This is a fun version of Robin Hood for anyone, even though it was written for fifth and sixth grade students, and even has a "Suggestions for Teachers" section. It has 62 hand-drawn illustrations by Milo Winter. Each chapter starts with an illustration. There are 18 full-page drawings, and 21 songs, complete with both music and lyrics.The story of Robin Hood is a legend. It is probably based on a real person who lived in England in the 12th century and around whom lots of imaginar...

A pirate with a parrot on his shoulder; "X marks the spot"; buried treasure and of course.... Long John Silver.These familiar associations with pirates can all be traced back to this adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson,originally serialized in the children's magazine Young Folks between 1881–82 under the title Treasure Island or, the mutiny of the Hispaniola with Stevenson adopting the pseudonym Captain George North.Traditionally considered a c...

This book is for all little boys and girls who love animals. Come into the woods and let us listen and watch, and I promise you it will be worthwhile……WASHER the RACCOON is brave and fearless in danger, and so lovable that you won’t lay down this book without saying wistfully, “I almost wish I had him really and truly as a friend and not just a story-book acquaintance.”Here we read of Washer’s first adventures and how he was carried to the wolf’s den and looked after by mo...

Nights with Uncle Remus presents 71 of Harris's, or Uncle Remus’, most popular narratives, featuring Brer Rabbit, African American trickster tales, Sea Island legends, and spine tingling ghost stories. For more than a hundred years, the tales of Joel Chandler Harris have entertained and influenced both readers and writers and none less that the tales and stories of Brer Rabbit told by Uncle Remus, stories like:"The Moon in the Mill-Pond,"“Mr. Fox and Miss Goose,”

This book is for all little boys and girls who love animals and is the second DOCTOR RABBIT book in the series.Our story starts with Doctor Rabbit receiving a call for a home visit. He collects his bag, puts on his top hat and just as he steps out his front door he hears a rustle and sees a shape in the bushes. But who could that be?Ki-Yi Coyote has just moved into the area and his larder is empty. He sees Doctor Rabbit coming out of his house and the game is afoot, for Coy...

This book is for all little boys and girls who love animals tells readers about the adventures of DOCTOTOR RABBIT with BRUSHTAIL THE FOX and how the animals of the Big Green Wood managed to get rid of Brushtail the Fox once and for all. But how did they do it? Herein is an adventure second to none!It starts with Dr. Rabbit and Cheepy Chipmunk sitting in Doctor Rabbit's front yard talking, when who should show his face, but none other than Brushtail the Fox. My, did that cause a com...

A "rollicking and bawdy" tale of eighteenth-century England, inspired by Fanny Hill, from the New York Times–bestselling author of Fear of Flying ( The Plain Dealer).Galloping from England to Africa to the high seas of the Caribbean, bestselling author Erica Jong's "perverse epic" follows the amorous adventures of a woman of pleasure and pluck ( The New York Times). Falling in with randy highwaymen, witches, kidnappers, ...

Howard Pyle's heroic version of Robin Hood begins after a conflict with some foresters leads to Robin of Locksley becoming the outlaw famous for stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. Each chapter tells a different tale of Robin as he recruits Merry Men, resists the authorities, and aids his fellow man. Pyle's version includes the popular stories of Little John and Robin's staff fight, Friar Tuck's besting of Robin, Robin's collusion with Allan-a-Dale, and several of his conflicts ...

McSpadden provides a solid addition to the Robin Hood canon. The most notable feature in this work, then, is its mastery of a language that suggests an archaic flavor without ever seeming stilted; readers can believe that Robin and his men would speak the kinds of words McSpadden assigns to them. Snippets of ballads also intersperse the work, most often appearing as introductions to episodes, but sometimes forming a part of the narrative itself. This technique connects the book to the earl...

Rebecca Lopez enjoys a life of privilege in Elizabeth's England -- yet she guards secrets she dares not reveal. The beautiful, tempestuous daughter of the queen's own physician, Rebecca is also a converso -- a Jew who practices her prohibited religion clandestinely -- helping others of her banned faith escape persecution and death. And her insatiable hunger for excitement often takes her to the bustling streets of London in male garb to experience the kind of adventure available o...

The classic story of social justice and outrageous cunning.Robin Hood, champion of the poor and oppressed, stands against the cruel power of Prince John and the brutal Sheriff of Nottingham. Taking refuge in the vast Sherwood Forest with his band of men, he remains determined to outwit his enemies.Brilliantly introduced by bestselling author John Boyne.

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