The Adventures of Robin Hood

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A comic-strip retelling of eleven of the best-loved stories about Robin Hood - the greatest hero of them all!Told in lively comic-strip style, this book relates eleven colourful action-packed tales about Robin and his merry men. Read how Robin becomes an outlaw, gets a ducking from Little John and encounters a disguised Maid Marian in the forest; enjoy the stories of Much the Miller's Son, Friar Tuck, Allan-a-Dale, Sir Richard of Leigh and the golden arrow. Meet Robin's sworn enemy Sir Guy of Gisborne, witness his visit from King Richard and see Robin fire his final arrow.

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Publishers Weekly Review

Don Quixote, Sinbad the Sailor and Joseph (with his coat of many colors) have all been give in exuberant new incarnations at the hands of the talented Williams, who here makes Robin Hood and his band merry indeed as she translates their feats into comic-strip-style art. Robin Hood's charisma and his colleagues' diverse personalities provide rich raw material for Williams's witty narrative and pun-filled asides, resulting in what may well be her most child-appreciated work yet. Her snappy text and characteristic, riotously detailed panel art recount a host of well-loved adventures, among them how the homeless, hapless Robin of Locksley comes to vow to help the poor under the nickname of Robin Hood; how Marian and Friar Tuck join the spirited outlaws; and how Robin, disguised as a beggar, tricks the Sheriff of Nottingham to win the Golden Arrow as the finest archer in England. Though not as vibrantly colored as in her previous volumes, Williams's inventively bordered art emphasizes the more subdued, earthy tones of the legendary Sherwood Forest-punctuated, of course, by Robin Hood's trademark Lincoln green. Ages 5-up. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

School Library Journal Review

Gr 3-5‘Williams has retold Robin Hood's adventures in a comic-strip format. Basic plot elements are consistent with the well-known versions of the tales. There are up to two-dozen panels per double-page spread; each one has a line or two of text below it along with humorous asides and dialogue written within the framed pictures. This makes the reading choppy and abrupt, and gives the impression that the text was written to go with the pictures instead of the other way around. The print is quite small and the vocabulary is challenging. Williams's line and watercolor cartoons are done mostly in yellows and greens and are bright, busy, and colorful. They include some gross details for kids who look for that sort of thing. There are many better versions of Robin Hood available.‘JoAnn Rees, Sunnyvale Public Library, CA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Booklist Review

Gr. 3-5. Using her well-loved, lively comic-strip style, Williams introduces a new generation of children to the legend of Robin Hood. Eleven adventures (usually two pages apiece) take the reader from Robin's first days as an outlaw to his death at the hands of the prioress of Kirklees. Familiar characters such as Little John, Maid Marian, and Friar Tuck appear, as well as Much, the Miller's Son, and Sir Richard of Legh. As appealing as Williams' goofy, pointy-faced caricatures are, her most arresting talent is her storytelling. Plots unfold simply, playing a cool straight man to the zany characters and their riotous asides--the best part of the book. When Maid Marian joins the outlaws, Robin quips, "We'll have to call ourselves a band of merry persons now." Such zingers, although so numerous as to compete with the text for attention, make this rendition of the Robin Hood legend both an easy laugh and an easy read. --Julie Walton

Horn Book Review

This is an entertaining adaptation of the Robin Hood legend, told and illustrated in Williams's familiar comic-book-style format. The large size of the volume is very attractive, and the book is divided into short episodes filled with robust language, perfect for reading aloud. From HORN BOOK 1995, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.