Treasure Island

Description

A brand-new picture book edition of Treasure Island, written by Robert Louis Stevenson and illustrated by award-winning Australian illustrator Robert Ingpen, for young children. Young Jim Hawkins is plunged into an adventure that takes him halfway round the world when he discovers a secret treasure map. He battles with desperate pirates, including the sinister Long John Silver, in a race to unearth a hoard of buried gold. Retold in abridged form for confident young readers to tackle alone or to listen to as a bed-time story, Robert Louis Stevenson's swashbuckling yarn is dramatically illustrated by award-winning artist Robert Ingpen.

Robert Ingpen was born in 1936 in Geelong, Australia and still lives and works nearby in Barwon Heads. He studied illustration art and book design at The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. In 1986, he was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for his contribution to children's literature and he has been honoured with Membership of the Order of Australia. His highly acclaimed series of illustrated Children's Classics have now been published in many editions around the world. The titles in the series are: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice Through the Looking-Glass, Around the World in Eighty Days, Just So Stories, Peter Pan and Wendy, The Adventures of Pinocchio, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Jungle Book, The Night Before Christmas, The Nutcracker, The Owl and the Pussycat and Other Nonsense Rhymes, The Secret Garden, The Wind in the Willows, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Treasure Island.