BookLinks: Mountain Born is geared toward the advanced reader (for use with Reading 4) . An in-depth study of this junior novel links literature to content areas and life skills. A laminated folder provides background information, enrichment activities, and useful storage pockets. The 60-page guide includes lessons, practical scriptural applications, and dozens of reproducible activity pages. Includes teaching guide only.

An in-depth study of this novel links literature (for use with Reading 1) to content areas and life skills. It develops a student's ability to understand and evaluate what he reads. A laminated folder provides background information, enrichment activities, and useful storage pockets. The teaching guide includes lessons, practical scriptural applications, and dozens of reproducible activity pages. Includes teaching guide only.

BJ BookLinks are designed to be an integral part of the reading program. These studies link novels to content areas (science, Heritage Studies, math) and life skills (cooking, music, crafts). Each set includes a pocket folder with directions for enrichment activities; a teaching guide with lesson plans, vocabulary, and reproducible work pages; and the novel.

An in-depth study of this junior novel links literature (for use with Reading 5) to content areas and life skills. It develops a student's ability to understand and evaluate what he reads. A laminated folder provides background information, enrichment activities, and useful storage pockets. The teaching guide includes lessons, practical scriptural applications, and dozens of reproducible activity pages. Includes teaching guide only.

An in-depth study of this junior novel links literature (for use with Reading 6) to content areas and life skills. It develops a student's ability to understand and evaluate what he reads. A laminated folder provides background information, enrichment activities, and useful storage pockets. The teaching guide includes lessons, practical Scriptural applications, and dozens of reproducible activity pages. Includes teaching guide only.

Milly Howard’s Brave the Wild Trail is historical fiction set after the Civil War when Florida was one long stretch of wilderness. Twelve-year-old Josh Bramlett and his family dream of buying ranch land. But before they do, they must sell their first herd cattle, and it is a very long and dangerous journey to market.

Milly Howard’s Captive Treasure is historical fiction set in the mid-1850s. Traveling west across America with her family, Carrie Talbot enjoys all the excitement of the trail. But when a Cheyenne raiding party attacks the wagon train, Carrie is taken away to the Indians’ riverside camp, far from everyone she loves.

Carolina's Courage by award-winning author Elizabeth Yates is historical fiction set in America in the 1850s. Carolina Putnam's family is moving by covered wagon from the rocky soil of New Hampshire to the wide-open land of Nebraska.

Charlie is the continuing story of missionaries Steve and Liz Bailey, written by Gloria Repp for middle-grade readers. With their trusty sled dogs, led by the half-wolf Mik-Shrok, Steve and Liz expand their ministry to the Eskimos of the Alaska Territory. Fierce blizzards, thin ice, and flesh-freezing cold threaten the Baileys every day.

Chickadee Winter, written by Dawn L. Watkins and colorfully illustrated by Gabriela Dellosso, weaves a Christmas story around a treasured childhood memory. "Things take some getting used to," Grandfather says.

Choose your book, then take your journey! With this four-book-set, you can experience all the choices from the Choose Your Journey series. Will you visit Galilee or Jerusalem? Walk amongst the gentiles? See the miracle of Christ’s birth? The choice is yours. To buy each book individually, go to Christmas Crossroads, Crossroads in Galilee, Crossroads among the Gentiles, and Crossroads in Jerusalem.

Christmas Crossroads puts you in control of the story as three children set out to visit Jesus on the first Christmas. The trip is perilous and your decisions shape the outcome. Join your favorite Christmas story characters on an adventure to the City of David. When one journey ends, a new one awaits.

Imagine that you lived among the Gentiles when Jesus was preaching to the Jews. You may have heard about the wonderful things He has done. One day He comes to your hometown. You get to hear Him preach. What would you do? How would you obey His teachings? Each decision is a crossroad that leads to a different ending. As you follow this journey, you create your own story. When one story ends, go back to the crossroads and follow a different path.

Crossroads in Galilee lets you choose your journey as three children observe the life of Jesus and his followers. Every choice made changes the outcome of the story. Join these children as they learn about Jesus of Nazareth. When one journey ends, a new one awaits.

Crossroads in Jerusalem lets you choose your journey. Through the eyes of a boy of Jerusalem, a servant girl, or a lawyer’s assistant, you can follow Jesus and His disciples and see the power of His ministry throughout Jerusalem. Every choice you make changes the story. When one journey ends, go back to the crossroads and find a new path.

Daniel Colton Kidnapped by Elaine Schulte is the fourth book in her Colton Cousin Adventure Series. This historical fiction story is set in the late 1840s when the Colton family is establishing their new home in California and building a thriving business. Daniel’s hard work makes him as a target for Charles Herrington’s unwholesome scheme.

Daniel Colton Under Fire by Elaine Schulte is historical fiction set in 1848 when twelve-year-old Daniel discovers that travel on the Oregon Trail is difficult. Nothing is predictable: not the animals, not the weather, and least of all his fellow travelers! In this Christian fiction book, life-threatening danger puts Daniel’s faith to the test. This is the second book in the Colton Cousins Adventure series.

Escape to Liechtenstein by Ed Dunlop is a historical fiction account of Hans and his sister Gretchen who discover a young Jewish boy hiding from Nazi troops. While all three children know that Jacob will not be safe until he crosses over the Austrian border, Hans and Gretchen have no idea that Jacob is also smuggling something even more important that is valuable to him, to the Jewish people, and to the enemy.

Prereaders learn to count numbers in Farmer Dillo Counts His Chickens, a concept picture book by Jesse Adams and illustrated by Julie Speer and David Rogers. On a bright morning in Sundown, Farmer Dillo decides to gather some eggs from his chickens. But to his surprise, the door of the coop is open, and the chickens are gone! Follow Farmer Dillo from fields to woods to his own front porch as he searches for each cleverly camouflaged chicken.

Prereaders learn to count numbers in Farmer Dillo Counts His Chickens, a concept picture book by Jesse Adams and illustrated by Julie Speer and David Rogers. On a bright morning in Sundown, Farmer Dillo decides to gather some eggs from his chickens. But to his surprise, the door of the coop is open, and the chickens are gone! Follow Farmer Dillo from fields to woods to his own front porch as he searches for each cleverly camouflaged chicken.

Pre-readers learn their colors in Farmer Dillo Paints His Barn, a concept picture book by Jesse Adams and illustrated by Julie Speer and Christopher Owen Davis. Farmer Dillo brushes his way across the pages, creating splashes of vibrant color at every turn. Unable to decide what color to paint his barn, he experiments with contrasts that very young readers will easily comprehend.

Pre-readers learn their colors in Farmer Dillo Paints His Barn, a concept picture book by Jesse Adams and illustrated by Julie Speer and Christopher Owen Davis. Farmer Dillo brushes his way across the pages creating splashes of vibrant color at every turn. Unable to decide what color to paint his barn, he experiments with contrasts that very young readers will easily comprehend.

Prereaders learn their shapes in Farmer Dillo Shapes Things Up, a picture book by Jesse Adams and illustrated by Julie Speer and Bruce Polhamus. Farmer Dillo spends the day on his farm putting broken objects back into shape. Broken objects have one shape, but when they are fixed, they become another shape.

In this fantasy fiction story for JourneyForth Books, Feather by Susan Davis, vicious Blen raiders kidnap Feather and take her far from her home village. Her inner courage and resolute loyalty to her people serve her well, keeping her hoping for an opportunity to escape. Meanwhile, her brother Karsh and the Woban clan search for the buried tools of the Old Times, when men knew how to shape metal, build cities, and write books.

Meet Frances Ridley Havergal, English hymn writer and child of God. This is not the heart-wrenching account of the life of a martyr. This is the story of a young woman who came to know and love God so deeply that His glory spilled out into the everyday moments of her life. Eileen M. Berry tells her story in free verse as Havergal might have told it, based on the journals and letters she left behind.

The Gadallan trilogy recounts the adventures of Prince Trave as he ascends and occupies the throne of Gadalla. In Medallion, Prince Trave learns the true nature of leadership and braves many dangers including earthquakes, monsters, and sharp betrayal. In Shield, a prequel to Medallion, young Innera discovers a wounded king’s soldier with a puzzling message in the woods.

Grandpa’s Gizmos is an easy-to-read picture book written by John Menken and illustrated by Tim Davis. A visit to Grandma and Grandpa Winslow is always exiting since you never know what might be happening in Grandpa’s yard. Grandpa Winslow has all kinds of gizmos in his backyard, including windsocks, bottles, kites, and more that spin and sway in the wind.

In Haiku on Your Shoe, a Christian fiction book for young readers by Eileen M. Berry, a new boy named Taka moves to Jeremy’s neighborhood from Japan. At first Jeremy is not successful in befriending Taka at school, but Jeremy’s mother encourages him to keep trying.