The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Super Adventures of Wishbone) [Library Binding]

Carla Jablonski (Author), Kevin Ryan (Editor), Don Punchatz (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1998 | Series: Super Adventures of Wishbone (Book 2)

The chief part of the stories, however, turned upon the favorite specter of Sleepy Hollow, the Headless Horseman, who had been heard several times of late, patrolling the country; and, it was said, tethered his horse nightly among the graves in the churchyard. The story was immediately matched by a thrice marvelous adventure of Brom Bones, who made light of the Galloping Hessian as an arrant jockey. He affirmed that on returning one night from the neighboring village of Sing Sing, he had been overtaken by this midnight trooper; that he had offered to race with him for a bowl of punch, and should have won it too, for Daredevil beat the goblin horse all hollow, but just as they came to the church bridge, the Hessian bolted, and vanished in a flash of fire. All these tales, told in that drowsy undertone with which men talk in the dark, the countenances of the listeners only now and then receiving a casual gleam from the glare of a pipe, sank deep in the mind of Ichabod. . . .

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

The San Souci brothers (The Legend of Scarface have retold the story of Ichabod Crane's last days alive, admiring the lovely Katrina and attending, at her father's home, a party where he hears of the Headless Horseman. Like A Christmas Carol, this story has been routinely reworked in strange and terrible ways. Here the artist has provided full-color paintings that show an awkward, frightfully thin Ichabod and the sweetly petite Katrina, set in 18th century surroundings. The pursuit at the end is shown in sweeping, eerie scenes. For those who find Washington Irving's original version hard going, this one is a fine alternative, especially for reading aloud.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-5-- Ichabod Crane's peculiar looks may not have found favor in Katrina Van Tassel's eyes--but in Flint's illustrations, Katrina's own eyes are crossed, and pop from a fleshy, sharp-nosed visage, thin-lipped, jowly, and neckless. (Irving's original description of Katrina as a "blooming lass" has been deleted from this adaptation.) Her favored suitor, Brom, looks like an early avatar of The Incredible Hulk (badly in need of orthodontics): Irving wrote of his "bluff but not unpleasant countenance." Even skinny Ichabod doesn't look so bad next to this loutish yokel, making Katrina's choice rather puzzling. The lurid color (a midnight sky of tomato soup, a pea green Crane) and bizarre perspective (the Headless Horseman's steed seems to be falling on its neck, although it's only rounding a corner at speed) owe something to modern art, but only caricature Irving's own art. There is humor in Irving's tale, but what we have here is parody. Choose Diane Wolkstein's retelling (Morrow, 1987), despite the indifferent cartoon illustrations; or stick with the "unadapted" meandering, dreamy prose of the original text, with color and line art by Rackham (Morrow, 1990). --Patricia Dooley, University of Washington, Seattle
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Library Binding
• Publisher: Econo-Clad Books (September 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0613117689
• ISBN-13: 978-0613117685
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,880,932 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Book!, November 15, 2004

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KoolKid Marcus - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Super Adventures of Wishbone) (Paperback)

This book is scary, classical, fun, and one of the best books. It's anything you would want. This book is the best!!!

Joe, Wishbone, Samantha, and David go on a scavenger hunt to win a $100 gift certificate for Oakdale sports and games.

This reminds Wishbone of the Classic tale, The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow by: Washington Irving. Then Wishbone imagines himself as Ichabod Crane, a superstitious person in the story.

Characters:

Joe Talbot

David Barnes

Samantha Kepler

Wanda Gilmore

Ellen Talbot

The Owner Of Oakdale sports and games.

Damont Jones

Jimmy

Marcus Finch

Milena

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sleepy Hollow, February 13, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Super Adventures of Wishbone) (Paperback)

I really liked this book! But of course I love Wishbone. This book was close to the original author's version.

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Super Adventures of Wishbone), November 17, 2004

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Super Adventures of Wishbone) (Paperback)

The reason I gave this book 5 stars is because this story has lots of adventure and excitement. My favorite part in this story was when wishbone would go and tell the story when his owner was not there to say something. The real reason I liked the part were wishbone told the story because he would make the story so much more interesting then when the other charactors in the story would tell it from thier point of view. The part in the story that I did not really care for was when wishbone would talk about something really boaring instead of the story he was living.