HappyGrace Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 I am so, so excited about this! It is a practically unabridged version of Pilgrim's Progress on CD, with very slight amplification of the Old English (I mean VERY slight, just enough to make it flow.) It is dramatized, with 77 actors playing the parts of 100 different characters! The dramatization is just right-not overly distracting, etc. (Christian's voice can get a little dramatic but my kids love it.) My 12 yo and 9 yo are literally begging for this in the car. We get where we're going and sometimes sit there and listen a little longer! They are gathering all the wonderful literature and spiritual truths of this amazing book. I cannot recommend it highly enough! CBD has it for $24.99, but here is the main site for it. (They also have a lovely coloring book you can get to go with it.) Please note that this is also the audio version of Pilgrim's Progress that Ambleside Online recommends, which is where I first heard of it. http://www.orionsgate.org/audio/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamolina Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 That looks great! My son loved the abridged version so I bet he would love this. Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwena Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 :iagree: We have this one and Part 2. My dc love them as well they have brought up a lot of good spiritual discussions and increased my dc's vocabulary as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 http://www.amazon.com/The-Pilgrims-Progress-Audio-Drama/dp/B001VSV59U/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1339123674&sr=8-3 I have this one and it is amazing. It is not abridged and it is dramatized with sound effects and different actors for each character. The kids are actually listening to it tonight. I love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyGrace Posted June 8, 2012 Author Share Posted June 8, 2012 I also think listening to this audio would be a great bridge to Shakespeare or the KJV of the Bible because of the language. Definitely increases vocab! But for sure the spiritual aspect is most thrilling. Lots of great discussions here too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 (edited) I am so, so excited about this! It is a practically unabridged version of Pilgrim's Progress on CD, with very slight amplification of the Old English (I mean VERY slight, just enough to make it flow.) It is dramatized, with 77 actors playing the parts of 100 different characters! The dramatization is just right-not overly distracting, etc. (Christian's voice can get a little dramatic but my kids love it.) My 12 yo and 9 yo are literally begging for this in the car. We get where we're going and sometimes sit there and listen a little longer! They are gathering all the wonderful literature and spiritual truths of this amazing book. I cannot recommend it highly enough! CBD has it for $24.99, but here is the main site for it. (They also have a lovely coloring book you can get to go with it.) Please note that this is also the audio version of Pilgrim's Progress that Ambleside Online recommends, which is where I first heard of it. http://www.orionsgate.org/audio/index.html This may have been the one my son had years ago. He wore the tapes out. It became a neighborhood joke, that he listened to it so many times. There was a frequently visiting pastor to our church, that was also a college professor and he thought people were making jokes about my son and the CD. When he found out is was true, then he got all weirded out about it :-0 The dramatized KJV and the dramatized Pilgrim's Progress trained my son to be what I call bilingual, and led to him being able to effortlessly tackle the older dialect of many of the Great Books. Dramatized Pilgrim's Progress :thumbup: Edited June 8, 2012 by Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyGrace Posted June 8, 2012 Author Share Posted June 8, 2012 The dramatized KJV and the dramatized Pilgrim's Progress trained my son to be what I call bilingual, and led to him being able to effortlessly tackle the older dialect of many of the Great Books. :iagree: Once they can handle that, the rest is easy! BTW, which dramatized KJV did you like, if you remember? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 :iagree: Once they can handle that, the rest is easy! BTW, which dramatized KJV did you like, if you remember? We had a couple different ones and I have searched endlessly for the one by a Shakespearean company, with no luck. The one with the southern accents is best left back in the 1990's where it belongs :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 http://www.amazon.com/The-Complete-Audio-Holy-Bible/dp/1600775845/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top I have this audio KJV. It is not dramatized, but I like the voice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 http://www.amazon.com/The-Complete-Audio-Holy-Bible/dp/1600775845/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top I have this audio KJV. It is not dramatized, but I like the voice. It's important to have an undramatized version too to teach reading aloud skills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOrchidSong Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 I am so, so excited about this! It is a practically unabridged version of Pilgrim's Progress on CD, with very slight amplification of the Old English (I mean VERY slight, just enough to make it flow.) It is dramatized, with 77 actors playing the parts of 100 different characters! The dramatization is just right-not