Robin Hood (Eyewitness Classics) - Hardcover

Philip, Neil

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 075137069X ISBN 13: 9780751370690

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley, 1997

Synopsis

Literature is full of stories that today's children can enjoy when they are made accessible. This retelling of "Robin Hood" combines narrative and illustrations with photographs that provide factual content. Information panels add information on the social and historical dimensions of the story.

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Grade 3-5. This retelling stays true to the tale of Robin Hood, handed down through 14th-century ballads. Philip's version is fast-moving, readable, and child-friendly without becoming inane. His language generally evokes a sense of time and place. He does not change folklore, a relief in the onslaught of '90s politically correct revisionists. The problem here is not with the teller, but the typical "Eyewitness" series layout. The 11-chapter book is interrupted every two or three chapters for double-page spreads of background facts about forest life, religion, archery, and the crusades. Distracting illustrated footnotes border almost every page of the story. More importance is placed on information than on the narrative. In addition to the watercolors, there are photos and clippings from various archives: art, history, and movies. Harris favors a shorter, chunkier, probably more authentic Robin Hood than other artists have in the past. However, the Robin on the cover (a reverse image of an interior painting), looks stoned or witless, with feet as long as his calves. Marion, next to Robin, looks like an anorexic junkie. Bodies are well drawn, but stiff. Grade schoolers may be attracted to the Richard Scarry kind of busyness. Teachers will love the facts. This is, in short, geared to the short attention spans of the electronic information age.?Helen Gregory, Grosse Pointe Public Library, MI
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About this edition

• Publisher: Dorling Kindersley
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 075137069X
• ISBN 13: 9780751370690
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 64
• Illustrator: Harris Nick