Books in Child's Play classics series

Treasure IslandRobert Louis Stevenson (1850-94) was bom in Scotland and traveled widely, from Spain to the California goldfields, finally settling in Samoa, where he died. By then he was recognised as one of the greatest story tellers ever, and Treasure Island has become one of the world's favorite adventure stories. The story begins with a mysterious treasure map and an old buccaneer in an English country inn: soon we are on the high seas in a dangerous Caribbean quest that becomes a desperate battle of wits between young Jim Hawkins and the unforgettable wily old pirate Long John Silver. As the tension mounts, who will be first to find the dead man's chest and its fabulous treasure?

What Katy Did is an 1872 children's book written by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey under her pen name Susan Coolidge. It follows the adventures of a twelve-year-old American girl, Katy Carr, and her family who live in the fictional lakeside Ohio town of Burnet in the 1860s. Katy is a tall untidy tomboy, forever getting into scrapes but wishing to be beautiful and beloved. When a terrible accident makes her an invalid, her illness and four-year recovery gradually teach her to be as good and kind as she has always wanted.