Captains Courageous

by Malvina G. Vogel (Adaptor), Rudyard Kipling

The world's best-loved children's stories set in large type for easy reading.
-- Over 100 illustrations in each book

Genres: Classics, Fiction, Adventure, Childrens, Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Novels

239 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1992

Reviews

[Jerry (Rebel With a Massive Media Library) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun and exciting, and a great parable for our modern times as well.

[Maryann · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great classic by Mr.Kipling and a story I'd recommend for children, though people of all ages would enjoy the read. The story is about Harvey, a spoilt rich kid who falls overboard his ship and is rescued by a fishing boat. Without his money and the power of living in his rich father's shadow, Harvey has to earn his worth like everyone else. In this short read, you follow a young man's journey into manhood, about family and courage.

[Stinger · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's another solid story from Rudyard Kipling, and the illustrations in this abridged, children's version are enjoyable. I appreciate how the author simply relates an engrossing tale from which naturally emerge helpful life lessons in humility, hard work and fidelity.

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars from me, 4 1/2 from my seven year old. We’re both confused why Mr. Cheyne never told his life story to his own wife.

[Wes Flease · Rating 4 out of 5]

Personal Response: I think that the author did a great job changing the main characters throughout the book. The book did get a little long, but I read it anyway. Rudyard Kipling did a great job making me feel like I was in the book. I do think that some parts were dragged out to long.

Plot Summary: Harvey, the main character, is a rich and spoiled child. He is on one of his father's ships. Harvey goes overboard, and he cannot manage to get back on the ship. He is picked up by a fishing boat. Harvey becomes a fisherman on the We're Here. He spends time with the men who saved his life, and Harvey becomes more respectful to them. When Harvey finally makes it back to his parents, he has become a respectful man. Harvey then manages to get not only him but his friend a job, working on his father's ships.

Recommendation: I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys the outdoors. Mainly because the characters are on a ship the whole time. The book has a lot of information about fishing and the sea. So if you enjoy either of those two things this book is great.

Characterization. Harvey starts as a spoiled child. He becomes humble when he is rescued by his ship mates. Through out the book he works very hard on the ship. In the end he shows that he is a real man.

[Anthony Gomez · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is about a boy named Harvey. Harvey is a rich and spoiled and he thinks he can do
what he wants to do. Then a terrible incident were he goes overboard into the water. Then he got saved and the captain decides to bring him on bored. Harvey meats a new friend but to stay on bored he must learn the way of working. Will Harvey ever see his family again will he still be a spoiled kid you will just have to read to find out.

[Supantha Sen · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is very nicely written for children readers. The most focus is on the humanity and the behavior of people. Not much focused on the technical details (which is obvious for children). Otherwise, the book is very nicely written a must read for children who loves adventure. It also gives a moral lesson of being simple and not boast about money always. It is always hard to earn money, you can understand when you yourself earn it.

[Camy An · Rating 4 out of 5]

My 11 year old son and I read this together. I do love The Great Illustrated Classics series, because they are a “Cliff’s Notes” version of great works of literature.

For unmotivated, young readers, these books are better tasting medicine, with pictures, shorter chapters, and more readable text.

We have a collection of The Great Illustrated Classics, and I occasionally pick up more additions from thrift stores.

[Jessica M · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this with my son for his assigned book report. We enjoyed discussing our favorite parts and researching the author. Most enjoyed the action at sea - so vividly described. Great read with a good lesson in kindness and growth. Harvey grew into a man through his experiences with the “We’re Here” bunch.

[Laila Phuntsok · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was a great book about a rich brat who is turned into a kind fisherman in only months. I think you should read this book if you like books that are a little scary. There are some good parts where I couldn't get my hands off this book. This is a good book for teens.

[Jesse · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this as a proofreading endeavor, but now I may have to read the original because the story seems to be decent. I could detect elements that I am sure Rudyard Kipling developed quite nicely. Entertaining little read.

[Mohammed Rayyan · Rating 5 out of 5]

when the spoilt son of a millionaire falls of a ship he gets rescued by a fishing boat where he learns to fish and not be arrogant,a brilliant book

[Anete Ābola · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book for boys about how hardships turned a boy into a man.

[Ev Rennich · Rating 3 out of 5]

Loved the lessons learned and adventures embarked upon. Fun, easy read aloud for the fam.

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

My first GIC book that I read and I can't wait to read more. We actually saw the movie first (from the 30s) and I had no idea it was based on a book. Not sure about the original story, but the adaptation was just perfect. And definitely not super watered down--there are some adult themes in here (especially the dead body, that was a shock!) My son loved it. The movie with Spencer Tracy is wonderful...catch it if you haven't seen it.

[David Erkale · Rating 3 out of 5]

Captains Courageous itself was fine, but I feel that the way it was adapted leaves room for improvement. Clearly it does not invoke suspense at times in the story when it should.