overly distracting, etc. (Christian's voice can get a little dramatic but my kids love it.) My 12 yo and 9 yo are literally begging for this in the car. We get where we're going and sometimes sit there and listen a little longer! They are gathering all the wonderful literature and spiritual truths of this amazing book. I cannot recommend it highly enough! CBD has it for $24.99, but here is the main site for it. (They also have a lovely coloring book you can get to go with it.) Please note that this is also the audio version of Pilgrim's Progress that Ambleside Online recommends, which is where I first heard of it. http://www.orionsgate.org/audio/index.html I have to get this! It sounds great! My boys listen to KJV Bible every morning. My older son prefers to read KJV Bible because it looks classic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyGrace Posted June 8, 2012 Author Share Posted June 8, 2012 Thanks, Hunter-I will look around for something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godsaggie Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Thank you so much for sharing...this is just what I was looking for! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cshell Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 My older kiddos REALLY liked this movie! http://www.christianbook.com/pilgrims-progress-journey-to-heaven/pd/000491?kw=000491&en=froogle&p=1013824&cm_mmc=CBDfeeds-_-froogle-_-videos-_-000491&gclid=CPfTnIWfwrACFUSK4Aod0Ej6YQ It is really fun to watch the events of this story!;) Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 For moms who ONLY assign unabridged "Great Books" for literature, PP, Aesop and the Bible are pretty much all the little ones have. I used to be REALLY rigid about literature read during "school". If it wasn't a "Great Book", Loeb Classic, or the Bible, it wasn't likely to be approved. I remember my older son launching a campaign to include Dickens into the curriculum. He gathered aunts, uncles and neighbors to plead his case on the merits of "classic" literature. He even wrote me a persuasive essay. Finally he convinced himself that Dickens was so great, he decided it was worth reading in his free time. I bought him a couple nice hardcovers for Christmas. PP, Aesop and KJV all get :thumbup: from me even in my most rigid phases. I really used to be a stick in the mud. Now I read Winnie the Pooh to my students. Age mellows a person. I was talking to my older son recently about something with a student, and he yelled, "not fair" the way old children react to the leniency shown younger siblings. It was funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuesdayschild Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I am so, so excited about this! It is a practically unabridged version of Pilgrim's Progress on CD, with very slight amplification of the Old English (I mean VERY slight, just enough to make it flow.) It is dramatized, with 77 actors playing the parts of 100 different characters! The dramatization is just right-not overly distracting, etc. (Christian's voice can get a little dramatic but my kids love it.) My 12 yo and 9 yo are literally begging for this in the car. We get where we're going and sometimes sit there and listen a little longer! They are gathering all the wonderful literature and spiritual truths of this amazing book. I cannot recommend it highly enough! CBD has it for $24.99, but here is the main site for it. (They also have a lovely coloring book you can get to go with it.) Please note that this is also the audio version of Pilgrim's Progress that Ambleside Online recommends, which is where I first heard of it. http://www.orionsgate.org/audio/index.html That's our family favourite PP audio ! & Part II, Christiana's story, is just as good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2jjka Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Whatever you do, just do not get this audio Bible read by James Earl Jones! http://www.amazon.com/James-Earl-Jones-Reads-Bible/dp/1591502241 Because if you're anything like me....you will never get the image of Darth Vader (or Mufasa) reading scripture out of your head. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Whatever you do, just do not get this audio Bible read by James Earl Jones! http://www.amazon.com/James-Earl-Jones-Reads-Bible/dp/1591502241 Because if you're anything like me....you will never get the image of Darth Vader (or Mufasa) reading scripture out of your head. :tongue_smilie: I like that set! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear23 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Its not on iTunes. Can you put MP3 that are downloaded onto your iTune? I wouldn't mind downloading the MP3 version (half the price) and we can listen to it in the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodhaven Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Thanks! We are out of town - away from home this weekend. I'll look into it more when I get home. Thanks for sharing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyGrace Posted June 10, 2012 Author Share Posted June 10, 2012 Because if you're anything like me....you will never get the image of Darth Vader (or Mufasa) reading scripture out of your head. :tongue_smilie: :iagree: :D :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma2Luke Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Oh! Thanks for the recommendation! I had listened to an audio version a couple of years ago that was 'meh'.... so I'll look forward to checking this one out.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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