On a cold winter's night, a girl lighthouse keeper discovers an old book in a chest, abandoned on the beach. The golden letters of the title are faded, the texts damaged by moisture. Only the pictures have survived...

But suddenly, as if by magic, they come to life, and one by one, the heroes of the book tell the girl their story! The marked Billy Bones, Lord Trelawney, Ben Gunn, the brave cabin boy Jim Hawkins, and Long John Silver, the pirate with the wooden leg, all dream of getting their hands on the treasure of the bloodthirsty Captain Flint...

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]