Classic Starts®: The Adventures of Robin Hood

by Pyle, Howard; Burrows, John; Corvino, Lucy; Pober, Arthur

• ISBN13: 9781402712579
• ISBN10: 140271257X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-03-01
• Publisher: Sterling

Summary

Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes a dazzling new series:Classic Starts. The stories are abridged; the quality is complete.Classic Startstreats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve--all at an incomparable price. He robbed from the rich and gave to the poor, and had escapades enough to please any adventure-loving child. Now even the youngest readers can have the chance to enter Sherwood Forest with Robin's band of merry men, and meet such unforgettable characters as Friar Tuck, Little John, Allan-a-Dale, the nasty Sheriff of Nottingham, and wicked King John. Every moment of the story is filled with action and excitement.

Table of Contents

PROLOGUE Robin Hood Becomes an Outlaw	1	(6)
PART I: ROBIN HOOD MATCHES WITS WITH THE SHERIFF OF NOTTINGHAM
CHAPTER 1 Robin Hood Meets His Right-Hand Man	7	(7)
CHAPTER 2 The Shooting Match in Nottingham Town	14	(7)
CHAPTER 3 The Rescue of Will Stutely	21	(7)
CHAPTER 4 Robin Hood Plays Butcher	28	(13)
PART II: THE TANNER OF BLYTHE AND WILL SCARLET JOIN THE MERRY MEN
CHAPTER 5 Little John Battles the Tanner of Blythe	41	(7)
CHAPTER 6 The Stranger in Scarlet	48	(6)
CHAPTER 7 Robin Hood's Long-Lost Kinsman	54	(3)
PART III: THE WOEFUL STORY OF ALLAN A DALE
CHAPTER 8 Robin Hood Befriends Allan a Dale	57	(7)
CHAPTER 9 Allan a Dale's Plight	64	(4)
CHAPTER 10 Robin Hood Finds the Curtal Friar	68	(13)
CHAPTER 11 Robin Hood Arranges the Marriage of Two Lovers	81	(10)
PART IV: ROBIN HOOD'S ROYAL REVENGE
CHAPTER 12 Robin Hood Aids a Sorrowful Knight	91	(7)
CHAPTER 13 The Bishop "Helps" Robin and Sir Richard	98	(9)
CHAPTER 14 Guy of Gisbourne Meets His Fate	107	(9)
CHAPTER 15 Robin "Repays" the Sheriff	116	(8)
CHAPTER 16 King Richard Dines in Sherwood Forest	124	(19)
Questions, Questions, Questions	143	(4)
Afterword	147	(6)
Title List	153