The Evergreen Wood

by Alan Parry, Linda Parry

A retelling for children of Pilgrim's Progress features a little mouse named Christopher, who must summon all his courage to overcome the hawks, weasels, rats, and other predators he meets on the way to the Evergreen Wood.

Genres: Picture Books, Fiction, Childrens

64 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1992

Reviews

[Becky · Rating 4 out of 5]

A sweet retelling of Pilgrim’s Progress for children.

[Katja Labonté · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars. First thing: I love these illustrations. They’re so The Wind in the Willows -y! The artist perfectly captured the English countryside. Second, I am a The Pilgrim’s Progress nerd who read the whole book (the full thing, mind you) a couple times a year as a kid. Since then, I’ve read a couple P.P. adaptations for children. This one is for very young ones, and it’s pretty well done. There’s very few changes—Faithful’s death changed to a life sentence, for example, is the only major one. The only thing that bugged me was the mice’s escape from the fox’s den (Giant Despair’s castle), which would have been the perfect place to use the key of faith… but they didn’t. The various animals fill the place of the book characters very well, and the adapter did a fantastic, fantastic job condensing the story and picking out the salient events, while staying true to the feel and message of the book. It’s not overtly christian but it’s well done and I may have teared up once or twice. Excellent work.

[Rachel B · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a sweet children's version of Pilgrims Progress, with the main character, Christian, appearing as a mouse. The illustrations are charming and the story held the attention of my nieces and nephews who range in age from 4-12 years old.

[Lara Lleverino · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an adaption of the The Pilgrim's Progress for Children and is told from the point of view of a small mouse that is substituted for the character of Christian. My daughter who is 8 loved it so much we bought a copy after borrowing one from the church library.

[Elaine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it. I never read Pilgrim's Progress, but I will someday. But this is perfect for kids, especially kids that like cute animals, with a little adventure/danger in the mix. It's a short picture book, so it's not a big long adventure, each situation is resolved really quickly.

[Cece · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has 7 chapters. The story is about Christopher the Mouse and his adventures in the woods.

[Pamela Strickland · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful children's adaptation of Paul Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress!

[Tanya · Rating 5 out of 5]

My girls love this book and we've read it aloud multiple times. It's a great early chapter book with plenty of pictures.