20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

by Lisa Church (Adapter), Jules Verne, Dan Andreasen (Illustrations)

Jules Verne’s classic science fiction fantasy carries its hero—Professor Aronnax of the Museum of Paris—on a thrilling and dangerous journey far below the waves to see what creatures live in the ocean’s depths. In the process, Verne imagined a vessel that had not yet been invented: the submarine.

Genres: Classics, Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Childrens, Middle Grade, Adventure

160 pages, Hardcover

First published March 28, 2006

About the author

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Lisa Church is a mother of three, author of 12 books, graduate of Penn State University, and elementary teacher with over 30 years of experience. She resides in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania with her husband, children, a loyal crazy, a crazy cairn terrier, a cat named Phineas, and a kitten who could set a world-record for loudest and most constant purr.

Church is the author of a parenting guide, numerous curriculum materials, four juvenile fiction pieces, an adult murder mystery, a romance novel, and five abridged novels through Sterling / Barnes & Noble's well known Classic Starts Series. She continues to teach, write, and garner inspiration from her family, friends, and the world around her.

Publications
Everyday Creative Play: Simple Fun Things You Can Do to Help Your Preschooler Learn (Fairview Press, 1998)

Mystery on the Mayflower (PublishAmerica, 2001 & TurtleBack Books, 2002)

Be Careful What You Wish For (Perfection Learning Corporation, 2002)

The Secret of Fairwind Estates, A Silver Dagger Mystery (The Overmountain Press, 2003)

Black Beauty, Retold from the Anna Sewell Original (Sterling, 2005)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Retold from the Jules Verne Original (Sterling, 2006)

Heidi, Retold from the Johanna Spyri Original (Sterling, 2007)

The Jungle Book, Retold from the Rudyard Kipling Original (Sterling, 2008)

Ballet Stories, Retold from the Classic Originals (Sterling, 2010)

Maddie's Secret (Astraea Press, 2013)

And coming soon......
The Diversion, Topaz Publishing

Home Alone, Astraea Press

Reviews

[Janete on hiatus due health issues · Rating 4 out of 5]

A retold text + audio. This is a children's book, but I think the narration was too fast for me! Since I've read, listened to the audio and translated some words and expressions 2 times before, by now I hadn't so many difficulties like in the past, even though I did must go backward some chapters more than once.

[Jillian Garcia · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was really well written and fun. This book was adventurous and just fun. I loved the writing and it was exciting. Jules Verne was a dreamer and has an imagination unmatched to most writers today.

[Cmdr Bly · Rating 4 out of 5]

its cover looks great but it doesn't even mention squid or octopus once and they dont find treasure so i like the book but the cover lies.

[Britt · Rating 3 out of 5]

We read this abridged version for our kid's book club. It was great - action-packed, fast moving, interesting, easy. I skimmed the unabridged version to see what we had missed. Not much. Lots and LOTS of description of underwater life and submarine technology. Not my cup of tea.

[Agen Schmitz · Rating 3 out of 5]

overall, a decent job of condensing the story, but kinda felt the excitement was drained a bit. still, the 5-year old was riveted, so that's what really matters.

[Jenny Burridge · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent.

[Zoey]

this book is an interesting book .It about I and my servant Conseil get done in to sea .We and Ned get in to a submarine ，and the Captain named Nemo .He lived in the sea and eat the food in the sea.we want to get out to the ground but he don't let our go because we discovered his secret—he invent this submarine.
My favorite part is they get out of the ice .I like this part because I think it very passionate and it make me feel how nervous they are.
My favorite character is Captain Nemo.Because I think he nice to friends and he is heroic
If you are some one who like adventure you will like this book .Because this book is very thrilling

[Jennifer · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was the 2nd book we chose to read from the Classic Starts series. We loved the 1st book we read aloud together (Swiss Family Robinson), but this story did not catch our interest as much as the first. It was good to get familiar with this classic, but for now we feel that it's not one of our favorites. We finished the book still wanting to understand more about the mysterious Captain Nemo, why he acted the way he did, what led him to be captain of his ship, why he chose the water world instead of land, etc.

[Sydney Robertson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Many of you probably know this story. I have never read the original, but this children's version was a small delight. This was a gift from one of my students and I will be keeping it to have accessibility on my bookshelf for struggling readers no matter the age. However, I would love to challenge myself with the original work and analyze its complexity--like the true English major I am!

This is an adventure story about being under the sea and going around the world. What a fun idea, I hope to get to the original some day!

[Lesli · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've been meaning to read this for about 5 years since the last time I watched Back to the Future Part III, but I picked this version because it was a fourth of the length of the original. I can see why Doc would have enjoyed it in the 1930s but 90 years later this shortened version leaves something to be desired after watching high definition National Geographic Documents in our home theater. The book's 1800's pro- colonialism definitely shows through the main character's hero worship of Captain Nemo.

[Christopher Pierre · Rating 5 out of 5]

From fighting seven giant squids to almost dying of oxygen, Jules Verne never fails to create an engaging tale. The description was so detailed that I had to download a dictionary on my phone. But even through all of that I learned a lot about the ocean and sea creatures. One of my favorite part is when they were the first men to step foot on the south pole. All in all, "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" is a book that I shall never miss.

[Angelica Nagy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great book for kids but I just could not get past the lack of character development and conflict within this book. Yeah some characters didn't like each other and they did get stuck in an iceberg however, their problems were solved way to easily and the professor's escape was way to easy as well. Will still be a book I read to my kids but for me I could have passed.

[Chan Enya]

This book makes me feels like I am about to enter a world of undersea adventure.joining professor Arronax as he set out to investigate monstrous sea creature but encounters something even more exordinary: the mysterious captain nemo and his furturistic submarine . Its a suspenseful journey of danger and discovery .

[Hiba · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this is a good book for parents to read with their kids (ages 6-10) at bedtime or for kids who have started reading longer chapter books to attempt reading on their own. Being both an abridged and translated version at the same time, some of the beauty of this classic might have been lost. Still a good read nonetheless.

[Ilakiya · Rating 4 out of 5]

this book was really nice where I felt as traveling along with them and I had a wonderful under water experience kind of feeling

[Geronimo Narnia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked the submarine part. The submarine is technology; I really like technology.

[Tayla · Rating 1 out of 5]

Eh..

[Brian · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like reading different versions of classics like this one.

[Brandi · Rating 2 out of 5]

Still sucks.

[Maria · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such a fun story about a life under the ocean and the submarine and new discoveries. A great story with a of great adventure.

[Zebulynn Hanson · Rating 5 out of 5]

150 years later and this book still holds up well.

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quick easy read. Made me want to read the adult version. I’m reading that now. Very interesting.

[Goshen PL Childrens · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great adaption of classic!

[Robert Waite · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun audiobook to listen to. I loved how imaginative the Jules Verne must have been to write this book when he did, even if some parts of the story are now obviously untrue.

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read with my youngest! 3.5⭐

[Carole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Classic Starts adaptation of Jules Verne's classic story.

[Evie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an ok book. I think that the person who adapted it just went sentence by sentence, so it felt kind of choppy. There also was barely any description.

[Jenn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book with my 10 year old twins who are reluctant readers. They enjoyed the story and looked forward to our reading time together each night.

[Elena Gussman · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you thought this was a good book you should try a book called Daughter of the Deep, by Rick Riordan. It is sorta a sequel to this book.

[samihah ★ · Rating 5 out of 5]

this one's for seven year old me who was obsessed with the deep sea and always wanted to read jules verne's 20,000 leagues under the sea