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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published: 09/24/1991
ISBN: 9780679800897
Pages: 115
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 11.16h x 8.26w x 0.61d

Review Citations: Booklist 03/15/1992 pg. 1352
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1991 - Recommended, Satisfactory
School Library Journal 11/01/1997
Publishers Weekly 10/18/1991
School Library Journal 12/01/1991
PW Notes and Reprints 01/30/2006 pg. 71

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 70185 / American Tall Tales
Reading Level: 6.1 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 3