited about the trip. She has never been to an airport or on an airplane. There are so many different people to watch in an airport,
Tabitha’s Travels is a wonderfully unique book! This book is the story of Advent or the forty days before Christmas. Follow Tabitha as she travels through events leading up to Jesus being born into the world. This is a fictional story, but brings historical realism to the story of Christmas.
Join Mae as she goes through her day. Mae can not hear, but her day still looks pretty normal because her other sense help her through the day. Soon her friend Beth comes over to play
This book talks about shapes. First the triangle is happy being all different kinds of places. Then he feels bored and unhappy, so he wants to be turned into a different shape.
Today Lorenzo is excited! He gets to help his Dad and Uncles pick papayas today. Papayas can be pretty heavy and bruise easily, so Lorenzo needs to be careful.
