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Books with title The land of Rip Van Winkle

  • Rip Van Winkle and the Pumpkin Lantern

    Seth Adam Smith

    eBook (Fire Fish Media, Dec. 10, 2015)
    An undead corpse. A vengeful witch. An unlikely hero...Young Rip Van Winkle never shies away from adventure, but when he sneaks into a graveyard, he finds himself at the center of an unimaginable dilemma.The ghost of Boston's first settler reveals disturbing news about the fate of the city he so loves and tasks him with saving the city. But before the harrowing quest begins the young would-be hero finds himself the target of not one but two active threats.If he can outsmart and outrun a vengeful witch and the undead corpse whom will stop at nothing to capture him, he'll next have to reconcile his own feelings about his place in this desperate battle.With a secretive preacher, a know-it-all raven, and a magical lantern at his side, Rip knows it's only a matter of time before his journey will come to a tragic end... unless he learns to trust his instincts and trust those around him.From the bestselling, award-winning author Seth Adam Smith comes The Pumpkin Lantern--a fantasy novel influenced by the writings of Nathanial Hawthorne, Lloyd Alexander, and C.S. Lewis. Loaded with humor, action, suspense, and fascinating American history, The Pumpkin Lantern is a poignant fable about faith, family, and the power of life over death.
  • Rip Van Winkle

    Carol Ottolenghi

    Paperback (Brighter Child, Feb. 16, 2004)
    Rip Van Winkle travels into the Catskill Mountains to spend the day, but somehow falls asleep and wakes up to a changed world. He had slept for 20 years! Where is his family? Find out what happened to Rip Van Winkle in this cautionary tale! Beautifully illustrated, this classic tale will capture children’s interest and spark their imagination page after page, encouraging a love of reading that is vital to success in school and life! Children will find hours of entertainment in the pages of these timeless tales! Our Brighter Child® Keepsake Stories are delightfully illustrated classic stories of magic, imagination, and inspiration that will delight children again and again! Collect all of the titles in this wonderful series today! Select titles available in an English/Spanish bilingual version!
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  • Rip Van Winkle

    Washington Irving, N. C. Wyeth, Peter Glassman

    Hardcover (HarperCollins, Sept. 15, 1987)
    Washington Irving's masterpiece has entranced readers for over 165 years, and though many artists have illustrated this classic, none has so perfectly captured the mysterious adventures of Rip and the boisterous crew of Dutchmen as the great American artist N. C. Wyeth. In ten richly colored paintings and twenty-six vivid line drawings, Wyeth brilliantly recreated the world of eighteent-century life in the Catskill Mountains.Join henpecked farmer Rip Van Winkle as he escapes to the hills for a day of hunting. There he meets a strange dwarf and later a group of men playing ninepins. But when Rip drinks from their keg a few times, he falls into a deep sleep and wakes to find his beard full-grown and white, his wife gone, his daughter grown and married, and the whole country changed by the Revolution.First published in 1921 and long unavailable, here is one of the bestloved American stories as illustrated by one of the most distinguished artists of our time.
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  • Rip Van Winkle

    Washngton Irving, Arthur Rackham

    Hardcover (SeaStar, Aug. 1, 2000)
    One autumn day, Rip Van Winkle wandered into the hills, and his life was never the same again. After encountering a group of mysterious men, he took a nap so long that upon waking, he found his gun rusty and his beard grown a foot long! ?Washington Irving's classic tale of the man who slept for twenty years, first published in 1819, was masterfully interpreted in 1905 by Arthur Rackham. The art for this book established Rackham as the leading illustrator of his time. This deluxe edition beautifully reproduces 31 of Rackham's exquisite watercolors, making the perfect gift for all ages.?
  • Rip Van Winkle

    Will Moses, Washington Irving

    Hardcover (Philomel Books, Sept. 13, 1999)
    This is the story of Rip Van Winkle--that curious fellow, who with his dog, Wolf, ran away from a hard day's work to the Catskill Mountains only to discover in a forgotten valley a strange band of revelers who gave him a drink so powerful he slept for twenty years! His tale still haunts the Hudson River Valley. Indeed, the revelers' bowling pins can be heard in the thunder of the place to this very day.Here is an unforgettable retelling by Will Moses, an artist of the upper Hudson River, who knows the valley, knows the man Van Winkle, and brings Washington Irving's classic tale stunningly to life with breathtaking landscapes and his unmistakable folk style.
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  • Rip Van Winkle

    Washington Irving, adaptation by Rick Meyerowitz, Rick Meyerowitz

    language (Rabbit Ears Books, Nov. 14, 2011)
    This haunting early American tale from Washington Irving follows the likable but lazy Rip Van Winkle into the mysterious Catskill mountains where he meets a band of odd fellows playing a game of ninepins. After sharing a flagon of strange brew, Rip falls into a deep sleep for 20 years. When he wakes up, he finds that his home is a very different place indeed. This story is a wonderful reminder about making the most of your life. Ages 5 and up
  • Rip Van Winkle

