Animal folk tales of America : Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, The Jumping Frog, Davy Crockett, Johnny Appleseed, Sweet Betsey, and many others / adapted and illustrated by Tony Palazzo.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Sterling, c2010.Description: 72 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cmISBN:- 1402773226 (hardcoverplc with jacket)
- 9781402773228 (hardcover-plc with jacket)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 398.245 P155 | Available | 33111007096932 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Welcome to the world of the American tall tale!
A long out-of-print treasure returns! This loving and vividly illustrated celebration of America conjures up a time when tales were truly TALL . Set when the country was young and its horizons seemed endless, these epic stories portray a marvelous landscape where outsize legends grew and thrived. Sure to stir the imagination with its humor and wonderfully evocative illustrations, Animal Folk Tales of America features such celebrated figures as Pecos Bill riding a mountain lion; Davy Crockett getting outfoxed by a raccoon; and Paul Bunyan dealing with a mythological creature called a Rumptifusel. As author Tony Palazzo observes, these winning characters were fully "of the new land and the new land loved them. Their great adventures and monumental deeds will forever remain in America's collective memory." The legends include : The Jumping Frog A Tale of Pecos Bill Paul Bunyan and the Little Blue Ox Sweet Betsy from Pike Johnny Appleseed Davy Crockett and the Sensible Varmint And many more!The fish out of water -- The bear and the lumberjack -- The jumping frog -- A tale of Pecos Bill -- Paul Bunyan and the little blue ox -- Paul Bunyan's natural history -- The tar man -- The squirrel boats -- The singing geese -- Sweet Betsy from Pike -- Johnny Appleseed -- The knee-high man -- The eagles and the icicle -- Davy Crockett trees a wolf.
Retells fourteen American folktales focusing on the role animals played in American pioneer heritage.