Book Research

After recieving the list of books to choose from for our narrative brief, I looked into the ones that interested me to see what the were ab

Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stevenson
- traditionally considered a coming of age story, noted for its atmosphere, characters and action, basically about pirates looking for treasure, it also influenced a lot of stereotypes for pirates such as x marks the spot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_Island

The Princess Bride – William Goldman
- a fantasy romance novel, basically about a privelidged pretty girl mocking a poor boy, she realises he loves her, The story ends with a series of mishaps and the prince's men closing in, but the author indicates that he believes s'all good
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Princess_Bride#Plot_summary

James and the Giant Peach – Roald Dahl
plot is pre much theres this orphan and his parents get killed in a storm so his aunts adopt him but they're awful and eventually he accidently grows this giant peach
'Originally titled James and the Giant Cherry, Dahl changed it to James and the Giant Peach because a peach is "prettier, bigger and squishier than a cherry'
Michael Simeon did british illustrations, been changed over years originally illustrated by nancy ekholm burkert, others redone by  Emma Chichester Clark, Lane Smith and Quentin Blake
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Ekholm_Burkert

The Big Book of Nonsense – Colin West
basically a book of weird poetry, illustrated by colin west too
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Big-Book-Nonsense-Poems/dp/0091768799
http://www.colinwest.com/

The Three Mulla-Mulgars – Walter de La Mare
based on three monkeys looking for their mother,
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4493667-the-three-mulla-mulgars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_P._Lathrop