Baker Street Readers

Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe, illustrated by Katy Elphinstone, retold by Margaret Elphinstone

Age range 8 to 12

Defying his parents, Robinson Crusoe goes to sea. He is captured by pirates but escapes to Brazil. He makes a fortune using slave labour to grow tobacco and sugar. He sails to Africa to bring back more slaves but is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island. Everyone else is drowned. For over twenty years he lives alone. He learns to hunt and fish and make shelter. Then the cannibals arrive. Will this be the end of his adventure — or the chance to escape?