tall tales

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.

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.

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.

A pioneer father transports his beloved fruit trees and his family to Oregon in the mid-nineteenth century.

Introduces folk hero Paul Bunyan and his blue ox, Babe, relating some of the tall tales told about them throughout the country, exploring whether Bunyan might have been based on a real person, and revealing his legacy.

A collection of American tall tales featuring such legendary characters as Davy Crockett, Paul Bunyan, and Pecos Bill.

Abigail Muchmore's life is disrupted by the mischievous Mr. West Wind, but she finally figures out a way to calm him down and their relationship changes for the better.

Relates how the young hero Tai was born to a strong, hairy sea captain and the sister of the moon.

Leticia's grandfather, who was a vaquero as a young man, provides fanciful explanations for how he got his wrinkles, white hair, round belly, and stooped frame.