This beautiful hardback "Ladybird Classic" edition of "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson is a perfect first illustrated introduction to the classic pirate adventure story for younger readers. It has been sensitively abridged and retold to make it suitable for sharing with young children from 5+, whilst retaining all the key events and characters of the "Treasure Island" story, including Jim Hawkins, Long John Silver and Ben Gunn, deadly pirate battles, ship-bound adventures and the hunt for treasure! Detailed full-colour illustrations throughout also help to bring this classic tale to life. Other exciting titles in the "Ladybird Classics" series include "Alice in Wonderland", "Black Beauty", "The Secret Garden", "Oliver Twist" and "Gulliver"s Travels".