Among the most beloved heroes of early England, gallant Robin Hood and his merry band of daring outlaws live on, in countless ballads and stories that have been handed down for over six hundred years. But generations of storytelling reach a peak in Howard Pyle's classic tale of the gay young outlaw leader and his stout Saxon yeomen—Little John, Friar Tuck, Allan a Dale and all the others—and of the carefree life they lead in the cool shades of Sherwood Forest, playing pranks on one another, plundering greedy Norman barons and sharing the spoils with the poor and oppressed, evading capture by the cruel Sheriff of Nottingham—sometimes by only a hair's-breadth, and finally entertaining King Richard the Lionheart himself under the greenwood tree.

For sheer entertainment, as well as a vivid picture of life in England after the Norman conquest, Howard Pyle's thrilling story of Robin Hood, with new illustrations drawn exclusively for this edition, is a delight that should not be missed by anyone, young or old.

From the dust jacket of the Illustrated Junior Library edition