The Legend of Rip Van Winkle — Melanie Jackson

The Caramel Tree Readers Level 3 is a delicious series of leveled readers for children ages 7 to 9. It offers a long list of new, original stories with approximately 1,000 words.
 
In this series, students are presented with a variety of genres including realistic fiction, whacky fantasy, and action adventure.
 
It's the Wild West and Rip Van Winkle wants no part of it. He just wants to hide from his nagging mother and take naps under the yucca tree. Then Sheriff Wyatt Earp asks Rip to help deal with the lawless Clantons. Lazy Rip surprises himself -- and the Clantons, too!