The Swiss Family Robinson [SCM]
by Johann Wyss Author
The adventures of a God-fearing family shipwrecked on an island and how they make use of natural resources and ingenuity.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0451529618
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 44
- Pages
- 446
- Suggested Grades
- 5th - 8th
- Publisher
- Magnum Books
- Copyright
- 1968
- Written
- 1813
Chapters
- 1 Shipwrecked and Alone
- 2 A Desolate Island
- 3 We Explore Our Island
- 4 The Homeward Journey
- 5 We Revisit the Wreck
- 6 Mother Makes a Suggestion
- 7 We Build a Bridge
- 8 The Journey to the Wonderful Trees
- 9 The Tree-House
- 10 A Visit to Tentholm
- 11 The Strange Animal
- 12 Towed by a Turtle
- 13 An Important Experiment
- 14 The Pinnace and the Petard
- 15 The Calabash Wood
- 16 Last Visit to the Wreck
- 17 The Buffalo Hunt
- 18 The Hollow Tree
- 19 The Rainy Season
- 20 The Salt Cavern
- 21 Woodlands
- 22 Thanksgiving Day
- 23 The Island Sports Carnival
- 24 A Midnight Raid
- 25 The Stranded Whale
- 26 Jack Discovers a Skeleton
- 27 Death of a Monster
- 28 An Island Journey
- 29 The Desert
- 30 Ostriches and Bears
- 31 The Captive Ostrich
- 32 Home Again
- 33 A Visit to Whale Island
- 34 Our First Harvest
- 35 The Trial of the Sea Horse
- 36 News by Pigeon Post
- 37 To the Rescue
- 38 After Ten Years
- 39 The Mysterious Message
- 40 Fritz says Good-bye
- 41 The Stranger
- 42 Jenny
- 43 The Mysterious Guns
- 44 Three Cheers for New Switzerland!
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Reviewed by Parent/Teacher
This wonderful story is also ride with the killing if animals. It seems that the children, with their father's sometimes reluctant approval, are happy to kill whatever animal they find, or else to entrap them. Parents with a sensitive child may want to skip over these parts.