With the magic of a nursery rhyme book, Jonathan and Beth discover a town ruled by Old King Cole and inhabited by nursery rhyme characters like Jack Be Nimble. Jonathan must learn what it takes to be a man before he can free himself and Beth from service to the merry king.
John Hammond leaves home to join Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch. He grows into manhood while assisting in robberies and hanging out with the outlaws until one night when he disappears.
Robbers’ Rhyme is a middle grade dual-story in which becoming a man has more to do with responsibility than revolvers.