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| theme of pecos bill: 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. |
| theme of pecos bill: 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. |
| theme of pecos bill: Teaching Tall Tales Tracey West, 1998 Tall tale characters like Pecos Bill, Slue Foot Sue, and John Henry put a fun new twist on teaching history, geography, and literature through these engaging activities. Tall Tale Trading Cards instruct about the great rivers, a timeline chronicles the effect of the nation's railroads, and a giant geography poster game makes learning the states a snap! |
| theme of pecos bill: Thunder Rose Jerdine Nolen, 2007 Thunder Rose vows to grow up to be more than just big and strong, thank you very kindly--and boy, does she ever But when a whirling storm on a riotous rampage threatens, has Rose finally met her match? |
| theme of pecos bill: Boys' Life , 1976-08 Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting. |
| theme of pecos bill: Speaking Out Jack Zipes, 2004-11-15 This book lays out ways in which teachers and storytelling groups can foster the imaginative lives of children and their parents. |
| theme of pecos bill: Tall Tales of America Irwin Shapiro, 2018-12-01 This wonderful book is a collection of nine tall tales from America by renowned children’s author Irwin Shapiro: Pecos Bill, Anthony and the Mossbunker, Old Stormalong, Johnny Appleseed, Davy Crockett, the Yaller Blossom o’ the Forest, Sam Patch’s Last Leap, Paul Bunyan, John Henry and Joe Magarac the Steel Man. Illustrated throughout by Al Schmidt. |
| theme of pecos bill: Memoirs of a Hamster Devin Scillian, 2013-04-15 Night 1 / My life is perfect. / I have a bowl full of seeds, a cozy pile of wood shavings, and room to run. / I'm never leaving here. / Question: Who's the luckiest hamster in the world? / Answer: ME! Seymour the hamster has the perfect life. He has a spacious cage, a constant food supply, and a FuzzyBoy 360 exercise wheel that lets him run to his heart's content. Life could not be better. Or could it? When Pearl the cat tells Seymour of the goodies beyond the safe confines of his cage, he starts to think he's missing out. And out is the new in! It's only after Seymour is out of his cage that he begins to fully appreciate his safe and cozy home. |
| theme of pecos bill: 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. |
| theme of pecos bill: A Different Mirror for Young People Ronald Takaki, 2012-10-30 A longtime professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, Ronald Takaki was recognized as one of the foremost scholars of American ethnic history and diversity. When the first edition of A Different Mirror was published in 1993, Publishers Weekly called it a brilliant revisionist history of America that is likely to become a classic of multicultural studies and named it one of the ten best books of the year. Now Rebecca Stefoff, who adapted Howard Zinn's best-selling A People's History of the United States for younger readers, turns the updated 2008 edition of Takaki's multicultural masterwork into A Different Mirror for Young People. Drawing on Takaki's vast array of primary sources, and staying true to his own words whenever possible, A Different Mirror for Young People brings ethnic history alive through the words of people, including teenagers, who recorded their experiences in letters, diaries, and poems. Like Zinn's A People's History, Takaki's A Different Mirror offers a rich and rewarding people's view perspective on the American story. |
| theme of pecos bill: All the Pretty Horses Cormac McCarthy, 1993-06-29 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The first volume in the Border Trilogy, from the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road All the Pretty Horses is the tale of John Grady Cole, who at sixteen finds himself at the end of a long line of Texas ranchers, cut off from the only life he has ever imagined for himself. With two companions, he sets off for Mexico on a sometimes idyllic, sometimes comic journey to a place where dreams are paid for in blood. |
| theme of pecos bill: Tall Tale America Walter Blair, 1944 The stories of American tall tale heroes--Johnny Appleseed, Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, and others. |
| theme of pecos bill: Where Is God When It Hurts? Philip Yancey, 1997 This perennial best-seller, now in a revised and expanded edition, includes a study guide. The book and study materials focus on the role of pain in God's plan for life and how we can respond to it. |
| theme of pecos bill: Folk Nation Simon J. Bronner, 2002 This lively reader traces the search for American tradition and national identity through folklore and folklife from the 19th century to the present. Through an engaging set of essays, Folk Nation shows how American thinkers and leaders have used folklore-ranging from Paul Bunyan and Davey Crockett to quilts, cowboys, and immigrants-to express the meaning and mystique of their country. Simon Bronner has carefully selected statements by public intellectuals and popular writers as well as by scholars, all chosen for their readability and significance as provocative texts during their time. The common thread running throughout is the value of folklore in expressing or denying an American national tradition. |
