The forest was bustling with activity As the red & orange leaves swirled in the wind Robin started to worry Something was changing Finch was flying south because Winter was coming Squirrel was burying food because Winter was coming Even Owl was making his nest warm Why? That's right
- because Winter was coming Robin decided he didn't like the sound of Winter one little bit But that was before the snow A beautifully tender story of a little robin's first winter from the enormously talented creator of The Dawn Chorus
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The classic story re-told for children growing in reading confidence Follows the adventures of Robinson Crusoe who survives a shipwreck only to find himself stuck of a desert island! How will he manage alone? Part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton ...

Young Robinson Crusoe has a burning ambition to be a sailor Paying no attention to his parents' warnings he runs away to sea to embark on a series of thrilling adventures struggles with Barbary pirates a shipwreck & the extraordinary meeting with Man Friday Roy Marsden plays the older Robinson Crusoe looking back on a life of recklessness daring & adventure
- & the survival of twenty-eight years two months & nineteen days on a desert island Based on the real-life adventures of Alexander Selkirk Robinson Crusoe was one of the very first adventure stories to be published in English literature It remains as gripping today as it did on first publication in 1719 & this enthralling dramatisation perfectly evokes the excitement & adventure of the original book 2 CDs 2 hrs
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & region B Blu-ray It will require a region B Blu-ray player to play the Blu-ray & DVD or a Region 2 DVD player for the DVD Get ready for a new take on a classic tale as we get lost with Robinson Crusoe & a bunch of adorable animals on a desert island From the makers of A Turtle’s Tale & The House of Magic comes a fun-filled adventure for the whole family to enjoy in fantastic 3D & 2D CGI animation On a tiny exotic island Tuesday an outgoing parrot lives with his quirky animal friends in paradise However Tuesday can’t stop dreaming about discovering the world After a violent storm Tuesday & his friends wake up to find a strange creature on the beach Robinson Crusoe Tuesday immediately views Crusoe as his ticket off the island to explore new lands Likewise Crusoe soon realizes that the key to surviving on the island is through the help of Tuesday & the other animals It isn’t always easy at first as the animals don’t speak “human” Join Crusoe on a fun-filled wild ride for the whole family & rediscover a new take on this classic tale! Slowly but surely they all start living together in harmony until one day when their comfortable life is overturned by two savage cats who wish to take control of the island A battle ensues between the cats & the group of friends but Crusoe & the animals soon discover the true power of friendship up against all odds (even savage cats) ...

Daniel Defoe's great masterpiece in a gorgeous new clothbound edition designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith These delectable & collectible Penguin editions are bound in high-quality colourful tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design'I walk'd about on the shore lifting up my hands & my whole being as I may say wrapt up in the contemplation of my deliverance reflecting upon all my comrades that were drown'd & that there should not be one soul sav'd but my self ' Who has not dreamed of life on an exotic isle far away from civilization? Here is the novel which has inspired countless imitations by lesser writers none of which equal the power & originality of Defoe's famous book Robinson Crusoe set ashore on an island after a terrible storm at sea is forced to make do with only a knife some tobacco & a pipe He learns how to build a canoe make bread & endure endless solitude That is until twenty-four years later when he confronts another human being First published in 1719 Robinson Crusoe has been praised by such writers as James Joyce Virginia Woolf & Samuel Johnson as one of the greatest novels in the English language' Robinson Crusoe has a universal appeal a story that goes right to the core of existence' Simon Armitage ...

With an Introduction & Notes by Doreen Roberts Rutherford College University of Kent at Canterbury From its first publication in 1719 Robinson Crusoe has been printed in over 700 editions It has inspired almost every conceivable kind of imitation & variation & been the subject of plays opera cartoons & computer games The character of Crusoe has entered the consciousness of each succeeding generation as readers add their own interpretation to the adventures so thrillingly 'recorded' by Defoe Praised by eminent figures such as Coleridge Rousseau & Wordsworth this perennially popular book was cited by Karl Marx in Das Kapital to illustrate economic theory However it is readers of all ages over the last 280 years who have given Robinson Crusoe its abiding position as a classic tale of adventure ...

Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe regarded by many to be first novel in English is also the original tale of a castaway struggling to survive on a remote desert island This Penguin Classics is edited with an introduction & notes by John Richetti The sole survivor of a shipwreck Robinson Crusoe is washed up on a desert island In his journal he chronicles his daily battle to stay alive as he conquers isolation fashions shelter & clothes enlists the help of a native islander who he names ' Friday' & fights off cannibals & mutineers Written in an age of exploration & enterprise it has been variously interpreted as an embodiment of British imperialist values as a portrayal of 'natural man' or as a moral fable But above all is a brilliant narrative depicting Crusoe's transformation from terrified survivor to self-sufficient master of an island This edition contains a full chronology of Defoe's life & times explanatory notes glossary & a critical introduction discussing Robinson Crusoe as a pioneering work of modern psychological realism Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) had a variety of careers including merchant soldier & political pamphleteer Over the course of his life Daniel Defoe wrote over two hundred & fifty books on economics history biography & crime but is best remembered for the fiction he produced in late life which

Includes:: Robinson Crusoe (1719) Moll Flanders (1722) & Roxana (1724) Defoe had a great influence on the development of the English novel & many consider him to be the first true novelist If you enjoyed Robinson Crusoe you may like Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo also available in Penguin Classics' Robinson Crusoe has a universal appeal a story that goes right to the core of existence' Simon Armitage

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The Penguin English Library Edition of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe'I walk'd about on the shore lifting up my hands & my whole being as I may say wrapt up in the contemplation of my deliverance reflecting upon all my comrades that were drown'd & that there should not be one soul sav'd but my self ' Who has not dreamed of life on an exotic isle far away from civilization? Here is the novel which has inspired countless imitations by lesser writers none of which equal the power & originality of Defoe's famous book Robinson Crusoe set ashore on an island after a terrible storm at sea is forced to make do with only a knife some tobacco & a pipe He learns how to build a canoe make bread & endure endless solitude That is until twenty-four years later when he confronts another human being First published in 1719 Robinson Crusoe has been praised by such writers as James Joyce Virginia Woolf & Samuel Johnson as one of the greatest novels in the English language The Penguin English Library
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Robinson Crusoe Adventures on the Cursed Island is a game created by Ignacy Trzewiczek the author of Stronghold This time Trzewiczek takes the players to a deserted island where they&ll play the parts of shipwreck survivors confronted by an extraordinary adventure They&ll be faced with the challenges of building a shelter finding food fighting wild beasts & protecting themselves from weather changes Building walls around their homes animal domestication constructing weapons & tools from what they find & much more awaits them on the island The players decide in which direction the game will unfold & – after several in-game weeks of hard work – how their settlement will look Will they manage to discover the secret of the island in the meantime? Will they find a pirate treasure or an abandoned village? Will they discover an underground city or a cursed temple at the bottom of a volcano? Answers to these questions lie in hundreds of event cards & hundreds of object & structure cards that can be used during the game Robinson Crusoe Adventures on the Cursed Island is an epic game from Portal You will build a shelter palisade weapons you will create tools like axes knives sacks you will do everything you can to… to survive You will have to find food fight wild beasts protect yourself from weather changes… Take the role of one of four characters from the ship crew (cook carpenter explorer or soldier) & face the adventure Use your determination skills to help your team mates discuss with them your plan & put it into practice Debate discuss & work on the best plan you all can make Search for treasures Discover mysteries Follow goals of six different engaging scenarios Start by building a big pile of wood & setting it on fire to call for help & then start new adventures Become an exorcist on cursed Island Become a treasure hunter on Volcano Island Become a rescue team for a young lady who’s stuck on rock island… Let the adventure live! ...