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Robinson Crusoe (Great Illustrated Classics (Abdo))

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"Great Illustrated Classics" takes Defoe's classic work and brings it down to the level a small child can understand. All of the plot developments remain, while the language is made very simple and readable. I had a delightful time reading the story aloud to my kindergarten-age son, and he enjoyed the pictures on every page. This is an excellent way to introduce a classic book to a small child. Unfortunately not all Great Illustrated Classics versions hold up this well -- the Robin Hood version was a great disappointment.

Wow. I haven't thought about this book in years, and I just stumbled upon it somehow through Amazon's recommendations. This illustrated edition was the first "real" book I can remember reading -- I must have been 8 or 9 -- and what a book it was. A great adventure story, gripping illustrations: the perfect tale to draw in an elementary-school kid who loves to read. I'd write more but I have to go dig out my copy!

The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
This book was outstanding!!!. Daniel Defoe writes another amazing adventure of Robinson Crusoe. This book is about an adventurer who get's stranded on an island. His name is Robinson Crusoe, and he was born in England. One day when Robinson and his crew were on a boat there was a bad storm and they had to jump off the boat. They swim for shore and make camp.This story takes place on an island. The main characters are Robinson the adventurer,Friday - the slave, and Friday's father. These characters learn how to be friends and fight and work to get off this island. I recommend this book for anyone who likes action and adventure.

I like this book because Daniel Defoe can grasp your attention within the first two chapters. He had caught mine with Robinson Cruesoe's ways.
Defoe makes his character stand out, and lets you see the relationships in which Cruesoe makes. You feel like you know what Cruesoe is like, after only a few chapters.
The development of this book, and its characters is extraordinary. With Cruesoe, throughout the book, you see his tenacity, and how he just won't quit, he won't let go of survival. You also see how Cruesoe's friend can learn English, and understands so he can communicate.
The action in which Robinson goes through is incredible. He battles storms, and gets in fights with cannibal hunters, and fights with survival. With Cruesoe, you wonder how one man does it.
The plot, having action packed pages, out standing vocabulary, excellent development, and interesting twists, makes you sit at the edge of your seat, and want to read faster.
Though the book is fiction, it still has a moral. The moral that I think is having a lot to do with colonial times. Having no refrigerators, no computers, no television, and no microwave dinners. This book shows that man can live without modern conveniences. He doesn't need any of the fancy electronics we have made to be content.

This is really a "dumbed down" edition. Since I bought it for my five year old grandson, I'd call it acceptable. Were he ten years old, I would have returned it.

My book was Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. This book was about a man Robinson Crusoe, he lived in England but later moved to Brazil where he made a plantation. But when his supplies run out he goes to get more in England with some of his men. But on his way there is a horrible storm that takes his ship off course and destroys the ship leaving the crew dead. But Robison survives and washes up on an uncharted island. There he must learn how to survive on his own and fight savages and mutineers. But he does make a couple of friends along the way.
The plot of this book is Robison fighting the savages and mutineers and surviving on the island for 28 years, plus he tries to make canoes and get off the island several times. The setting is the island. The main characters are Robison, Friday and the old captain of the mutineers.
Robinson is a tall, blonde and brave man, he has many skills witch include hunting, farming, carving, wildling, sowing and sculpting. Friday was a savage prisoner of war and the savages that captured him were going to eat him until Robinson saved him. He was named Friday because Robinson saved him on a Friday. Robison teaches him how to speak English and Friday teaches Robinson how to make better boats. Friday is tall, fast, strong and has black hair. And the captain was the captain of a his ship until his men mutinied him and marooned him and some of his loyal men on Robinson's island. Later Robinson, Friday, the captain and his men take back the ship and escape on it. The captain is medium sized has blonde hair is brave, smart and strong.
This was a great book and I liked this book because of all the adventure and action that took place in this book. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes adventure and action. By: Alec Keiper

Before readng this book my 9 year old son liked the idea of reading but had never taken it up with any gusto. However, he just could not put this book down and as a result wrote his first ever book report entirely by himself, for whch he got an A+ mark.

Now my son is hooked-on-classics. Currently he is ready the Three Musketeers and he has Treasure Island all lined up and ready to go when he is done.

This is a fine book from a great series. Many thanks.

Steve Smith
"He felt his lungs ready to burst, his head and hands shot above the surface of the water. As the pull of the sea tried to drag him back out again, Robinson dug his feet into the sand." Robinson Crusoe is about a man, who is 18 years old, is stranded on an island, and no one thinks he is still alive. He encounters many challenges including cannibals, building a new house, making tools, and making a boat.
In one scene he has to build a fortress to protect him from the cannibals. He had wood log fence, a lookout tower, a retractable ladder, and many weapons. His house was very secure from the cannibals, but took him three months to build.
I really liked Robinson Crusoe, even thought I don't really like books where people are stranded in the wilderness. I would recommend this book for all ages and usually boys would like it, but some girls would also like it.

I loved the book and I would take it with me on a desert island

I saw it in my teachers shelf. I looked at the cover and it looked interesting to me. I read it in the beginning of the year 2003.

Robinson Crusoe was sailing in a violent storm and it destroyed the ship. Next day he built a fort to protect himself from wild animals. In the beginning of the story he is on a island alone. But at the end he meets some indians.
People who like adventure would like this book.