[Nikita Dirk · Rating 5 out of 5]

Captain Courageous is a book about a boy, named Harvey, who changes throughout the book and learns many new skills and uses them throughout the book. I like this book because of how it represented many changes throughout the story that seemed pleasing to know a snotty boy like Harvey at first, turned out to be who he is in the end. I would rate this book 5 out of 5 because it shows attributes to a good book. It was very enjoyable to read presenting many journeys and adventures throughout the story that excite the reader and provide a cliffhanging story that would keep you wanting to keep on reading. I would definitely recommend this to anyone willing to read it.
I personally enjoyed this book as it provided with a good story and an entertaining story that I believe new readers would enjoy to start reading because of it having many pictures and also a simple to follow to story-line. The story line is very basic and shouldnt confuse the reader because it isn't complicated and doesn't have any twists or confusing turns in it. I loved the book because it was an easy read and explained a good lesson and also what could result from your actions. This is an amazing story that goes into deep detail about the character and also does not introduce any new characters once the main characters are listed and set, but their are few exceptions. Thanks for reading my review on Captain Courageous.

[Ben.taylor · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is called Captains courageous.It is a book about a boy called Harvey who is very rich and spoiled.He is very braggy and isnt very nice.One day though he goes on a trip on a boat and it is a veary foggy that day,when he falls of the boat!but after a while a small boat saves him whith a forghin man catching fish,and the man takes him to a boat called the where here and there his money is useless.

As you can see this is a book that involves the sea and adventure.I really like this book because of that!One of my favorite parts was when harvey finally meets his parents again.One of my least favorite parts was during the part when he eats the cigar.This was my least favorite part because cigars are bad for you and he is way too young to eat them.Even t

[Ahmad Al-mutawa · Rating 3 out of 5]

لا بأس بهذه القصة.
أكثر ما أعجبني فيها هو كيف تطورت شخصية هارفي من الولد المدلل المغرور والذي لا يكاد يحتمله أحد بسبب عطرسته وتباهيه بثروته وممتلكاته وطريقته المقيتة لجذب انتباه الناس .. كيف تحول إلى شخصية محبوبة ومتعاو��ة ومعطاءة...

بقية تفاصيل القصة عن طريقة الصيد والأعمال الروتينية اللتي يقوم بها الصيادون في عرض البحر لا بأس بها ولكنها في بعض الأحيان تصبح مملة وغير مهمة ويكاد القارئ يقفز بين السطور لتخطي هذه التفاصيل في بعض أجزاء الكتاب.

لا يمكن لشخص قرأ هذا الكتاب أن ينسى الطباخ الأفريقي الأصل الذي تنبأ بمصير هارفي ودان وتحققت نبؤته بنهاية الكتاب.. إضافة جيدة

[Bryan457 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Spoiled rich brat falls overboard and is picked up by a fishing ship. He is forced to work for his passage all during the fishing season, and thus grows up and gains character.

[R.M. · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked this book because it inspired "girls overboard". This is something between my sister and I.

[DavidO · Rating 2 out of 5]

A standard coming of age story that happens largely on a fishing vessel. Maybe it was original when written, but no modern reader will find anything new here.

[Makenzie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Captain courageous is enticing tale with adventure excitement and action. A young boy is caught by a fishing boat and for the next 6 months he has to learn the ways of being a sailor and fisherman.

[Kevin Findley · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great adaptation of the Kipling novel. It is an excellent read for teens and younger readers.

[Dalton Cook]

I loved the book.

I loved the book because it was a funny book.

Harvey was swept overboard and was saved by a fishing boat.

I think this is a good book for people who love to fish.

[Laursen J. 7]

Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling was a very adventurous and action packed novel. The main character is a young man named Harvey Cheyne. He belongs to a multimillionaire family, he goes on a cruise with his family and he falls overboard! While adrift he gets rescued by a man named Jack. Jack belongs to a crew of fishers that ride on a fishing vessel called the were here. Once harvey is aboard he demands to be taken back to his home immediately, but the crew won’t do it. The captain of the vessel who is called captain troop tried to teach him a lesson but harvey wouldn’t have it. After being on the ship for awhile he learned fishing tricks and all sorts of things. Then He finally sends out a telegram to his parents and they meet of and a dock for a grand fishing meet. Then happily being reunited with his family he decided he wanted a fishing life so went back out to sea. I really liked this book because there was a lot of fun parts and even some scary parts too, there were surprisingly no parts in the book that got sorta boring. The book was always filled with fun content and reading more books like it would be wonderful! The theme for this book would probably be don’t think twice because when harvey got on the boat he hated it and wanted to go home but after awhile he learned to love the boat and its crew

[Annruzai Fernandes · Rating 3 out of 5]

For me, a difficult to digest book. I cudnt read it further