Pinocchio vs Rip Van Winkle and Other Stories: Which Should You Read?

Pinocchio Carlo Collodi · 2002 ★★★★☆ 3.8 61 pages · ≈ 1 h 08 m · Light

In a little town somewhere in Italy lived a friendly old carpenter called Geppetto. And this is the story of that good man and his son - Pinocchio. Now in the town all the girls and boys knew that old Geppetto had a way…

Rip Van Winkle and Other Stories Washington Irving · 1922 ★★★★☆ 3.8 157 pages · ≈ 2 h 54 m · Moderate

The legendary enchantment of Rip Van Winkle in the Kaatskill Mountains; the gruesome end of Ichabod Crane, who met the headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow; the spectre bridegroom who turned out to be happily substantial;…