Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle (All Aboard Reading Level 2, Grades 1-3)

Lara Bergen; Washington Irving

ISBN 10: 0448411369 / ISBN 13: 9780448411361

Published by Grosset & Dunlap, 1997

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Seller Inventory # 0448411369-3-36955522

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle (All Aboard Reading Level 2, Grades 1-3)
• Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0448411369
• ISBN 13: 9780448411361
• Binding: paperback
• Illustrator: Donald Cook
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 4 ounces

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Synopsis

Famous for his tall-tales, Rip Van Winkle is hardly believed when he returns from a walk after twenty years and tells all the villagers why it took so long for him to come home. Simultaneous.

Reviews

Grade 1-3?In this version of the classic tale, Rip Van Winkle escapes to the hills to avoid work, meets little men with long beards, parties until he falls asleep, and awakens 20 years later. All of this is told in a controlled vocabulary suitable for beginning readers. However, this retelling is so watered-down that most of the story's flavor and nuances are lost. Rip goes to the woods to hunt, but in Bergen's tale he goes fishing. In the original, Rip and the little men get drunk on liquor; here, he drinks cider. Cook's watercolor and gouache illustrations are lovely, but his talent is wasted here. Introducing children to the classics is a good idea, but not at the expense of the literature. Rip Van Winkle (Little, Brown, 1988), retold and illustrated by John Howe, or Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle (Puffin, 1994), retold and illustrated by Thomas Locker, are suitable for this audience while retaining the integrity of the original story.?Elaine Lesh Morgan, Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR
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