Ladybird Classics: Treasure Island

A brand new format and new illustrations gives this series a stunning new look!Matt laminated covers with spot UV and a marker ribbon will make these books feel extra specialAn essential item for any child's bookshelfSix titles released in July 2012, to be followed by two in October 2012 and four more classic stories in April 2013Robert Louis Stevenson (Author)
Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh in 1850. The son of a prosperous civil engineer, he was expected to follow the family profession but was finally allowed to study law at Edinburgh University. Stevenson reacted forcibly against the Presbyterianism of both his city's professional classes and his devout parents, but the influence of Calvinism on his childhood informed the fascination with evil that is so powerfully explored in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Stevenson suffered from a severe respiratory disease from his twenties onwards, leading him to settle in the gentle climate of Samoa with his American wife, Fanny Osbourne.

This beautiful hardback Ladybird Classic edition of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson is a perfect first illustrated introduction to the classic pirate adventure story for younger readers.
It has been sensitively abridged and retold to make it suitable for sharing with young children from 5+, whilst retaining all the key events and characters of the Treasure Island story, including Jim Hawkins, Long John Silver and Ben Gunn, deadly pirate battles, ship-bound adventures and the hunt for treasure! Detailed full-colour illustrations throughout also help to bring this classic tale to life.

Other exciting titles in the Ladybird Classics series include Alice in Wonderland, Black Beauty, The Secret Garden, Oliver Twist and Gulliver's Travels.