Robert Louis Stevenson

Illustrations portray a father and daughter going fishing against a background of Stevenson's poem about nightly happenings in the light of the moon.

When old Billy Bones shows up at Jim’s parents inn, his life is turned upside down. Board the Hispaniola ship with Jim and listen to his tale. Pirates, mutiny, buried treasure – shiver me timbers, it’s a good one!

In this prequel to "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" set in 1870s Paris during the Prussian siege, an orphaned sixteen-year-old girl whose knowledge of witchcraft includes transformation spells meets a young medical doctor from London.

Jim is a young man who grew up reading tales of pirates and adventures on the high seas, and longs for similar excitement in his own life. One day a dying man hands him a map and gives him a warning. Upon careful examination, Jim realizes the map charts the course to Treasure Planet, a distant world where hundreds of space pirates have stashed their loot. Jim is certain this is the adventure he's been dreaming of and sets out to find the fabled Treasure...