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2) Tall tales
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphix
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st Scholastic ed.
Physical Desc
108 p. : chiefly col. ill., col. maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Long before the Bone cousins were ever lost in the uncharted forest of the Valley, Big Johnson Bone, the discoverer of the Rolling Bone River, founded Boneville. But little is known of the mighty explorer's adventures before he started his famous trading post. So when Smiley sits down with a group of young scouts to retell the legendary stories of Boneville's origins, what they hear are wild antics complete with Rat Creatures, Dragons, and a snarky...
3) Dust devil
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly ill. ; 32 cm.
Language
English
Description
Having moved to Montana from Tennessee in the 1830s, fearless Angelica Longrider--also known as Swamp Angel--changes the state's landscape, tames a wild horse, and captures some desperadoes.
5) Big fish
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Widescreen format.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
William Bloom, is a young man who never really knew his now dying father, Edward - outside of the tall tales his dad told him about growing up. During Edward's last days William and his wife Josephine hold a bedside vigil next to the old man as he recollects elaborate memories of his youth. Still doubting the legends and folklore, William makes a journey to meet a mysterious woman from whom Edward had bought property
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
265 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Big Son is a spirit of the times--the times being 1837. Behind his broad shoulders, shiny hair, and church-organ laugh, Big Son practically made Ohio City all by himself. The feats of this proto-superhero have earned him wonder and whiskey toasts but very little in the way of fortune. And without money, Big cannot become an honest husband to his beloved Cloe (who may or may not want to be his wife, honestly). In pursuit of a steady wage, our hero...
Author
Publisher
Greathall Productions, Inc
Pub. Date
p2003
Physical Desc
1 sound disc (ca. 1 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Designed to encourage children to read original classical literature either on their own or with the help of the more experienced readers in their lives. A collection of tall tales about American folk heroes.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Have you ever heard of Gravity? No, not gravity, the centrifugal force pulling us to the Earth. I'm talking about Gravity--the greatest ball player to ever lace up a pair of sneakers."--
10) Shark tale: [
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videocassette (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Language
English
Description
Oscar is a lowly tongue-scrubber at the local Whale Wash, who becomes an improbable hero when he tells a great white lie. To keep his secret, Oscar teams up with an outcast vegetarian Great White shark, Lenny, and the two become the most unlikely of friends. When his lie begins to unravel, it's up to Oscar's loyal friend Angie and Lenny to help him stand up to the most feared shark in the water and find his true place in the reef.
Publisher
Weston Woods
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (33 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
John Henry, based on the famous African American folk ballad, this story tells of the legendary contest to the death between a spirited man with a hammer and a steam drill to build a tunnel through the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia. Swamp Angel, an original tall tale about Angelica Longrider, better known as Swamp Angel, the greatest woodswoman in Tennessee history. When a huge bear, Thundering Tarnation, can't control his bottomless appetite...
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