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Michael Foreman's Treasure Island


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No. of pages 232

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Great for age 12-18 years
  • The classic adventure filled with pirates, treasure and tall ships
  • Stunningly illustrated by much-loved artist Michael Foreman
  • With an introduction by Michael Morpurgo
  • A wonderful, lavish gift book for any adventure-loving kid

The classic story of high-seas adventure is brought stunningly to life by hugely popular illustrator Michael Foreman.

This is the book that brought pirates into the popular imagination with its villain/hero, the peg-legged captain Long John Silver. Fabulous jewel-filled chests, treasure maps marked with X's, pirates with parrots and eye-patches - it is all here!

THE ILLUSTRATOR

Michael Foreman's books for children have earned him widespread recognition as one of the world's leading illustrators. He has worked on a vast range of children's books, both his own and with writers such as Terry Jones and Michael Morpurgo. His own books include 'War Boy' and 'War Game' - winners of the Kate Greenaway Award and Smarties Book Prize respectively. He has also illustrated many classic stories such as 'Peter Pan and Wendy' and 'The Wind in the Willows'.

 

There are 232 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Pavilion Books .

Michael Foreman has won the Kate Greenaway Medal twice. His books are published all over the world. Robert Louis Stevenson is perhaps best-known today for 'Treasure Island' and 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'. Michael Morpurgo has brought together poems by writers as diverse as Spike Milligan and Stevie Smith, John Lennon and Jo Shapcott.

This book contains the following story:

Treasure Island
When young Jim Hawkins finds an old map showing the location of a hoard of buried treasure, he joins the crew of the Hispaniola who set sail to find it. But they soon have a mutiny on their hands, led by the duplicitous pirate Long John Silver. As the quest turns murderous, Jims bravery is put to the test, and he discovers much about friendship, loyalty and betrayal on this daring voyage.

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