A review by dutchlee
Little Pilgrim's Progress: From John Bunyan's Classic by Helen L. Taylor

4.0

I really enjoyed this book. Initially I thought it was an abridged version of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress but it ended up being a children's version of the novel, with children as the main characters. Now I want to read Bunyan's own version and see the difference between the two. This version by Taylor was really well done and made everything easy to understand. It certainly could be a great children's novel for parents to read to their kids at bedtime and then explain how the Christian life is like that.
At first, I was dismayed at the lack of community present in the pilgrim's life. However, this element became a lot more evident throughout the second half of the book and I am glad it was structured that way. I appreciate that it covers the many difficulties and joys of being a disciple of Jesus and that it shows that there is variety in each person's journey. Some have an easy journey, others extremely hard; some are alone, others have a strong community; some are old, others are young; some people die for their faith, others abandon the faith; and sometimes the journey is easy, other times the journey is almost impossible. All in all, this book is a great allegory of the Christian life and does an extremely good job of portraying it well. Although no allegory or metaphor is perfect, the imperfections certainly don't hinder the truth.