"Written almost 300 years ago when very little was known about the wider world, Jonathan Swift’s great adventure story about Gulliver provided readers with a wonderfully imaginative way of exploring uncharted lands. "
October 2021 Book of the Month
When ship’s surgeon Gulliver sets off across the seas in search of adventure he has little idea what he will find. His two greatest discoveries are the countries of Lilliput and Brobdingnag.
In Lilliput he finds a population of tiny people to whom he appears as a giant while in Brobdingnag the roles are reversed: Gulliver is tiny and Brobdingnags are giants.
Swift uses Gulliver’s descriptions of his experiences in these contrasting countries to write a satirical commentary on his own society. His use of Gulliver’s altered relative size gives great scope for studying everyday events in a new way and makes a fine vantage point for telling the contrasting stories.
Gulliver is an iconic figure in literature. Read aloud, this abridged edition with its impressionistic yet detailed illustrations by Robert Ingpen will make an excellent way to introduce the story about him to young readers.
Gulliver's Travels has been loved by many generations of readers for almost 300 years, and the telling of the misfortunes and pleasures of its eponymous hero is one of Jonathan Swift's most enduring legacies.
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Gulliver's Travels has been loved by many generations of readers for almost 300 years, and the telling of the misfortunes and pleasures of its eponymous hero is one of Jonathan Swift's most enduring legacies. Three hundred years ago, a great deal of the world as we now know it was still undiscovered.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Gulliver's Travels A Robert Ingpen Illustrated Classic and determined it is suitable for children aged 7-10 years old
Gulliver's Travels A Robert Ingpen Illustrated Classic features in the following genres: Adventure Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Books of the Month, Recommendations, Classic Literature, Featured Books for 9+ readers, Gift Books, Children’s / Teenage stationery and miscellaneous items, Julia Eccleshare's Picks of the Month, Featured Books for 7+ readers
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Gulliver's Travels A Robert Ingpen Illustrated Classic was written by Jonathan Swift and published by Welbeck Editions an imprint of Welbeck Publishing Group
Gulliver's Travels A Robert Ingpen Illustrated Classic has 175 pages
Yes it is part of Robert Ingpen Illustrated Classics series
