(3) PS Illustrated by Alice Provensen & Martin Provensen. In this collection originally published in 1951, the Provensens lend their two-dimensional but expressive style to Stevenson's rhythmic, child-voiced 1885 poems. Several poems are omitted, likely because of changing cultural attitudes, and there are small modifications in sequence and layout. The digitally restored illustrations are more muted than in previous editions; the effect is a pastel, child-friendly volume with appeal to the nursery-rhyme set.

Reviewer: Shoshana Flax | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2017

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth. This handsome "repackaged" edition of the classic pirate-adventure story features reproductions of Wyeth's atmospheric paintings and the same typeface (Linotype Scotch No. 1) from the 1911 edition. The page design is open, with lots of leading between lines.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.

(4) 4-6 Classics Illustrated series. Adapted by Mike Vosburg. Condensed graphic-novel versions of Stevenson's novel and two of Dickens's works (including the less well-known Mugby Junction) give reluctant readers an entryway into classic literature. The retellings are only adequate, but the illustrations and pacing of the graphic novels serve the material well. While not a substitute for the originals, these books retain some of the tone and flavor. Review covers these Classic Illustrated titles: Scrooge and Kidnapped.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Scott McKowen. These classic stories are presented in unabridged formats with attached ribbon bookmarks. Accompanying the texts are a handful of effectively atmospheric (Crusoe) or creepy (Jekyll) drawings that illustrate key details (e.g., Dr. Jekyll's transformation back from Mr. Hyde). The books conclude with some generic open-ended questions. Review covers these titles: Robinson Crusoe and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Robert Ingpen. This unabridged version of Stevenson's classic, following the adventures of young Jim Hawkins, Long John Silver, and the crew of the Hispaniola on Treasure Island, features new art by Ingpen. The heavy pages of this edition have the look of parchment paper and the illustrations bring to mind old oil-on-canvas paintings, providing a pleasing aesthetic.

Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Barbara McClintock. McClintock offers a complete edition of these old favorites in a format generous with white space and spot art as well as illustrative fantasies. Occasional full-page pictures set the scene; eponymous gardens burgeon invitingly throughout. McClintock's blend of old and new should attract readers. There's a table of contents, but no index.

Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2011

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by John Lawrence. This unabridged, outsized version of Stevenson's novel, first published in 1883 and set in the 1700s, follows the adventures of Jim Hawkins, Long John Silver, and the crew of the Hispaniola. What makes this edition stand out are the book's illustrations (hand-colored vinyl cuts and wood textures) and design, which beautifully evoke printed works from the past.

Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Tracey Campbell Pearson. The full moon in a rich blue sky presides over each scene in this attractive book, as a young boy leaves his bed and takes a motorboat trip across a small cove with his father. Full of engaging, sometimes humorous details, the watercolor and ink illustrations highlight the timelessness of Stevenson's poem, first published in A Child's Garden of Verses.

Reviewer: Martha Sibert

(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Scott McKowen. Stevenson's classic swashbuckling adventure is presented here in an unabridged edition. The same few scratchboard illustrations of Long John Silver and a handful of other characters are used throughout the volume. A list of questions, most of them open-ended ("Do you think Jim is only a boy? Or has he become a man?"), closes the book.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(4) 4-6 Scribner Storybook Classic series. Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth. Stevenson's tale of sixteen-year-old David Balfour's kidnapping at the hands of his malevolent uncle has been pared down a good two or three hundred pages to fit the confines of this simplified "storybook" edition. Fans of Wyeth's oil paintings will appreciate the fourteen reproductions included in this volume; all others will want to seek out an unabridged edition of this swashbuckling classic.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(4) 1-3 Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth. Stevenson's prose, stripped of much of its descriptive power but honed down to a readable, fast-moving action story, is illustrated in this oversize volume with reproductions of N. C. Wyeth's 1911-edition oil paintings. The reproductions are often blurry or hazy and tend to monochrome umber, but Wyeth's pirates are old-school villainous, and the atmospheric paintings have an almost unmatched dynamism.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

(3) K-3 A selection of thirteen poems culled from Stevenson's classic collection pair with paintings appropriate to each poem's subject. The poems, including "The Wind," "Summer Sun," "Where Go the Boats?" "Rain," and "Picture-books in Winter," follow a loose seasonal structure; the paintings represent the talent of luminaries such as Albrecht Dürer, William Heath Robinson, Carl Larsson, and Claude Monet.

Reviewer: Carolyn Shute

(4) 4-6 Kingfisher Classics series. Illustrated by John Lawrence. The unabridged text of Stevenson's classic adventure is presented in a large typeface and with lots of white space, making this volume less intimidating than many other editions. The busy, scratchy pen-and-ink illustrations have a somewhat dated feel but will probably not diminish the appeal of this novel for fans of pirate tales.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(4) YA Whole Story series. Illustrated by Francois Place. Dr. Jekyll, a respectable doctor by day, morphs into Mr. Hyde, a depraved criminal, by night, in this Victorian classic. In addition to its watercolor drawings, this edition of the thriller provides information on Stevenson and the times in which he lived. While the background, including period photographs and engravings, provides context for the story, its placement on pages throughout the story is distracting.

Reviewer: Carolyn Shute

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Tasha Tudor. In sixty-four richly detailed poems written from a child's point of view, Stevenson captures the joyful experiences of his Victorian childhood. Tudor's soft, homey watercolors provide a perfect decoration as they evoke the poet's privileged upbringing as well as his love for the natural world.

Reviewer: Carolyn Shute

(3) PS Illustrated by Penny Dale. The narrator in this favorite poem from A Child's Garden of Verses describes his shadow and the many ways it presents itself, from follower to leader to plain old sleepy-head. A fair-haired toddler capers through soft watercolor pictures that capture the essence of a child's delight with his antic but illusory companion.

Reviewer: Carolyn Shute

(3) K-3 Books of Wonder series. Illustrated by Diane Goode. Afterword by Peter Glassman. Round, happy children cavort in the rain, marvel at their shadows, and enjoy going up in a swing. Most of Stevenson's poems are still as appealing now as they were more than a century ago. Through her use of old-fashioned clothing and by alternating full-color and black-and-white illustrations, Goode captures a nineteenth-century feel but updates it by including children of color.

Reviewer: Patricia Riley

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Max Grover. This is a fresh pictorial interpretation of four poems from A Child's Garden of Verses. The text is enclosed in colored boxes across the pages; the bold, blocky pictures are rendered in striking rainbow-hued acrylics. Occasionally the children pictured look almost too old to be engaged in the play described in the verse, but this is an appealing modernization nonetheless.

Reviewer: Carolyn Shute