by Robin des Bois, Michael Morpurgo · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070509720
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«Robin des Bois» is a children's adaptation of the Robin Hood legend by Michael Morpurgo, in Gallimard paperback (146 pages, in French).
A twelve-year-old boy finds a skull beside a disturbed grave and, feeling dizzy, dreams of Robin Hood's life. In the dream he witnesses the exploits of the Sherwood Forest outlaw and his fight against tyranny. Michael Morpurgo turns the medieval legend into an adventure story.
French edition of 146 pages in the Folio Junior collection, published in 1998. The original text appeared in 1996 as «Robin of Sherwood».
For young readers who want to discover the Robin Hood legend through an adventure novel.
Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as War Horse (1982). His work is noted for its "magical storytelling", for recurring themes such as the triumph of an outsider or survival, for characters' relationships with nature, and for vivid settings such as the Cornish coast or the trenches of the First World War. Morpurgo was the third Children's Laureate, from 2003 to 2005, and is President of BookTrust, a children's reading charity.
