Treasure Island (The Illus Children's Library)

Author - Robert Louis Stevenson ... [Goo?] [Posters]

This Hardcover Book item from Gramercy was reviewed on 24-Oct-2008.

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1) Hardcover Book Treasure Island (The Illus Children's Library) by Gramercy. A chapter a night and it was thrilling. I had never read this or had it read to me as a child. She was enjoying the movie, "Muppets Treasure Island" and was asking about the characters. I mentioned the original book and she wanted me to get it for her - the original with the original pictures. This is what I ordered and she and I have really enjoyed reading this classic.

I have to admit, reading it aloud is a bit of a challenge with the original version, silently is much easier - I don´t get tounge-tied. It´s been worth the "struglle." She laughs at the old words and asks what they mean. This slows it down a bit -- but adds to her enjoyment and understanding. It makes me happy she takes such an interest in the original version and learning more about the quirky English language.

I would highly recommend this to add to your family´s collection.¤

2) Hardcover Book Treasure Island (The Illus Children's Library) by Gramercy. Sure, Treasure Island is a great story, but the question you *should* have is which version of this great book should you buy?

I bought this version because I wanted illustrations for my 6YO daughter. I was expecting at least as many illustrations as the Illustrated Junior Library version. This version, even though it´s "Illustrated Children´s Library", is disappointingly sparsely illustrated.

The book itself is nicely bound with a helpful bookmark. But be forewarned, do not buy this version if you want illustrations.¤

3) Hardcover Book Treasure Island (The Illus Children's Library) by Gramercy. Treasure island is the famous classic stroy by R. L. Stevenson.
The reader can share the adventures of Jim Hawkin with excitement and close interest. The adventure hardcores cann´t miss it.¤

4) Hardcover Book Treasure Island (The Illus Children's Library) by Gramercy. The introduction to the book is a lot of fun. You get to know about the behavior and ways of a pirate told through the perspective of Jim Hawkins and the new mysterious tenant.

Jim Hawkins is a boy who works at a bar/motel with his guardians (not his parents). And the new arrival at the motel doesn´t seem to be a simple drifter, and lives there for a long period of time. Later on we learn that he is actually a pirate, and tells Jim of the treasure that awaits anybody who seeks it, and gives him a treasure map (kind of). And of course Jim leaves home after other events which happened after that I cannot tell without ruining the story. Jim goes to the harbor and looks for a person to help him with his situation.

He eventually finds a few people who have a ship and they arrange for a big crew of about 30 people, without their knoledge of what the expedition is for and only that they would be paid...or so they thought. It turned out that Jim Hawkins and his loyal friends brought a crew of pirates who actually are aware of what they are searching for. They are lead by a man with a one legged named Long John Silver who Jim actually becomes friends with until Silver betrays the young Jim. After the betrayal, Jim and all his loyal friends retreat to the forest to regroup and ultimately start a war with the pirates.

The action is pure fun, with guns and explosions, you can totally believe the battle scenes and the conflict. There are many new words that you can learn by reading this, and have fun with. The only criticism is that theres a lot of pauses in the book before the big parts, so patience is neccesary. But my overall thought of this book is that it made the reader want to know what happens to the betrayed crew after the each chapter, and made you keep reading through all the pauses.

A fun book once you get through all the slow pacing, then you can really enjoy this book and what it truly has, A Fun Book.

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5) Hardcover Book Treasure Island (The Illus Children's Library) by Gramercy. Jim Hawkins is an 1880´s English boy, who lives along the English coast in his father´s inn, the Admiral Benbow. He has a perfectly normal life, until the mysterious Billy Bones comes to stay at the inn. Then, Billy dies after a fight with a strange caller. Among his possessions, Jim finds an old treasure map. Along with the Squire Trelawney and Doctor Livesey, Jim sails off to Treasure Island. Unfortunately, the crew of the ship they go on is not as trustworthy as first thought. Jim discovers that they are really pirates, and soon he and the few honest men on board are made victims of a mutiny. Now, they must embark on a quest to get to the treasure before the crew and to stay alive in the process.
Stevenson does a wonderful job of describing the appearances of people and places, creating vivid, colorful, and well-defined images of what he is talking about. Long John Silver, one of Stevenson´s many characters, is an example of the author´s amazing abilities to describe, in this case not only appearance, but in personality. I felt like I knew him inside out. Other characters are also very well described. That´s not all that´s good about this book. Treasure Island is a very captivating story. It immediately drew me in with its old style of writing (it was written in the 1880´s) and great plot.
This is a great novel and, while it carries no strong message, is a great way to use up your free time. I recommend this wonderful story to anyone who enjoys adventure, danger, and would like to go and hunt for buried treasure.

--Jabbermonkey Fitsgerald¤

6) Hardcover Book Treasure Island (The Illus Children's Library) by Gramercy. As part of the wonderful Collector´s Library Series, Treasure Island is one of the best-loved children´s classics of all time. This attractive volume contains the complete and unabridged story with 8 full color illustrations, plus numerous black & white illustrations throughout. The deluxe edition features a full piece cloth case, a four color illustrated onlay on the front cover, foil stamping on front and spine, stained edges on three sides, printed endpapers with book plate, and a satin ribbon marker. This book should have an honored place in any child´s library.¤

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