tall tales

Relates the exploits and adventures of the legendary American cowboy hero, Pecos Bill.

Recounts the life of the extraordinary lumberjack whose unusual size and strength brought him many fantastic adventures.

Presents some of the extravagant feats of the greatest logger of all time, Paul Bunyan.

Born about 100 centuries ago, the narrator has seen many things happen since he watched Adam and Eve eat an apple.

Mr. Yowder tries to make his fortune by inventing a real prairie schooner from sails, a mast, a rudder, and an old wagon, but makes a mess instead.

Retells Baron Munchausen's boastful account of some of his incredible adventures around the world, including riding a cannonball during a spy mission and entering a whale's mouth to hear a musical concert.

A boastful strong man learns a lesson harder than his muscles when he encounters one of Nigeria's superheroes in this Hausa tale which explains the origin of thunder.

A collection of tall tales about such American folk heroes as Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind, Pecos Bill, John Henry, and Paul Bunyan.

When Pecos Bill's daughter gets two pet hamsters, they soon multiply into the hundreds, so Bill decides to take them all to Chicago where lots of boys and girls want pet hamsters.

Recalls the amazing feats of John Cyclone, who teethed on Massachusetts, created the Rocky Mountains when he bumped his head, and rescued some miners from a huge bear named Fury.