    Washington Irving

    eBook (Penguin Classics, March 3, 2016)
    'I'm not myself - I'm somebody else - that's me yonder - no - that's somebody else got into my shoes...I can't tell what's my name, or who I am!'Touching and comic short stories from the 19th century American master of the genre.One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.
  • Rip Van Winkle

    Washington Irving

    eBook (Dreamscape Media, Aug. 21, 2018)
    Rip Van Winkle is a short story by the American author Washington Irving first published in 1819. Set in the years before and after the American Revolutionary War in a village at the foot of New York's Catskill Mountains, it follows a Dutch-American villager named Rip Van Winkle who falls asleep in the Catskill Mountains and wakes up 20 years later, having missed the American Revolution. Irving wrote it while living in Birmingham, England as part of the collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., alongside his other famous tale The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Irving later admitted, When I wrote the story, I had never been on the Catskills. Since its publication, the story has become part of American popular culture and has been adapted many times for stage, film, radio, and television.
  • Rip Van Winkle

    Washington Irving

    eBook (Ediciones74, Nov. 22, 2015)
    The story of Rip Van Winkle is set in the years before and after the American Revolutionary War. In a pleasant village, at the foot of New York's Catskill Mountains, lives kindly Rip Van Winkle, a colonial British-American villager of Dutch ancestry. Van Winkle enjoys solitary activities in the wilderness, but he is also loved by all in town—especially the children to whom he tells stories and gives toys. However, he tends to shirk hard work, to his nagging wife's dismay, which has caused his home and farm to fall into disarray.One autumn day, to escape his wife's nagging, Van Winkle wanders up the mountains with his dog, Wolf. Hearing his name called out, Rip sees a man wearing antiquated Dutch clothing; he is carrying a keg up the mountain and requires help. Together, they proceed to a hollow in which Rip discovers the source of thunderous noises: a group of ornately dressed, silent, bearded men who are playing nine-pins. Rip does not ask who they are or how they know his name. Instead, he begins to drink some of their moonshine and soon falls asleep.He awakes to discover shocking changes. His musket is rotting and rusty, his beard is a foot long, and his dog is nowhere to be found. Van Winkle returns to his village where he recognizes no one. He discovers that his wife has died and that his close friends have fallen in a war or moved away. He gets into trouble when he proclaims himself a loyal subject of King George III, not aware that the American Revolution has taken place. King George's portrait in the inn has been replaced with one of George Washington. Rip Van Winkle is also disturbed to find another man called Rip Van Winkle. It is his son, now grown up.Dutch people playing nine pins (kegelen). Painted 1650-1660 by Jan Steen.Rip Van Winkle learns that the men he met in the mountains are rumored to be the ghosts of Hendrick (Henry) Hudson's crew, which had vanished long ago. Rip learns he has been away from the village for at least twenty years. However, an old resident recognizes him and Rip's grown daughter takes him in. He resumes his usual idleness, and his strange tale is solemnly taken to heart by the Dutch settlers. Other henpecked men wish they could have shared in Rip's good luck and had the luxury of sleeping through the hardships of the American Revolution.
  • Rip Van Winkle

    Washington Irving

    eBook (, July 30, 2020)
    "Rip Van Winkle" is a short story by the American author Washington Irving, first published in 1819. It follows a Dutch-American villager in colonial America named Rip Van Winkle who meets mysterious Dutchmen, imbibes their liquor and falls asleep in the Catskill Mountains. He awakes 20 years later to a very changed world, having missed the American Revolution.
  • Rip Van Winkle

    Washington Irving, Russell Lee

    eBook (, June 10, 2016)
    The classic short story by Washington Irving about a Dutch villager named Rip Van Winkle who lives at the foot of the Catskill Mountains in New York years before the American Revolutionary War. After falling asleep in the mountains, he unknowingly wakes up 20 years later and discovers huge changes around him.
  • Rip Van Winkle and the Pumpkin Lantern

    Seth Adam Smith

    Paperback (Seth Adam Smith, Sept. 26, 2016)
    An undead corpse. A vengeful witch. An unlikely hero...Young Rip Van Winkle never shies away from adventure, but when he sneaks into a graveyard, he finds himself at the center of an unimaginable dilemma.The ghost of Boston’s first settler reveals disturbing news about the fate of the city he so loves and tasks him with saving the city. But before the harrowing quest begins the young would-be hero finds himself the target of not one but two active threats.If he can outsmart and outrun a vengeful witch and the undead corpse whom will stop at nothing to capture him, he’ll next have to reconcile his own feelings about his place in this desperate battle.With a secretive preacher, a know-it-all raven, and a magical lantern at his side, Rip knows it’s only a matter of time before his journey will come to a tragic end… unless he learns to trust his instincts and trust those around him.From the bestselling, award-winning author Seth Adam Smith comes The Pumpkin Lantern—a fantasy novel influenced by the writings of Nathanial Hawthorne, Lloyd Alexander, and C.S. Lewis. Loaded with humor, action, suspense, and fascinating American history, The Pumpkin Lantern is a poignant fable about faith, family, and the power of life over death.