A man who sleeps for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains wakes to a much-changed world.

As Rip van Winkle slept for twenty years, he had wonderful dreams about the land he loved, his children, this love of freedom.

A retelling of the tale in which a man who sleeps for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains wakes to a much-changed world.

A beautifully written story of America's historical heritage, by one of the country's greatest historians.

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. With vibrant paintings by Leonard Everett Fisher, Eric A. Kimmel’s adaptation of Washington Irving’s classic “Rip Van Winkle” introduces a Rip who reforms as a result of his experience. Rip Van Winkle's Return is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.