This book is part of a book series called Illustrated Junior Library .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 245 pages in this book. This book was published 1999 by Penguin Putnam Inc .

Washington Irving was born in 1783 in New York City. In addition to writing fiction, Irving studied law, worked for his family's business in England and wrote essays for periodicals. Some of his most famous tales, including Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, were first published under the pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon.