Thursday, October 20, 2011

Treasure Island

Amazon.com Review
Stand up for the swashbuckling adventure of a lifetime. Islandhas treasure fascinated (and caused slight seasickness) for decades. The names Long John Silver and Jim Hawkins are destined to remain pieces folklore for as long as children want to read the most famous book by Robert Louis Stevenson. When it comes to a vile conspiracy, and the colorful crew of criminals and thugs, it is unlikely that children will never say no to this timeless classic. - Naomi Gesinger - This text refers to the out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

School of Library Journal


Level 6-10 - The striking jacket of this new version of an old classic promises more than it delivers. Thirty-one plates, full of colors, but mostly in shades of earth tones, are filed in the text, sometimes without thinking. For example, the cover, a pirate digging in sand among pieces of eight, on page 61 is a text outlining the lives of pirates, "gentlemen of fortune." The text never comes to art. Ingpen's style is impressionistic but evocative of NC Wyeth illustrations for the same title (Scribner, 1911, reissued by Time Warner, 1992), his plate of Blind Pow shows the subject in the same pose. In some paintings, Ingpen uses angle and perspective effectively; interest is added by superimposing people in the background, or vice versa. Spot line drawings, a few pages more than once the focus of many.

Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. - This text refers to the hardcover edition of this title.

Unfortunately, in some cases, a subject that is not recognizable from one page to another, and the impressionist style, fuzzy, it is difficult to interpret certain images. Although superficially attractive, this title has stiff competition from many other editions of Treasure Island, Wyeth edition, especially. - Carolyn Noah, Central Mass. Regional Library System, Worcester, MA


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