The Swiss family Robinson
(Book)
Published
[location not given] :, [2019].
Physical Desc
239 pages 23 cm
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 23
Lexile measure
HL 490L
Status
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Lebanon PL - Lebanon - Juvenile - Teacher Collection | Y F WYSS TS | Reshelving |
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Published
[location not given] :, [2019].
Format
Book
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
MG
Level 9.7, 23 Points
Level 9.7, 23 Points
Lexile code
HL
Lexile measure
490
Notes
Description
The Swiss Family Robinson (German: Der Schweizerische Robinson) is a novel by Johann David Wyss, first published in 1812, about a Swiss family shipwrecked in the East Indies en route to Port Jackson, Australia.Written by Swiss pastor Johann David Wyss and edited by his son Johann Rudolf Wyss and illustrated by his son Johann Emmanuel Wyss, the novel was intended to teach his four sons about family values, good husbandry, the uses of the natural world and self-reliance. Wyss' attitude toward education is in line with the teachings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and many of the episodes have to do with Christian-oriented moral lessons such as frugality, husbandry, acceptance, cooperation, etc. The adventures are presented as a series of lessons in natural history and the physical sciences, and resemble other, similar educational books for children in this period, such as Charlotte Turner Smith's Rural Walks: in Dialogues intended for the use of Young Persons (1795), Rambles Further: A continuation of Rural Walks (1796), A Natural History of Birds, intended chiefly for young persons (1807). But the novel differs in that it is modeled on Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, a genuine adventure story,[1] and presents a geographically impossible array of large mammals (including tigers, brown bears, leopards, jackals, hyenas, cheetahs, wolves, moose, lions, rhinos, hippos, walruses, elephants, giraffes, monkeys, zebras, and onagers). and plants (including the bamboos, cassavas, cinnamon trees, coconut palm trees, fir trees, flax, Myrica cerifera, rice, rubber plant potatoes, sago palms, and an entirely fictitious kind of sugarcane) that probably could never have existed together on a single island for the children's education, nourishment, clothing and convenience.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wyss, J. D. (2019). The Swiss family Robinson .
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wyss, Johann David, 1743-1818. 2019. The Swiss Family Robinson. .
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wyss, Johann David, 1743-1818. The Swiss Family Robinson , 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wyss, Johann David. The Swiss Family Robinson 2019.
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