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| paul bunyan tall tale printable: Paul Bunyan , 1985-06 Recounts the life of the extraordinary lumberjack whose unusual size and strength brought him many fantastic adventures. |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: Paul Bunyan Stephen Krensky, 2006-08-01 Growing up, Paul Bunyan was always too big. Too big for the furniture. Too big for regular clothes. Too big to play with the other kids. But out among the tall trees in the great northern forests, Paul felt at home. So he set out with his big blue ox, Babe, to live the life of a lumberjack. The adventures of Paul and his friends are recounted by author Stephen Krensky and artist Craig Orback in this tallest tale of them all. |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: Maniac Magee (Newbery Medal Winner) Jerry Spinelli, 2014-01-28 A Newbery Medal winning modern classic about a racially divided small town and a boy who runs. Jeffrey Lionel Maniac Magee might have lived a normal life if a freak accident hadn't made him an orphan. After living with his unhappy and uptight aunt and uncle for eight years, he decides to run--and not just run away, but run. This is where the myth of Maniac Magee begins, as he changes the lives of a racially divided small town with his amazing and legendary feats. |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett Steven Kellogg, 1995-09-27 On the day she is born this amazing baby proudly announces she can out-talk, out-grin, out-scream, out-swim, and out-run any baby in Kentucky. Within a few years Sally is off to the frontier, where she stuns a hungry grizzly bear, makes a lasso out of six rattlesnakes, and is more than a match for the mighty Mike Fink. And when Sally Ann rescues Davy Crockett from a pair of ferocious eagles, even her hornet's-nest bonnet and skunk perfume don't stop him from proposing marriage. You won't find Sally Ann in any history book, but that hasn't kept her from becoming an authentic American frontier legend and the unforgettable heroine of Steven Kellogg's most delightfully rip-roaring tall tale. |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: American Tall Tales Adrien Stoutenburg, 1976-10-28 Eight exciting classic American Tall Tales! This collection includes the famed stories of Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, Stormalong, Mike Fink, Davy Crockett, Johnny Appleseed, John Henry, and Joe Magarac, with evocative illustrations by Richard M. Powers. |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: The Green Frogs , 1996 A folktale about two green frogs who always disobey their mother, explaining why green frogs cry out whenever it rains. |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox Matthew Luckhurst, 2012-10-01 Retells the tale of giant lumberjack Paul Bunyan and his blue ox, Babe, whose appetites for pancakes grow so large that they leave their childhood home to find their pancake fortune in the great big world. |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: Pecos Bill Steven Kellogg, 1992-09-18 The anecdotes associated with Texas's fabled cowboy hero burst from the pages in rapid succession, Kellogg's robust illustrations enlarging and enriching the energetic text.--School Library Journal. A read-aloud treat....One of Kellogg's best.--Booklist. |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: Swamp Angel Anne Isaacs, 1994-09-01 Working in an American primitive style animated by the humor and storytelling genius for which he is renowned, Caldecott Winner artist Paul O. Zelinsky puts oils to cherry and maple for this tall-tale competition between a Tennessee woods-woman extraordinaire and a hungry, fearsome bear.Thundering Tarnation has a bottomless appetite for settler's grub. When word goes out about a competition to hunt this four-legged forest of stubble, a young woman, second to none in buckskin bravery, signs up. How about baking a pie, Angel? the other hunters taunt. I aim to, says Swamp Angel. A bear pie.What follows is as witty a round of roughhousing as ever jostled the ranks of Americana. Anne Isaacs' original text unfolds in a crackling combination of irony, exaggeration, and bold image-making. Zelinsky's paintings respond with deft yet hilarious expressions, rhythmic shapes, and a sense of monumental motion, as benefits a heroine who can wield a tornado like a lasso, drink a lake dry, and snore down a forest. In the course of these grand shenanigans, the Great Smoky Mountains are stirred up, Montana's short-grass prairie laid down, and Thundering Tarnation's fate proves to have no less a reach than the starry heavens.Swamp Angel marks the debut of a promising new storyteller and adds to the tall-tale traditions a pictorial counterpart that will entertain and endure for a long time to come. |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis, 2015-01-31 The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning classic about a boy who decides to hit the road to find his father—from Christopher Paul Curtis, author of The Watsons Go To Birmingham—1963, a Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree. It’s 1936, in Flint Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud’s got a few things going for him: 1. He has his own suitcase full of special things. 