American Tall Tales

The perfect addition to every family’s home library and just right for sharing aloud, American Tall Tales introduces readers to America’s first folk heroes in nine wildly exaggerated and downright funny stories.
 
Here are Paul Bunyan, that king-sized lumberjack who could fell “ten white pines with a single swing”; John Henry, with his mighty hammer; Mose, old New York’s biggest, bravest fireman; Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind, who could “outgrin, outsnort, outrun, outlift, outsneeze, outsleep, outlie any varmint”; and other uniquely American characters, together in one superb collection.
 
In the tradition of the original nineteenth-century storytellers, Mary Pope Osborne compiles, edits, and adds her own two cents’ worth—and also supplies fascinating historical headnotes. Michael McCurdy’s robust colored wood engravings recall an earlier time, perfectly capturing all the vitality of the men and women who carved a new country out of the North American wilderness.

• John Henry (Picture Puffins)
• Elementary Geography
• America First: One Hundred Stories From Our Own History (Classic Reprint)
• Paul Bunyan (Reading Rainbow Book)
• Pecos Bill
• Tales from Grimm (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage)
• Through Four Seasons (Nature and Science Readers)
• The Read-Aloud Family: Making Meaningful and Lasting Connections with Your Kids
• Children of the Northlights
• American Tall Tales (Puffin Books)