Johann David Wyss
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The enchanting story of a shipwrecked family--a minister, his wife, and four sons--who are cast up on a desert island, build a wonderful house in a tree, and survive so cleverly and happily apart from the world that they never want to be rescued.
Author
Language
English
Description
The Swiss Family Robinson tells the story of a Swiss family who are shipwrecked in the East Indies. First published in 1812, Johann David Wyss intended the novel to teach his sons family values and and self-reliance. The adventures in the book contain lessons in natural history and moral guidance, and include an impossible array of flora and fauna on a single island that the children use for their survival. The "Robinson" of the title refers
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Publisher
Genesis Press, Incorporated
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (136 pages)
Language
English
Description
"A Kiswahili translation of The Swiss Family Robinson. Swept off course by a raging storm, a Swiss pastor, his wife, and their four young sons are shipwrecked on an uncharted tropical island. Thus begins the classic story of survival and adventure that ha."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Baronet Books
Pub. Date
c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
239 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Relates the fortunes of a shipwrecked family as they imaginatively adapt to life on an island abundantly inhabited by animal and plant life.
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
69 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this graphic version of the story, the Robinson family is shipwrecked on an island in the East Indies, and must learn how to survive among the abundant, but unfamiliar plants and animals.