The Treasure Map

Treasure Island #1

by Catherine Nichols (Adapter), Sally Wern Comport (Illustrations), Robert Louis Stevenson

Pirates of the Caribbean drew kids into theaters by the droves—and Robert Louis Stevenson’s irresistible tale of derring-do is simply the best, most original pirate story ever written. Young readers will joyfully set sail with Jim Hawkins, who has always dreamed of going to sea. And now he’s getting his chance, thanks to a very special treasure map he’s found…left behind by a pirate captain.

Genres: Classics, Fiction

32 pages, Paperback

Published May 28, 2006

About the author

As the author of more than 60 books for readers of all ages, Catherine Nichols has written on a wide variety of topics, including art, animals, and ASL. And that's just the A's! When not writing and editing, she teaches fiction writing and provides editorial services to aspiring writers. She lives in the Philadelphia area with her husband and their much pampered pug.

Reviews

[Shae · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sterling Children's Books has broken Treasure Island down into six chapters that they sell as individual books, but our library had a copy where they were compiled in one. Our copy was about 184 pages, with lots of simple text and many colored pictures. It is rated by my library as a level 3 book, which was a little too high for my almost first grader to read, but was simpler than necessary for me to read to him. I have to say that I'm really impressed with the translation of this classic to an "easy reader" status and am excited to see what other books they've done. I am very interested in reading the classics to my children in preparation for when they are ready to read the originals, which are at much higher reading levels -- sometimes more difficult than most adults can handle.