It takes the average reader and 32 minutes to read Rip Van Winkle's Return by Eric A. Kimmel
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
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.
Rip Van Winkle's Return by Eric A. Kimmel is 32 pages long, and a total of 8,064 words.
This makes it 11% the length of the average book. It also has 10% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes and 44 minutes to read Rip Van Winkle's Return aloud.
Rip Van Winkle's Return is suitable for students ages 8 and up.
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