Swiss Family Robinson in Words of One Syllable
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Lucy Aikin
(3,833 Sterne; 6 Bewertungen)
All the excitement, danger, heartbreaks and triumphs of this well known story, but without the big words. Lucy Aikin, an accomplished writer and writing as Mary Godolphin, accomplishes this with apparent ease in this little book. The story of a plucky family ship wrecked on a desolate island, saving what they can from the ship, is well known. The entire family, under the leadership of an intrepid father and mother works together to not only survive in this island, but actually prosper. This work would seem an excellent one for non-English native readers to try their skill at. (Summary by Phil Chenevert ) (2 hr 13 min)
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Elazar Pimentel
(1 Sterne)
I appreciate the writer trying to make the book easier to read, but the job is not well done. in the original work the father explains that the two dogs found by his son were bad news since they were but two more mouths to fill, this version says 'I am afraid the dogs will do us more harm than good', giving the reader no clue as to why they would do them harm.