2. He’s the author of Bud Caldwell’s Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself. 3. His momma never told him who his father was, but she left a clue: flyers advertising Herman E. Calloway and his famous band, the Dusky Devastators of the Depression!!!!!! Bud’s got an idea that those flyers will lead him to his father. Once he decides to hit the road to find this mystery man, nothing can stop him—not hunger, not fear, not vampires, not even Herman E. Calloway himself. AN ALA BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS AN ALA NOTABLE CHILDREN'S BOOK AN IRA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD WINNER NAMED TO 14 STATE AWARD LISTS “The book is a gem, of value to all ages, not just the young people to whom it is aimed.” —The Christian Science Monitor “Will keep readers engrossed from first page to last.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred “Curtis writes with a razor-sharp intelligence that grabs the reader by the heart and never lets go. . . . This highly recommended title [is] at the top of the list of books to be read again and again.” —Voice of Youth Advocates, Starred From the Hardcover edition. |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: The Stories Julian Tells Ann Cameron, 2011-09-28 Ann Cameron's beloved and bestselling chapter book series about Julian, his brother Huey, and his friend Gloria all begins right here! Julian has a big imagination. And he is great at telling stories. He can make people—especially his younger brother, Huey—believe just about anything. Like the story about the cats that come in the mail. Or the fig leaves that make you grow tall if you eat them off the tree. But some stories can lead to a heap of trouble, and that's exactly where Julian and Huey end up! This book has been selected as a Common Core State Standards Text Exemplar (Grades 2–3, Stories) in Appendix B. You have to go a long way these days to find a book that leaves you feeling as happy as this one. —The New York Times There's a glow here that's hard to resist. —Booklist |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: Pecos Bill M. J. YORK, 2021-08 This tall tale weaves the story of legendary cowboy Pecos Bill, who was raised by coyotes and had adventures with his beloved horse, Widow-Maker. Additional features to aid comprehension include background information and historical context of the tale, and an introduction to the author and illustrator. |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: Paul Bunyan Swings His Axe Dell J. McCormick, 2007 Children of all ages will enjoy these tales of Paul Bunyan, mythical giant lumberjack of the North Woods. Exciting and rollicking stories--seventeen in all. A perpetual best-seller the country over, this book has sold more than one million copies. |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: 12 Tall Tale Mini-Books Jeannette Sanderson, 2002-03-01 History meets humor in 12 tremendous tall-tale hero stories! |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: The Pilgrim's Progress John Bunyan, 1678 |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: Pecos Bill , 2004-08-01 Presents tall tales about one of America's favorite heroes, Pecos Bill. |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: Dona Flor Pat Mora, 2013-06-26 Doña Flor is a giant woman who lives in a puebla with lots of families. She loves her neighbors–she lets the children use her flowers for trumpets, and the families use her leftover tortillas for rafts. So when a huge puma is terrifying the village, of course Flor is the one to investigate. Featuring Spanish words and phrases throughout, as well as a glossary, Pat Mora’s story, along with Raúl Colón’s glorious artwork, makes this a treat for any reader, tall or small. Award-winning author Pat Mora’s previous book with Raúl Colón, Tomás and the Library Lady, received the Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award, an IRA Teacher’s Choice Award, a Skipping Stones Award, and was also named a Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List title and an Americas Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature commended title. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: Lola's Fandango Anna Witte, 2018-05 Little Lola is tired of living in her big sisters shadow. But when she starts taking secret flamenco lessons from her Papi, will she find the courage to share her new skill with the world? |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: Pecos Bill James Cloyd Bowman, 2007 Relates some of the legends of Pecos Bill, from the moment he bounced out of his family's covered wagon to the day his long-lost brother appears and explains that Bill is not like the coyotes that have raised him. |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: The New Annotated African American Folktales Henry Louis Gates, Maria Tatar, 2017-11-14 Drawing from the great folklorists of the past while expanding African American lore with dozens of tales rarely seen before, The Annotated African American Folktales revolutionizes the canon like no other volume. Following in the tradition of such classics as Arthur Huff Fauset’s “Negro Folk Tales from the South” (1927), Zora Neale Hurston’s Mules and Men (1935), and Virginia Hamilton’s The People Could Fly (1985), acclaimed scholars Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Maria Tatar assemble a groundbreaking collection of folktales, myths, and legends that revitalizes a vibrant African American past to produce the most comprehensive and ambitious collection of African American folktales ever published in American literary history. Arguing for the value of these deceptively simple stories as part of a sophisticated, complex, and heterogeneous cultural heritage, Gates and Tatar show how these remarkable stories deserve a place alongside the classic works of African American literature, and American literature more broadly. Opening with two introductory essays and twenty seminal African tales as historical background, Gates and Tatar present nearly 150 African American stories, among them familiar Brer Rabbit classics, but also stories like “The Talking Skull” and “Witches Who Ride,” as well as out-of-print tales from the 1890s’ Southern Workman. Beginning with the figure of Anansi, the African trickster, master of improvisation—a spider who plots and weaves in scandalous ways—The Annotated African American Folktales then goes on to draw Caribbean and Creole tales into the orbit of the folkloric canon. It retrieves stories not seen since the Harlem Renaissance and brings back archival tales of “Negro folklore” that Booker T. Washington proclaimed had emanated from a “grapevine” that existed even before the American Revolution, stories brought over by slaves who had survived the Middle Passage. Furthermore, Gates and Tatar’s volume not only defines a new canon but reveals how these folktales were hijacked and misappropriated in previous incarnations, egregiously by Joel Chandler Harris, a Southern newspaperman, as well as by Walt Disney, who cannibalized and capitalized on Harris’s volumes by creating cartoon characters drawn from this African American lore. Presenting these tales with illuminating annotations and hundreds of revelatory illustrations, The Annotated African American Folktales reminds us that stories not only move, entertain, and instruct but, more fundamentally, inspire and keep hope alive. The Annotated African American Folktales includes: Introductory essays, nearly 150 African American stories, and 20 seminal African tales as historical background The familiar Brer Rabbit classics, as well as news-making vernacular tales from the 1890s’ Southern Workman An entire section of Caribbean and Latin American folktales that finally become incorporated into the canon Approximately 200 full-color, museum-quality images |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: My America , 2001 A collection of poems evocative of seven geographical regions of the United States, including the Northeast, Southeast, Great Lakes, Plains, Mountain, Southwest, and Pacific Coast States. |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: The Pilgrim's Progress John Bunyan, 2000-02 This Christian allegory of reform relates the story of the pilgrim, Christian, who undertakes a dangerous journey to the Celestial City, experiencing physical and spiritual obstacles along the way. |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: Holidate Monica Murphy, 2019-10-09 Candice Gaines loves Christmas. Not only does she bask in the twinkling lights, sing Christmas carols and go crazy with the decorations, she's also in the giving spirit, donating much of her time and wealth to various charities in the local area. Charlie Sullivan despises Christmas. Though it keeps his family afloat, considering they own Sullivan Family Christmas Tree Farm, the main provider for Christmas trees on the Monterey peninsula. He'd much rather work among the trees versus have to deal with people. But Charlie's parents are taking on more philanthropic projects-and as their oldest child, they want him to be their official public representative. He just has to play nice and convince everyone he's not a total holiday hater. When Charlie's mom asks Candice to accompany him to a variety of holiday parties and events, she reluctantly agrees. She thinks Charlie is a big ol' Grinch, but is determined to change his mindset and help him spread Christmas cheer. Charlie finds Candice is too chatty, too sweet, too much. Do people like her really exist? Why yes, yes they do. The more time they spend together-along with a few kisses under the mistletoe-the more they start to like each other. Hopefully Charlie can convince Candice he doesn't have a heart that's two sizes too small before the ball drops on New Year's Eve. |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: Billy Bob Flybottom Susan Kite, 2021-09 Come on 'round and hear the tall tale of Billy Bob Flybottom from Hoop 'n Yoller Holler. Billy Bob is as tough as a cedar tree and as strong as a team of mules. He can out-chop, out-plow and out-hoe anyone in the Appalachian Mountains. But when the bully from Corn Pone Holler wants to fight, Billy Bob gets creative! A humorous folktale set in the Appalachian mountains. |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: Okla Hannali R. A. Lafferty, 1972 This book is a tale of Hannali Innominee, a 'Mingo' or natural lord of the 19th-century Choctaw Indian and a capacious, indomitable giant of the ilk of Paul Bunyan....Lafferty tells it straight: how the Choctaw nation, once removed, reconstituted itself and thrived in Indian territory...., how there came a schism between the rich, part-white, slave-owning, moneylending Choctaws and the 'feudal, compassionate, chauvinistic' full-blooded freeholders like Hannali; and how, during the Civil War, the Indians were manipulated divide-and-conquer fashion in helping destroy each other. |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: Mike Fink Steven Kellogg, 1998-05 An entertaining tale about the life of Mike Fink. |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: Tall Story Candy Gourlay, 2010-05-27 Be careful what you wish for . . . Andi is short. And she has lots of wishes. She wishes she could play on the school basketball team, she wishes for her own bedroom, but most of all she wishes that her long lost half brother, Bernardo, could come and live in London, where he belongs. Then Andi's biggest wish comes true and she's minutes away from becoming someone's little sister. As she waits anxiously for Bernardo to arrive from the Philippines, she hopes he'll turn out to be tall and just as mad as she is about basketball. When he finally arrives, he's tall all right. But he's not just tall ... he's a GIANT. In a novel packed with humour and quirkiness, Gourlay explores a touching sibling relationship and the clash of two very different cultures. |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: Johnny Appleseed Steven Kellogg, 2008-08-26 John Chapman—better known as Johnny Appleseed—had wilderness adventures that became larger-than-life legends. Pioneering west from Massachusetts after the American Revo-lution, John cleared land and planted orchards for the settlers who followed, leaving apple trees and tall tales in his wake. In this glorious picture book retelling, Steven Kellogg brings one of America's favorite heroes—and the stories that surrounded him—to life. |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: No, David! David Shannon, 2006-02 Have you met David yet? If not, you're in for a treat . . . and children will be tickled pink by his antics and amusing scrapes. See what happens to David in a typical day at home. He doesn't mean to misbehave, but somehow he just can't help but get into trouble Amusing matching of picture and text will have children laughing out loud and happy to read and re-read the story for a long time to come. |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: Cut from the Same Cloth Robert D. San Souci, 2000-02 In these folklore stories, the women of the U.S. typify the strength, bravery, and humor of many regions and cultures |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: Pilgrim's Progress 2 John Bunyan, 2013-09-20 Original Classic Text Illustrated with Line Drawings |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox Jan Gleiter, Kathleen Thompson, Raintree Publishers, 1984-09 Tall tales of the mighty logger, including his birth and his adventures in a logging camp, in the South Dakota forests, and among the California redwoods. |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: Tales from the American Frontier Richard Erdoes, 1992-10-13 |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: Paul Bunyan , 2003 Larger-than-life heroes epitomize the American spirit. Capture the tales that have entertained generations of eager listeners in these delightful time-honoured classics. |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: Paul Bunyan , 2009* Recounts the life of the extraordinary lumberjack whose unusual size and strength brought him many fantastic adventures. |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: American Folktales: From the Collections of the Library of Congress Carl Lindahl, 2015-03-17 This two-volume collection of folktales represents some of the finest examples of American oral tradition. Drawn from the largest archive of American folk culture, the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, this set comprises magic tales, legends, jokes, tall tales and personal narratives, many of which have never been transcribed before, much less published, in a sweeping survey. Eminent folklorist and award-winning author Carl Lindahl selected and transcribed over 200 recording sessions - many from the 1920s and 1930s - that span the 20th century, including recent material drawn from the September 11 Project. Included in this varied collection are over 200 tales organized in chapters by storyteller, tale type or region, and representing diverse American cultures, from Appalachia and the Midwest to Native American and Latino traditions. Each chapter begins by discussing the storytellers and their oral traditions before presenting and introducing each tale, making this collection accessible to high school students, general readers or scholars. |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: Paul Bunyan Andrea P. Smith, 2011-08-15 Relates in graphic novel format some of the exploits of Paul Bunyan, a lumberjack said to be taller than the trees whose pet was a blue ox named Babe. |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: Paul Bunyan , 2004-02-03 Recounts the life of the extraordinary lumberjack, whose unusual size and strength brought him many fantastic adventures. |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: Paul Bunyan and Babe Sunita Apte, 2006 Why are the team of Paul Bunyan and Babe great heroes of tall tales?-- |
| paul bunyan tall tale printable: Paul Bunyan David Lee Harrison, 2008 An introduction to tall tales about the giant lumberjack from the north woods, as told from his own perspective. |
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