| theme of pecos bill: Paul Bunyan Brian Gleeson, 2004-09-01 Recounts the exploits of the legendary giant logger and his big blue ox, Babe. |
| theme of pecos bill: 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. |
| theme of pecos bill: The Legend of Andrew Rufus M. M. Crumley, 2019-11-12 Imagine you've just woken up in the body of the most powerful man alive; you have no idea how to get out, and his voice is yelling in your ear that you have to save the world. The death toll is rising; what do you do? Welcome to the world of Andrew Rufus. Flung into a dark past filled with supernatural nightmares, mystical shamans, uncontrollable powers and one hell of a learning curve, Andrew is in for the fight of his life; and he doesn't even know it yet. In this mind-bending twist on coming-of-age hero fiction, Andrew Rufus must become a legend or die trying. If you enjoy things like the show Supernatural or Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle you'll love this dark and original take on folklore and legends of the Wild West. Begin the journey into darkness; enter the Shamanverse and grab your copy of DARK AWAKENING today... (Note: This seven book series does feature a young protagonist but it is NOT a children's book. He ages over the course of the series, and each book becomes progressively more violent. If that sounds good to you, grab your copy now!) Inspiringly dark and filled with perfect banter, M.M. Crumley does a triumphant job emblazoning new life into the nearly forgotten folk character of Pecos Bill. Charged with emotion, growth, and heroes who make you believe in legends again. This is one action-packed adventure you can't miss! -Starred Editorial Review What early reader's are saying: The classic hero's journey turned on its head. I loved it! ★★★★★ The perfect adventure with flawless action. ★★★★★ I'm on team Andrew. ★★★★★ Grab It Now! |
| theme of pecos bill: Mouse Tracks Tim Hollis, Greg Ehrbar, 2023-04-21 Around the world there are grandparents, parents, and children who can still sing ditties by Tigger or Baloo the Bear or the Seven Dwarves. This staying power and global reach is in large part a testimony to the pizzazz of performers, songwriters, and other creative artists who worked with Walt Disney Records. Mouse Tracks: The Story of Walt Disney Records chronicles for the first time the fifty-year history of the Disney recording companies launched by Walt Disney and Roy Disney in the mid-1950s, when Disneyland Park, Davy Crockett, and the Mickey Mouse Club were taking the world by storm. The book provides a perspective on all-time Disney favorites and features anecdotes, reminiscences, and biographies of the artists who brought Disney magic to audio. Authors Tim Hollis and Greg Ehrbar go behind the scenes at the Walt Disney Studios and discover that in the early days Walt Disney and Roy Disney resisted going into the record business before the success of The Ballad of Davy Crockett ignited the in-house label. Along the way, the book traces the recording adventures of such Disney favorites as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Cinderella, Bambi, Jiminy Cricket, Winnie the Pooh, and even Walt Disney himself. Mouse Tracks reveals the struggles, major successes, and occasional misfires. Included are impressions and details of teen-pop princesses Annette Funicello and Hayley Mills, the Mary Poppins phenomenon, a Disney-style British Invasion, and a low period when sagging sales forced Walt Disney to suggest closing the division down. Complementing each chapter are brief performer biographies, reproductions of album covers and art, and facsimiles of related promotional material. Mouse Tracks is a collector's bonanza of information on this little-analyzed side of the Disney empire. Learn more about the book and the authors at www.mousetracksonline.com. |
| theme of pecos bill: The Green Frogs , 1996 A folktale about two green frogs who always disobey their mother, explaining why green frogs cry out whenever it rains. |
| theme of pecos bill: Pecos Bill , 2004-08-01 Presents tall tales about one of America's favorite heroes, Pecos Bill. |
| theme of pecos bill: Teaming Amy C. Edmondson, 2012-03-20 New breakthrough thinking in organizational learning, leadership, and change Continuous improvement, understanding complex systems, and promoting innovation are all part of the landscape of learning challenges today's companies face. Amy Edmondson shows that organizations thrive, or fail to thrive, based on how well the small groups within those organizations work. In most organizations, the work that produces value for customers is carried out by teams, and increasingly, by flexible team-like entities. The pace of change and the fluidity of most work structures means that it's not really about creating effective teams anymore, but instead about leading effective teaming. Teaming shows that organizations learn when the flexible, fluid collaborations they encompass are able to learn. The problem is teams, and other dynamic groups, don't learn naturally. Edmondson outlines the factors that prevent them from doing so, such as interpersonal fear, irrational beliefs about failure, groupthink, problematic power dynamics, and information hoarding. With Teaming, leaders can shape these factors by encouraging reflection, creating psychological safety, and overcoming defensive interpersonal dynamics that inhibit the sharing of ideas. Further, they can use practical management strategies to help organizations realize the benefits inherent in both success and failure. Presents a clear explanation of practical management concepts for increasing learning capability for business results Introduces a framework that clarifies how learning processes must be altered for different kinds of work Explains how Collaborative Learning works, and gives tips for how to do it well Includes case-study research on Intermountain healthcare, Prudential, GM, Toyota, IDEO, the IRS, and both Cincinnati and Minneapolis Children's Hospitals, among others Based on years of research, this book shows how leaders can make organizational learning happen by building teams that learn. |
