Stories to enrich and extend children's reading experiences. Adapted and abridged versions of much-loved classics to introduce readers to significant authors, powerful plots and characters that have stood the test of time. The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book. This pack contains 6 different books.
In Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Mr Utterson is concerned when he is sent a will from Dr Jekyll asking for all his possessions to go to Mr Hyde. Utterson suspects something is very wrong, but the truth is worse than he imagines. TreeTops Classics are adapted and abridged versions of classic stories to enrich and extend children's reading experiences.
In Kidnapped David Balfour, sets out to meet his unknown uncle. He finds himself in terrible danger - nearly killed by his uncle, threatened by sailors and wanted by the King's soldiers. Will he ever be safe again?TreeTops Classics are adapted and abridged versions of classic stories to enrich and extend children's reading experiences.
Follow the adventures of Jim Hawkins in Treasure Island. Jim knows nothing about pirates or treasure, until an old pirate dies in his parents' inn. Jim takes possession of a map and sets sail to find Treasure Island. TreeTops Classics are adapted and abridged versions of classic stories to enrich and extend children's reading experiences.
Set in the aftermath of the 1745 Jacobite rebellion, Kidnapped is a thrilling adventure story in which young David Balfour flees for his life across the Scottish Highlands in the company of the rebel Alan Breck Stewart. This is a new edition of a key work of 19th-century fiction and Scottish literature, with critical introduction and notes.
The tiny 19th-century German state of Grunewald seems to be a principality of the world of fairy-tale. But its ruler is beset in public by the forces of modern politics, and troubled in private by an unhappy marriage. Ill-prepared to deal with either, Otto is forced to choose between them.
This dramatisation for schools of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel is presented in the form of a tv documentary involving expert witnesses trying to get to the bottom of the strange case. The story is reconstructed and the audience is taken back to Victorian London...
Talks about a single person - but with two personalities: one that's noble and kind and another that's pure, repulsive evil. This work presents a tale of the dual nature of man - and a good doctor whose thirst for knowledge has tragic consequences.
Stevenson's tale of horror featuring Dr. Jekyll, and the potion that transforms him into the brutal and terrifying Mr Hyde!
Retold for younger readers, this classic 1886 novel was not Robert Louis Stevenson's first novel, but it was one that helped to make him famous in his lifetime. The spine-chilling story shows the struggle between good and evil that Dr. Jekyll faced and how, in the end, his own good nature was overpowered by the evil in himself.
First published in 1885, poet and storyteller Robert Louis Steven son's classic tribute to the lives of children has delighted readers for more than a century.
Stevenson's tale of the adventures of David Balfour, sold into slavery at sea, and his daring escape...
Two of Stevenson's historical novels set against the Scottish landscape and featuring psychological studies of individuals. The unfinished "Weir of Hermiston", on which the author was working at the time of his death, is an account of the conflict between a powerful father and his rebellious son.
Stevenson's infamous novel as a stunning graphic novel. Following the consequences of Dr Jekyll's experiment to separate the angelic and demonic natures within him, the harrowing effects of his ensuing split personality transform him from a respected member of society into a sinister and grotesque figure terrorising the streets. As Jekyll struggles to wrest control over his alternate personality - Mr Hyde - the story builds to a climax which leaves the reader pondering the duality of human nature and its moral battle between good and evil.
Suitable for younger learners Word count 15,125 Bestseller
One of Robert Louis Stevenson's bestselling works, a brilliantly vivid and original story
Served as an introduction to poetry for each generation. This work features poems that celebrate childhood in all its complexity and joy, from "The Land of Nod" to the playful, "My Shadow".
Stevenson's short novel, published in 1886, became an instant classic. It was a Gothic horror originating in a feverish nightmare, that has thrilled readers ever since. Also included in this edition are a number of short stories and essays of the 1880s and extracts from writings on personality disorder that set the works in their historical context.
Treasure Island is an adapted Elementary Level reader written by Robert Louis Stevenson. This classic story explains how Jim Hawkins, a young boy, is aboard The Hispaniola and along with the crew they are in search of Captain Flint's treasure. However, Long John Silver is on board and he and his friends want the treasure for themselves.
An anthology of Stevenson's poetic achievements. As a poet, he was inspired by a vast range of verse forms, and in this collection, Angus Calder has brought together many uncollected poems, substantial extracts from unpublished collections, and the complete "Child's Garden of Verse".
Stevenson's gift as an author and poet for children lay partly in his lack of condescension towards them, and he preserved a large element of the child in his own personality. He wrote many of these poems whilst ill in bed, and the illustrations were first published shortly after his death.
First published as a serial in YOUNG FOLKS between May and July 1886 and now reprinted in an Everyman edition on the centenary of Stevenson's death. Rowland Hilder is famous for his paintings of the English countryside but his work in book illustration covered a much wider canvas.
Den fattige Keawe gör ett fantastiskt fynd: han köper en flaska av en äldre, mystisk man, och får veta att en ande bor däri. Anden kan uppfylla alla hans önskningar. Keawes fickor fylls av guld och han bygger ett överdådigt hus i sitt hemland Hawaii. Det finns bara en hake. De önskningar som uppfylls följs av fruktansvärda förluster.De mörka krafter som bor i flaskan börjar snart förfölja Keawe. I Stevensons klassiska saga ställs frågor om offer och ansvar, rikedom och lycka.I originalöversättning av Tom WilsonRobert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) var en skotsk romanförfattare, poet och reseskildrare. Han räknas till en av de mest kända författarna genom tiderna, och skrev klassiker som Skattkammarön och Dr Jekyll och Mr Hyde."This short story is a radiant jewel." - Publishers Weekly (1996)
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