The Swiss Family Robinson (Unabridged Classics) | Johann David Wyss

The Swiss Family Robinson (Unabridged Classics) | Johann David Wyss | Don't bother; get the real book even for younger children

books:

The Swiss Family R...

	The Swiss Family Robinson (Unabridged Classics) Johann David Wyss Sterling, 2006 - 384 pages average customer review:based on 10 reviews view larger image
	for more information click here

Shipwrecked passengers on a deserted island: how will they survive? After their ship founders at sea, the Robinsons?father, mother, and four sons?find themselves stranded in an uninhabited, idyllic land. Young readers will enjoy watching them handle every crisis with cleverness and skill.

lost in the middle of nowhere. this family manages to surrvive.

When having to learn how to surrvive in the wild is hard especially when your in the middle of no where. When your ship goes down it's hard not to panic but this family finds a way to live in the wild and work as a team. Also, this book is very adventurous. - Michael Molinari - 706

for more information click here

Don't bother; get the real book even for younger children

I bought three of the Classic Start books, Swiss Family Robinson being one. After reading all three (SFR, Treasure Island, and Tom Sawyer) with my young child (age 6) I was so disappointed at the lack of "meat" in the story, the prose so altered because so much of it was simply deleted that the stories -- in all three cases -- were very flat. I bought these books to read to my child because of the excellence in writing of the originals. In the "Retold" versions in the Classic Start Series, there is no breadth of vocabulary, it being so watered down that it left me sorry I had spent the money. To shorten the stories, so many details are left out that the stories just aren't the same and much of the meatier vocabulary is gone.

If your intent is to widen your child's vocabulary by exposing them to good writing and lyrical prose, do not opt for the "retold," condensed versions of these classic stories. Get the originals and read every word. They will get the meaning from the context and will be enriched. I cannot say the same for the Classic Start Series.

I suppose they serve a purpose and that because of the price point there will be children who will hear the stories that otherwise might not. For that point alone I gave the two stars.

for more information click here

reviews: page 1, 2

products you might be interested in