| theme of pecos bill: Animation Anecdotes Jim Korkis, Bob McLain, Jerry Beck, 2014-09-20 Your Cartoons Will Never Be the Same. The history of animation in America is full of colorful characters - and that includes the animators themselves! Jim Korkis shares hundreds of funny, odd, endearing stories about the major animation studios, including Disney, Warner Brothers, MGM, Hanna-Barbera, and many more. |
| theme of pecos bill: Two Bear Cubs , 2015-08-11 Retells the Miwok Indian legend in which a little measuring worm saves two bear cubs stranded at the top of the rock known as El Capitan. |
| theme of pecos bill: Walt Disney's Legends of Imagineering and the Genesis of the Disney Theme Park Jeff Kurtti, 2008-08-26 50 years ago, Walt Disney utterly transformed the concept of outdoor entertainment venues. Using his innate talent for combining disparate skills and personalities, he assembled a creative team that blended imagination with engineering and called them 'Imagineers'. Kurtti introduces a core group of the originators of Disneyland and the other Disney parks. He explores their individual relationships with Walt and each other, their creative breakthroughs and failure, their rivalries and professional politics. Lavishly illustrated with rare never-before-seen photos. |
| theme of pecos bill: Folktales of India Brenda E. F. Beck, Peter J. Claus, Praphulladatta Goswami, Jawaharlal Handoo, 2024-02-01 Bringing together nearly one hundred tales translated from fourteen languages, Folktales of India opens the vast narrative world of Indian folklore to readers of English. Beck includes oral tales collected from tribal areas, peasant groups, urban areas, and remote villages in north and south India, and the distinctive boundary regions of Kashmir, Assam, and Manipur. The tales in this collection emphasize universal human characteristics—truthfulness, modesty, loyalty, courage, generosity, and honesty. Each story is meant to be savored individually with special attention given to the great range of motifs presented and the many distinct narrative styles used. Folktales of India offers a superb anthology of India's bountiful narrative tradition. This collection does an excellent job of representing India. . . . It is the type of book that can be enjoyed by all readers who love a well-told tale as well as by scholars of traditional narrative and scholars of India in general.—Hugh M. Flick, Jr., Asian Folklore Studies The stories collected here are representative, rich in structural subtlety, and endowed with fresh earthy humor.—Kunal Chakraborti, Contributions to Indian Sociology |
| theme of pecos bill: Readers' Theater: Tall Tales , 2006-03-27 Readers theater is a powerful tool for developing reading fluency. The scripts are designed for a range of reading levels. Students have opportunities to read individually, in pairs, and as a group. The scripts do not require costumes, props, or scenery. |
| theme of pecos bill: 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. |
| theme of pecos bill: Summerland Michael Chabon, 2016-04-12 From the Pulitzer Prize winning Michael Chabon comes this bestselling novel for readers of all ages that blends fantasy and folklore with that most American coming-of-age ritual: baseball—now in a new edition, with an original introduction by the author. Ethan Feld is having a terrible summer: his father has moved them to Clam Island, Washington, where Ethan has quickly established himself as the least gifted baseball player the island has ever seen. Ethan’s luck begins to change, however, when a mysterious baseball scout named Ringfinger Brown and a seven-hundred-and-sixty-five-year-old werefox enter his life, dragging Ethan into another world called the Summerlands. But this beautiful, winter-less place is facing destruction at the hands of the villainous Coyote, and it has been prophesized that only Ethan can save it. In this cherished modern classic, the New York Times bestselling, Pulitzer Prize winning author brings his masterful storytelling, dexterous plotting, and singularly envisioned characters to a coming-of-age novel for readers of all ages. |
| theme of pecos bill: 12 Tall Tale Mini-Books Jeannette Sanderson, 2002-03-01 History meets humor in 12 tremendous tall-tale hero stories! |
| theme of pecos bill: Bulletin Texas Education Agency, 1941-09 |
| theme of pecos bill: Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain Robert Burch, 2001 Tough times in rural Georgia during the Depression take a lively turn when spirited Ida Early arrives to keep house for the Suttons. |
| theme of pecos bill: Out of Bounds Beverley Naidoo, 2001-06-07 A collection of short stories - four previously published and three new - linked by the theme of young people experiencing personal dilemmas. All are set in South Africa, first under apartheid and then after the first democratic elections. They cover the period from 1950 to 2000 and reflect the lives of a range of young people, black and white, living in what was for many years seen as the world's most openly racist society. |
| theme of pecos bill: Disney's Most Notorious Film Jason Sperb, 2012-12-01 Looks at the racial issues surrounding Disney's Song of the South, as well as how the public's reception of the film has changed over the years, and why, while not releasing the film in its entirety in nearly two decades, Disney has chosen to continue to repackage and repurpose bits and pieces of the film. |
| theme of pecos bill: The Teachers' Manual and Classroom Guide, 1941-1942 Texas School of the Air, 1941 |
| theme of pecos bill: Cowboy and Western Songs Austin E. Fife, Alta S. Fife, Mary Jo Schwab, 1993 (Creative Concepts Publishing). This info-packed, 372-page collection features 200 American cowboy songs with complete lyrics, lead lines and guitar chords, plus an extensive introduction, notes on the songs, illustrations by J.K. Ralston throughout, a lexicon of cowboy terms, a general index and an index of titles and first lines, and more. Songs include: Billy the Kid * Blood on the Saddle * Buffalo Gals * Clementine * Dakota Land * The Girl I Left Behind Me * Going West * Jesse James * Johnny Cake * Old Paint * Punchin' Dough * Red River Valley * Red Wing * Shenandoah * Steamboat Bill * The Streets of Laredo * The Texas Cowboy * and many more. |
| theme of pecos bill: Early Childhood Themes Through the Year Debbie Thompson, Darlene Hardwick, 1993 Each of 36 weekly themes is accompanied by a list of materials, patterns, activities, and more. |
| theme of pecos bill: Cast Member Confidential: Chris Mitchell, 2010-01-01 This is the story that Disney would never tell you. What do you do when everything in your life falls apart? If you're Chris Mitchell, you run away from home--all the way to Disney World, a place where no one ever dies--and employees, known as Cast Members, aren't allowed to frown. Mitchell shares the behind-the-scenes story of his year in the Mouse's army. From his own personal Disneyfication, to what really happens in the hidden tunnels beneath the Magic Kingdom and what not to eat at the Mousketeria, it was a year filled with more adventure--and surprises--than he could ever have imagineered. Funny and moving, Mitchell tracks his ascent through the backstage social hierarchy in which princesses rule, and his escapades in the Ghetto where Cast Members live and anything goes. Along the way, he unmasks the misfits and drop-outs, lifers and nomads who leave their demons at the stage door as they preserve the magic that draws millions to this famed fantasyland--the same magic that Mitchell seeks and ultimately finds in the last place he ever expected. Chris Mitchell is an action sports photographer and journalist who grew up in Los Angeles. He was a senior at UCLA when he started his first magazine, an inline skating publication, and sold it to Sports & Fitness Publishing. Within a few years, he was working on five magazines within The Surfer Group. He continues to work closely with a number of publications and websites, as well as event and TV production companies like ESPN, ASA Entertainment and Lifelounge. He is a recognized expert in action sports, and as such, has stunt coordinated dozens of productions, including Batman and Robin, Brink! and Airborne. He is also the Chairman of the International Inline Stunt Federation for the advancement of extreme skating as a healthy and safe activity. After spending a year working as a photographer at Disney World in Orlando, Florida, he moved back to Los Angeles, where he currently lives. |
| theme of pecos bill: Let the Adventure Begin! Theme Nights for Families with Young Children: Fun & Easy Family Night Activities Laurie Moulton, 2011-04-22 Fun, easy and inexpensive family entertainment-you'll find it all in Let the Adventure Begin: Theme Nights for Families With Young Children. Laurie Moulton (author, teacher and mom) provides fun and easy family night activities based around different themes. Kids ages 2-7 will love being pirates on pirate night, going on rescue missions on firefighter night, or learning new dance moves on ballerina night. Each theme contains meal ideas, activities, online resources, and other readily available resources such as books and DVDs. A great alternative to family game night, family theme nights will soon become a new favorite in your home! |
| theme of pecos bill: Library of Congress Subject Headings Library of Congress. Office for Subject Cataloging Policy, 1991 |
| theme of pecos bill: Library of Congress Subject Headings Library of Congress, Library of Congress. Office for Subject Cataloging Policy, 2012 |
Reset Windows 11 Desktop Theme to Default and Sort Themes
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Aug 25, 2015 · It immediately installs the theme. There may be an easier way of doing this; however, this is one method that worked for me. Type %localappdata% into the File Explorer. …
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