The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood - Hardcover

Howard Pyle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0448060205 ISBN 13: 9780448060200

Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap, 1952

Synopsis

Retells the ballad tales of Robin Hood and his band of fellows who outwitted the sour Sheriff of Nottingham, henchman of the wicked King John.

About this title

From the Publisher:

8 1.5-hour cassettes

About the Author:

Howard Pyle was born on March 5, 1853 in Wilmington, Delaware. From the time he was a very small boy he loved pictures, especially the pictures in storybooks. Among his favorites were Grimm’s German Fairy Tales and Arabian Nights. At the age of twenty-one, Pyle began to contribute illustrations and fables to St. Nicholas magazine and later went on to write and illustrate books for children. His first was The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood in 1883. Many more books followed, including Pepper and Salt; or, Seasoning for Young Folk, Otto of the Silver Hand, Howard Pyle’s Book of Pirates, and The Story of King Arthur and His Knights. He also taught illustration at the Drexel Institute in Philadelphia and later set up his own art school in Wilmington. He died on November 9, 1911, in Florence, Italy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
• Publication date: 1952
• ISBN 10: 0448060205
• ISBN 13: 9780448060200
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 325
• Illustrator: Lawrence Beall Smith