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Moon trouble

1994
When the moon falls into Farmer Klank's river, every attempt to get it back into place fails, until Paul Bunyan is called.

Paul Bunyan vs. Hals Halson

the giant lumberjack challenge!
2013
Hals Halson, who is nearly as tall as the legendary Paul Bunyan, strides into a logging camp determined to prove himself the greatest lumberjack in North America, despite Paul's attempts at friendship.

Otis Steele and the taileebone

a Southern tall tale
2013
When a strange creature enters a hungry trapper's cabin, the trapper cuts off its tail and eats it but the creature returns, determined to retrieve its appendage.

Very short tall tales to read together

Presents new twists on familiar folklore, including Johnny Appleseed, Annie Oakley, Paul Bunyan, John Henry, and many more!.

Pecos Bill and Slue-Foot Sue

2014
Relates some of the exploits of Pecos Bill, the extraordinary Texas cowboy who was raised by coyotes, rode a mountain lion, used a rattle snake as a rope, and married the fearless Slue-Foot Sue.

The lovesick skunk

2010
A boy who likes to wear his favorite clothes constantly, no matter what, leaves his smelly, black-and-white sneakers outside his tent during a campout and witnesses their effect on a passing skunk.

Pecos Bill tames a colossal cyclone

Super-cowboy Pecos Bill leaps onto the back of a monstrous cyclone and rides it like a bucking bronco, creating, in the process, the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, and Death Valley.

The Beatrix Potter treasury

2006
A collection of Beatrix Potter's best-known tales. They all have in common the skill of depicting animals in a fantasy setting, but naturalistic and true to life.

The legend of Johnny Appleseed and Pecos Bill

2004
Tells the stories of John Chapman, an apple farmer from Pennsylvania who traveled throughout the midwestern United States, planting apple trees along his way, and Pecos Bill, an extraordinary cowboy who broke a horse, roped a steer, and harnessed a cyclone.

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