(4) 4-6 Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth. This tale of the justice-minded outlaw Robin Hood and his motley band of followers in Sherwood Forest is accompanied by Wyeth's dramatic full-page paintings. The old-fashioned-sounding prose may put off some readers; but those with a yen for adventure stories may not be deterred.

Reviewer: Carolyn Shute

(3) 4-6 Scribner Illustrated Classics series. Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth. This handsome 1920 edition of Defoe's classic story is beautifully reissued with Wyeth's striking color plates. The heavy volume may be best appreciated by collectors and fans of Wyeth's painterly illustrations.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn

(3) 4-6 Scribner Illustrated Classics series. Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth. These handsome editions of two classic stories (Rawlings won a Pulitzer for The Yearling) are beautifully reissued with Wyeth's striking color plates. The heavy volumes may be best appreciated by collectors and fans of Wyeth's painterly illustrations. Review covers these Scribner Illustrated Classics titles: The Last of the Mohicans and The Yearling.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn

(3) 4-6 Scribner Illustrated Classics series. Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth. These handsome editions of two classic stories (Rawlings won a Pulitzer for The Yearling) are beautifully reissued with Wyeth's striking color plates. The heavy volumes may be best appreciated by collectors and fans of Wyeth's painterly illustrations. Review covers these Scribner Illustrated Classics titles: The Last of the Mohicans and The Yearling.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth. This handsome "repackaged" edition of the classic pirate-adventure story features reproductions of Wyeth's atmospheric paintings and the same typeface (Linotype Scotch No. 1) from the 1911 edition. The page design is open, with lots of leading between lines.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Jamie Wyeth. When the tomboy narrator's dog Sammy dies, she and her parents discover that they can remember him by looking at clouds and seeing the things Sammy loved. Walsh's text about coming to terms with loss is comforting and accessible. Wyeth's soft watercolor paintings create the quiet emotional context of the story.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

(4) 4-6 Scribner Storybook Classic series. Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth. Stevenson's tale of sixteen-year-old David Balfour's kidnapping at the hands of his malevolent uncle has been pared down a good two or three hundred pages to fit the confines of this simplified "storybook" edition. Fans of Wyeth's oil paintings will appreciate the fourteen reproductions included in this volume; all others will want to seek out an unabridged edition of this swashbuckling classic.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(4) K-3 Scribner Storybook Classic series. Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth. This abridgment of a book first published in 1902 about the justice-minded outlaw Robin Hood and his motley band of followers in Sherwood Forest is accompanied by Wyeth's dramatic full-page paintings. The old-fashioned-sounding prose may put off some readers; but for others with a ken for adventure stories, this picture book-size edition should fit the bill.

Reviewer: Carolyn Shute

(4) 1-3 Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth. Stevenson's prose, stripped of much of its descriptive power but honed down to a readable, fast-moving action story, is illustrated in this oversize volume with reproductions of N. C. Wyeth's 1911-edition oil paintings. The reproductions are often blurry or hazy and tend to monochrome umber, but Wyeth's pirates are old-school villainous, and the atmospheric paintings have an almost unmatched dynamism.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam