Dangerous JourneyMay 9, 2008 Dangerous Journey is an awesome "retelling" of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. We read this story two or three times a year and find new things with each reading to talk about and muse over. The pictures can be a little scary for very young children.
Abbreviated but still enjoyable.April 28, 2008 Dangerous Journey is an exciting abbreviation of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress -- perhaps most exciting to me is that it uses the original words of John Bunyan, selected to offer children a digestable version of the story.
The exciting illustrations were teriffically gruesome for my 3 and 4 year old children (Christian being tackled by a very fearsome dragon, piles of men's bones, and very monstrous monsters) -- and they begged excitedly to read another chapter from the book each night. I was initially hesitant about showing them some of the pictures, because I thought they might be too scary for pre-schoolers -- but the story does a wonderful job of constantly reminding the reader that the Lord reigns over everything that happens to Christian. We haven't had any nightmares or scary dreams about these villians.
Just as the original author intended, this adaptation personifies so many of the devil's schemes, and makes it easier to talk with children about avoiding pitfalls in their own lives -- because they can associate words like despair and vanity with places and images rather than abstract ideas that may be harder to grasp.
My one disappointment was that several of the characters and items were truncated too much in the abbreviation. They were so underdeveloped that they were not very helpful to the storyline. This, of course, wasn't any disappointment to my children, who excitedly met a new character on each page and had little concern when one was passed too quickly.
A must for every childOctober 29, 2007 This was my introduction to John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" as a child and it changed my world. It was a such a rich adventure, it made me understand there were deeper things in this world than I could not yet comprehend. As an adult, I value it for illustrating the life-long test that Christians must go through to make it through this world and in bringing the truth of our Creator and Savior to the unsaved.
Wonderful retelling of Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress-Full of WisdomOctober 20, 2007 It isn't often that I would recommend an abridged or adapted version of a book, but Bunyan's version is difficult for most people. My son and I first borrowed this version from the library a few years ago. He has talked about it so many times since then (he is ten now), that I just purchased it for him. He even insisted on giving a copy of it to one of his best friends for his birthday. It's a book full of wisdom. I can't imagine a person seeking wisdom would be disappointed in this book.
Wonderful BookOctober 4, 2007 I have been read and read this book since I was a small child. It is one of the best books I have ever read. I would recommend this book to anyone. I bought a book for myself as well as a friend to have to read to my children when I have them. This book brings back wonderful memories of my childhood.
