Best Version of Robin Hood and King Author?

[hsmom4]

I'm buying books for History and I'm trying to determine which is the best version of these two books to get. I want them for my son who is not a great reader - reading about the fifth grade level. But it needs to be interesting, with lots of suspense and as little detail/descriptive language as possible.

[MomOfOneFunOne]

Howard Pyle, HOWARD PYLE, HOWARD PYLE!!!!

Make sure you get written AND illustrated by Howard Pyle.

We like to copy the illustrations and take turns coloring and reading aloud.

[Beth in Central TX]

I agree; the Howard Pyle versions are my favorite too.

[whitestavern]

We found one we liked at the library. It's King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table Retold by Emma Gelders Sterne and Barbara Lindsay. It's a Golden Illustrated Classic. Both of my children are enjoying it very much. I don't think it speaks down to them at all, yet it's understandable to them.

[Eliana]

Our favorite Robin Hood is by Sarah Hayes (http://www.amazon.com/Robin-Hood-Sarah-Hayes/dp/0805012060/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206327635&sr=1-3). (OOP, but available very inexpensively.)

My middle school age kids also liked Pyle (http://www.amazon.com/Merry-Adventures-Robin-Hood/dp/0979170214/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206327455&sr=1-11) and Green's (http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Robin-Hood-Puffin-Classics/dp/0140367004/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206327455&sr=1-1) adaptations, but the Hayes one still holds a special place in their hearts.

If you like Sutcliff's Black Ships Before Troy and/or Lively's In Search of a Homeland, then you'll also love Molly Perham's King Arthur and the Legends of Camelot. (http://www.amazon.com/Arthur-Legends-Camelot-Kestrel-Picture/dp/0670849901/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206327729&sr=1-1)

Our second favorite is Stories of King Arthur and His Knights (http://www.amazon.com/Stories-King-Arthur-His-Knights/dp/0192745107/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206327746&sr=1-2) by Picard.

Roger Lancelyn Green's adaptations are always enjoyable - though I do not feel they capture the flavor of the originals.

A Boy's King Arthur (http://www.amazon.com/Boys-Arthur-Dover-Storybooks-Children/dp/0486448002/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206327706&sr=1-9) and Pyle's adaptations (here's one volume (http://www.amazon.com/Story-Arthur-Knights-Signet-Classics/dp/0451530241/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206327706&sr=1-2), there are several!) are fun, but sometimes the words get in the way of the story, imho... though we are happy to own them!

HTH

[Carmen_and_Company]

. . .
My middle school age kids also liked Pyle (http://www.amazon.com/Merry-Adventures-Robin-Hood/dp/0979170214/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206327455&sr=1-11) and Green's (http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Robin-Hood-Puffin-Classics/dp/0140367004/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206327455&sr=1-1) adaptations, but the Hayes one still holds a special place in their hearts. . . .


I agree!