THE SHOP
Printable greenwood outlaw packs and the reading-shelf picks from this notebook, in one place. Start with the free sample and the free texts if you would rather not buy anything.
PRINTABLES
The Robin Hood ballads retold in our own words from the Gest, Robin Hood and the Potter, Child’s ballads and Howard Pyle, always labelled history, literature or tradition. Every pack comes in A4 and US Letter, with answer keys, notes for adults and a sources page. Sold as instant PDF downloads from the ReallyByte store.
A free 7-page sample (cover and credits included): Little John and the bridge retold, with questions, a colouring page, a legend-or-history sort and an answer key. No sign-up.
A4 PDF (931 KB)US Letter PDF (930 KB)
Sort real records from ballad story: evidence cards and a sorting mat, a who-wrote-it match, timeline cards, two case files (Sherwood and Kirklees), a quiz, a certificate and answer keys.
Six ballad stories retold in our own words from the Gest, Robin Hood and the Potter, Child’s ballads and Howard Pyle, each with comprehension questions, a word bank and answer keys.
Twelve cut-out character cards showing the ballads, plays or books each character comes from, with three games (Who Am I?, oldest book first, make your own), blank cards and an answer key.
Six colouring pages of Howard Pyle’s 1883 drawings, each with a labelled line about the story, plus a word search, a maze, a code breaker, a design-a-banner page and an answer key.
Six posters: how the legend grew, legend or history?, the places, what the records show, the oldest ballads and Sherwood or Barnsdale?, each clearly labelled.
Two quiz rounds, a crossword, a word search, a true-or-false round and a which-came-first timeline puzzle, all drawn from the checked facts on this site, with answer keys and a certificate.
All six packs plus a bundle guide, in A4 and US Letter, in one download.
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READING SHELF
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The Gest, Robin Hood and the Monk and Robin Hood and the Potter are the oldest stories. Check whether an edition prints the original spelling, a modernised text or both, and whether it has notes.
Read the relevant notebook ↗Child’s numbered collection (the Robin Hood ballads are in volume 3). Many reprints exist; check which volumes a set includes.
Read the relevant notebook ↗Pyle’s 1883 retelling, with his own pen drawings. Compare type size and whether all the drawings are included.
Read the relevant notebook ↗For older readers who want the records, the chroniclers and the debates in more depth. Look for an author who cites the original records.
Read the relevant notebook ↗Books about the forest itself, its history and its old oaks. Check the publication date, as the Major Oak news of 2026 will not be in older books.
Read the relevant notebook ↗For the colouring pages in the printables. Follow the maker’s age guidance.
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