Pedro's Journal

This book is part of our Core D with Sonlight and was read aloud to our children.

Pedro's Journal is a piece of interesting fiction that follows a young cabin boy on the voyage with Columbus across the Atlantic Ocean to the Islands in the Atlantic. It starts as they are setting out and ends before they get back to Spain but does have a little conclusion at the end. 

You can tell it is written from the perspective of someone young and ready for adventure but who is still unsure of the world and what is going to happen to him. Pedro is very relatable to other children and even to adults as we think about our own decisions and remember growing up and how we processed things. It was interesting to talk through some of the things Pedro was experiencing with our children and how they might respond. 

I appreciate that this book did not shy away from hard things and realities, but that it was written in a way that it wasn't too much for our little ones. Our older ones really enjoyed this book and the adventures of Pedro. There were times they were laughing and times they were sad as they followed his journey across the Atlantic and back.

I would give this book 4 stars for what it is, though it's not one I would want to read over and over again. 

Reading Challenges:

This doesn't really fit into any of the categories, so with it being the end of the year I'll count it as a book of my choice, though it's not necessarily one I would choose.