Bibliograph

Rip Van Winkle's return, adapted and retold by Eric A. Kimmel from Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving ; pictures by Leonard Everett Fisher

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Rip Van Winkle's return, adapted and retold by Eric A. Kimmel from Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving ; pictures by Leonard Everett Fisher

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Rip Van Winkle's return

Oclc number

58595210

Responsibility statement

adapted and retold by Eric A. Kimmel from Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving ; pictures by Leonard Everett Fisher

Summary

A man who sleeps for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains wakes to a much-changed world. Rip Van Winkle is an idler who would rather starve for a penny than work for a pound, and his wife is constantly nagging him. In search of peace, Rip heads off to the woods one day with his faithful dog, Wolf. High up in the Catskill Mountains, Rip meets an unusual group of little men. He drinks their strong beverage and falls into a deep sleep. When he awakens, he finds that twenty years have passed - the world has changed and so has he

Target audience

primary

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Creator