Illustrated Junior Library: The Swiss Family Robinson (Hardcover)

from BookConcierge

Digital audiobook read by Frederick Davidson. Originally published in 1812, this is a classic adventure tale of a mother, father and four sons who are shipwrecked on an unnamed (and apparently unch...

from MrsLee

I read this aloud to my children and they enjoyed it once the action got going. I think they were a bit credulous at the way the survivors managed so well on the island, yet it was fun to read anyw...

from Firewild

A very curious reading from a historical perspective. What would life on an uninhabited island in the southern seas look like from a 19th century man's perspective? Apparently it would mostly consi...

from mumfie

As an adult this story is ridiculously irritating. The ship they were shipwrecked from happened to be outfitting a colony and therefore has all the tools and growing crops you could wish for. The i...

from aprildt

This is considered a classic, and I liked a lot action and the inventions the family created when they were stranded on the island, but I was not able to keep my disbelief suspended. For example, t...