‘Robin of Sherwood’ – Richard Carpenter (Puffin Books)
Page Count:158 Pages Before we go any further, I just want to ask a quick question… When you saw the cover art posted here, how many of you immediately had the theme tune start up in your head? No judgment here, I didn’t even need to Youtube it, that music has been going through my head for years (with breaks of course, don’t worry). While ‘Robin of Sherwood’ was on (back in the early/mid eighties), it was regular ‘tea-time telly watching’ in my house and I was lucky enough to have a copy of the tie-in book as well. That original copy disappeared, on its own journey, years ago but I’ve been after a little nostalgia just recently so tracked down another copy and settled down for a read last night. Everyone knows the story of Robin Hood so I was half inclined not to include the blurb here, until I read it again. I couldn’t help but chuckle at a situation where no-one knew what to write but also, no-one wanted to leave a big blank space on the back cover of the book… Traditional adv...