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A review by ehays84
Otto of the Silver Hand by Howard Pyle
3.0
I picked this one up off of a friend's shelf a while ago to borrow because I have always heard about Howard Pyle, but have never read anything by him. His work was kind of the gold standard for late 19th century American children's adventure/historical novels, and it says something about his abilities both as an author and illustrator that his books, especially his version of Robin Hood, has often been in print up to the current day.
There were some beautiful illustrations and some very poetic moments, but overall, it was too overly stereotypicalized for my tastes. You wouldn't really learn much real history from this book.
The story itself was fairly interesting, but it was kind of brutal, and because of how short it was, you never really got to know or like any of the characters that much. It was too episodic.
Well, now I've read a Pyle, but I think there are better children's versions of historical stories available at this point.
There were some beautiful illustrations and some very poetic moments, but overall, it was too overly stereotypicalized for my tastes. You wouldn't really learn much real history from this book.
The story itself was fairly interesting, but it was kind of brutal, and because of how short it was, you never really got to know or like any of the characters that much. It was too episodic.
Well, now I've read a Pyle, but I think there are better children's versions of historical stories available at this point.