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Posted: Feb 12 2007 at 12:15am | IP Logged Quote chicken lady

What are some good Robin hood books for a 5 yr old in love with him?
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Posted: Feb 12 2007 at 7:43am | IP Logged Quote Mary G

A year of two ago we got my now-8yos the DK Classics Robin Hood compiled by Neil Philip. It's great! The story is good and it has all kinds of rabbit trail info in case you want to investigate further....it's very pictorial so in case he's not reading really well yet, he'll have fun analyzing the pictures and figuring out what it all means (that's what Thomas loves to do).... This is one of those books (and the other DK did about King Arthur) that Thomas constantly returns to and has us and (more and more himself ) read!

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Posted: Feb 12 2007 at 10:41am | IP Logged Quote chicken lady

MAry that is a good one I forgot about it. I love DK books, I may in this mess already have it.
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Posted: Feb 12 2007 at 11:24am | IP Logged Quote Cay Gibson

Mary G wrote:
A year of two ago we got my now-8yos the DK Classics Robin Hood compiled by Neil Philip. It's great!


Thanks for mentioning this, Mary.
My library doesn't have it so I'll have to keep it in mind. My 9 yr old is reading Robin Hood now because one of the American Girl's (I think Kit) read it in the AG book. She just asked me last week if Robin Hood was 4Real.    I was grasping at straws as to what I've heard about Robin Hood. This book looks excellent.

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Posted: Feb 12 2007 at 5:20pm | IP Logged Quote Mary G

Cay Gibson wrote:
Mary G wrote:
A year of two ago we got my now-8yos the DK Classics Robin Hood compiled by Neil Philip. It's great!


Thanks for mentioning this, Mary.
My library doesn't have it so I'll have to keep it in mind. My 9 yr old is reading Robin Hood now because one of the American Girl's (I think Kit) read it in the AG book. She just asked me last week if Robin Hood was 4Real.    I was grasping at straws as to what I've heard about Robin Hood. This book looks excellent.
Cay, this is great becuase it goes into all the historical details, tries to separate fact from fiction and really gives lots of info -- you could do a whole unit on the era using this book as the spine....

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Posted: Feb 12 2007 at 7:06pm | IP Logged Quote margot helene

One of my all time favorite Robin Hood resources is
Song of Robin Hood by Anne Malcolmson. It contains the actual words and music to ballads written about Robin Hood during the Middle Ages. Virginia Burton (Mike Mulligan) designed the books and did the illustrations. (Took her three years!) It is fascinating!!!

If you can't pick out the tunes on the piano, you can read the poetry and study the pictures - there is a LOT of detail, lots to talk about.
Caldecott Honor Book 1948.
I love it!
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Posted: Feb 12 2007 at 7:24pm | IP Logged Quote Cay Gibson

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If you can't pick out the tunes on the piano, you can read the poetry and study the pictures - there is a LOT of detail, lots to talk about.
Caldecott Honor Book 1948.
I love it!
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Thank you, dear book partner.
My dd will be able to pick out the tunes.    I've put this one on my wish list as well. I can't spent any more money on books for a while so I hope she's still "into" Robin Hood by the time we get them or the library can get them for us.   

My dd thanks you for a timely thread, Molly.

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Posted: Feb 12 2007 at 8:45pm | IP Logged Quote Mary G

Margot --

thanks -- my library has it so the kiddos and I can check it out. I'm really interested to see it as I LOVE Virginia Lee Burton's illustrations!

THANKS!

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Posted: Feb 12 2007 at 8:56pm | IP Logged Quote chicken lady

No problem Cay, my little guy was dressed up all day as Robin Hood, begging me to read him more....
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