Treasure Island: A classic graphic novel pirate adventure! (Comic Classics) Paperback – 29 Sept. 2022

Loved this book as a child. Wanted to get my 9 year old interested- this book was ideal. It's in the cartoon- words style of the Tom Gates books, which he loves. Normally he would not have attempted the original book, but this format was perfect for him. He says he really enjoyed the story.

Love the front cover . Love the comic format great way to get children interested in the classics

Bought for my 9 year old Grandson. He loved it

There are some books that came out so long ago that they have huge reputations.Everyone knows, or so they think, their stories. But many who think that may never have actually read them.Not least because they might adjudge them to be old, hard going, and boring.This is one of a range of books called Comic classics, that endeavours to do things to introduce these timeless tales to a new generation. Thus telling the story in a way that modern audiences might find easier to relate t.That is to say, in the story telling technique. Those who fear it''s been altered for modern sensibilities can thus calm down.It's a volume wit pages of just over A5 size. It runs to just under two hundred and fifty pages. It is divided into twenty nine short chapters.The print is large and there are a lot of pictures, so it is a very quick and easy read. I would thus recommended it for ages seven and up. There is some mild violence, but that comes from the original.It abridges the original. But it still keeps the story intact. And there's lots of nice little touches in terms of the pictures and surrounding text to make it the kind of thing that can capture the attention of modern day youth.Or grown ups as well, for that matter. Because a lot of it is pretty funny.It fills in background details on the characters and the ship at the start, so you won't be confused by any old terminology. It does give a good lot of notes as well about pirates and history and the writer himself.The term comic version did initially imply to me a full graphic novel, and this isn't really that. It's a prose book with imagery around the words. The art is basic but very effective and funny at times. The colouring is only two shades. But it works.It could have done with some editing, as it has two chapters twos and gives two different dates for when Robert Louis Stevenson died. But that's just a minor complaint. Because this is a delightfully entertaining product, whether you are seven or older. If it also encourages you to seek out the original, then that's to the good.

The media could not be loaded. Totally flips the classic favourite on it's head....for the better.Entirely Artistically illustrated in ONLY black and blue, the images are comically quirky, injecting humour in this classic - a tale which was all but forgotten by today's youth.This shortened original text carries the gist of the original message but appeals to the comic-hungry-era, tech-obsessed youngsters. Broken into manageable chunks on each page, and walloped with heaps of hilarious illustrations, a barrage of speech bubbles, exclusively printed in "colourful" hues of black and blue - with colourations well surpassing 50 shades of either!Highly expressive for visual readers using emanatas, explanations, page by page glossary for the some difficult to decipher original language (no need to flick to the back), block narratives, footnotes and diagrams throughout. Yet still remaining appealing to it's 'captive' audience.Our son, though 12, loved this quick read which is designed for the under tens. it wasn't lost on him; rather, he was amused by the genius styilistic interpretations of Jack Noel. It flips everything you know about story telling on itself: No single form is used: instead a perfect blend of illustrative comic, mingled with descriptive texts and original script to create an imaginative piece of work. Absolutely ingenious.It's fast-paced; sashaying seamlessly through Robert Stevenson's original, with cutlass wielding pirates, deceptive characters, fast-talking fowls and hidden treasures abound. 5 stars

This is an entertaining new take on the classic Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, by Jack Noel, who has also done the same with Great Expectations and The Hound of the Baskervilles. This is the first of the versions of the books that I've read, but I'd be interested to read the others too. It features the original text with the note on the back of the book stating that it's 'just cut down a bit'. It's packed with great illustrations throughout, really embellishing the story, and there's lots of attention to details in the story that are highlighted with extra little notes pointing things out here and there. Hopefully this will encourage readers both to enjoy the stories in this format, and at a later date to try the original too.

My 8yo struggles to read and has become reluctant to tackle anything with more text than the average picture book - chapter books and big blocks of text are her kryptonite!With this in mind, I've been trying to find ways to make reading fun, but challenging, for her and comic books seemed a good way to go. This book is ideal as it uses the comic book format - lots of illustrations and speech bubbles to break up the text - but still has language and plot more appropriate for her age.As a bonus, our 5yo is pirate mad, so begs her to read it to him repeatedly. Total win!