Rainbow classics

One day a carpenter picked up a stick of wood that talked to him, which he gave to an old man who carved it into a marionette--Pinocchio, who had many adventures with a talking cricket, telling lies, with thieves, and inside a fish.

A nineteenth-century English horse tells his life story--describing his many experiences and masters, both good and bad.

Here are the strong men and bad men of American legend- Paul Bunyan, Old Stormalong, Pecos Bill, Jesse James, etc. Here also are tall tales and tall talk- mosquitos who drill through iron pots to reach a sleeper's head, the original "Shaggy dog" story, etc. A sectio on the forty-eight states introduces the folklore of each. Stories handed down by Indian tribes and tales of European origin are also included.

A nineteenth-century English horse tells his life story--describing his many experiences and masters, both good and bad.