Robin Hood (Graphic Revolve: Common Core Editions)

This classic adventure book is perfect for adventurous kids who like history, heroes, knights, archers, and all things medieval. Robin Hood is a legendary outlaw figure who can't disappoint you.

Perfect to use with my class. The illustrations are great and the text is not too busy

The "Graphic Revolve" adaptations of myths and classic literature in graphic novel format are great for 2nd-3rd graders. The books include "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." Each book devotes about 60 pages to the story, and includes a glossary and reading/writing questions. The books were originally published in 2007-2011 and republished in 2014 with new covers having the titles in all caps and slanting diagonally upwards. The text of the Graphic Revolve "Robin Hood" book (e.g., 2014 paperback , 2014 library binding , or 2009 paperback ), by Aaron Shepard and Anne L. Watson, is as well-written as the text of other books in the series. We read about Robin's meeting Little John, Friar Tuck, and others; tricking the Bishop of Hereford and the Sheriff of Nottingham; and winning an archery contest. For the intended audience, the words couldn't be better. The only problem with the "Robin Hood" book are the illustrations by Jennifer Tanner. The lines are noticeably pixelated (e.g., see page 5 in the preview of the Kindle edition). The colors chosen are distracting; for example, King Richard's hair is a bright, unnatural orange. A half-dozen panels show people standing around without doing or saying anything that advances the plot, for example, on pages 31 and 33 depicting scenes from Eleanor and Alan-a-Dale's wedding. Graphic Revolve books such as "Perseus and Medusa" (illustrated by Daniel Perez) and "The Adventures of Hercules" (illustrated by Jose Alfonso Ocampo Ruiz) have much better artwork. Overall, four stars.

Awesome comic book style of a classic story. The kids I teach (10 years old) love it!

Grandson loved it will be buying more.

My son loves these stories in this format!

Purchased this book because we had another - They Odyssey - by the same publisher. The copy of the Odyssey is still in good shape, a constant companion of two grandsons for a couple months now. I just brought them this copy of Robin Hood, days after my return period expired (seeing them at thanksgiving) and it is falling apart after one day of reading a looking at. I don't really understand it; can it be replaced? I don't know.

Very enjoyable to read . good pictures , I liked this book a lot and would read it again .