Book-A-Day Almanac

Robin Hood and His Adventures by Paul Creswick
Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth

Born on October 22, 1882, in Needham, Massachusetts, Newel Convers Wyeth was raised on a family farm that dated from 1730. As a young man he fell under the tutelage of Howard Pyle, the great children’s book illustrator of his era, and became the advocate of the principles of book illustration taught at Pyle’s Brandywine [...]

Featured on October 31, 2011