A review by embot77
Rip Van Winkle by Sandra Saunders

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

While these renditions of Rip Van Winkle and Legend of Sleepy Hollow follow the general outline of the original versions of their respective stories, several aspects of Legend of Sleepy Hollow were missing such as Ichabod's more undesirable traits, the scene where Katrina's explicitly toys with Ichabod, how Ichabod isn't as desired as he thinks, and the orientation of the horseman in respect to Ichabod. This book may be appropriate for late elementary and middle grades, but I would recommend giving high schoolers and up the original version of these stories.