We are the Book Pilgrims. We invite you to journey with us through the pages of books.
All tagged animals
Have you ever read a book written by a gorilla? Well actually, the story is written by a real live person, but written from the perspective of a gorilla. Meet Ivan. He lives at a run-down mall along with his friends, Bob and Stella.
Amos McGee is a zookeeper at the local zoo. One day, he doesn’t come to the zoo to take care of the animals,
Sometimes, it is hard to make friends. Sometimes, we do silly things and are mean. Other times, it’s other people who tease and make bad choices. Animals never do that, so often it’s easier to be friends with animals.
Okay, picture a combination of Treasure Island and I, Robot and you might be getting close to The Wild Robot. This story features a robot, Roz. Roz was being transported to her new home when her cargo ship sank in a hurricane. However, Roz floated onto a remote island.
Journey with Larry as he leaves his home to move to Honduras as God's errand boy.
I was searching for some simple first reader chapter books, and I remember reading Olive when I was a child. I decided to see if there were more books in the series. To my delight, I found a few more! Honestly, I’m usually skeptical about this kind of book because they often are boring and have terrible grammar and sentence structure.
Have you ever been gripped so tightly by a story that you could barely move or even breathe until it ended? If not, do yourself a favor and read "Kavik the Wolf Dog." Walt Morey powerfully crafted this story of a sled dog who wrestles with his wolf roots through a plane crash,
"Like a Mighty Giant" tells the story of Tenny, a Costa Rican woman. As a young child, Tenny discovers the power of prayer through praying for animals and watching God miraculously heal them. As a young woman, she marries, and she and her husband find God.
This is a wonderful biography of the life of Temple Grandin. Written in poem form, the rhyming words make it fun to read aloud. It highlights how different she was from other children while she was growing up. But it also highlights how similar she was too.
The absolute power and beauty of God's story in this book defy description. "Joey" tells the story of a blind horse and so much more. You will be in awe of God's miraculous work in the lives of hurt horses and people.
"A Cote of Many Colors" is a story of homing pigeons. Unlike most of Janette Oke's children's books, this one tells the story from the perspective of the people.
"Nim's Island" is a far-fetched, strangely written story. Children will perhaps enjoy the tale of a girl and her father…
"The Impatient Turtle" is a great little story about a discontented turtle. He views his shell as a hindrance…
Story told from the perspective of a bottle fed lamb as he grows and tries to figure out where he belong
