Walker The Adventures Of Robin Hood

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. Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly 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. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Booklist 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 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.