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Summary: When Cat asks Mouse how the cookie jar broke and where the cookies went, Mouse tells Cat implausible story after implausible story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Appleseed 2023
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Summary: When a classmate wins a contest, Brad brags about how he won an even bigger contest. When another student breaks his arm, Brad blabs about how he broke BOTH his arms AND his legs. Children and adults will get a real kick out of Brad's tall tales as he learns the difference between being a "pull-upper" and a "one-upper!"--Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boys Town Press 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Paperback, Call number: JE FIC COOSan Souci, Robert D.
Summary: A collection of five short tales about such legendary American heroes as John Henry, Old Stormalong, Sluefoot Sue, and Paul Bunyan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1991
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.22 SANSHoberman, Mary Ann.
Summary: Presents new twists on familiar folklore characters, including Johnny Appleseed, Annie Oakley, Paul Bunyan, John Henry, and many more! This book uses traditional reading teaching techniques (alliteration, rhyme, and repetition) to invite young children to read along with peers or an adult. With clear, color-coded typography, and sly, lively illustrations, this collection is sure to entertain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2014
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Summary: Mother's long, long letter brings Aunt Hetta surprise and adventure, as the loose pages bury her house and keep her warm during the winter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC SPUOsborne, Mary Pope.
Summary: A collection of tall tales about such American folk heroes as Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind, Pecos Bill, John Henry, and Paul Bunyan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.22 OSBFleischman, Sid
Summary: A collection of three previously published stories about the farmer who'd rather sit on a porcupine than tell a lie. Includes "McBroom the Rainmaker," "McBroom's Zoo," and "McBroom's Ghost."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 1992
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Summary: Retells the tale of giant lumberjack Paul Bunyan and his blue ox, Babe, whose appetites for pancakes grow so large that they leave their childhood home to find their pancake fortune in the great big world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.22 LUCMyers, Christopher.
Summary: A compilation of tall tales collected by folklorist Zora Neale Hurston during her travels in the Gulf states during the 1930s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 MYESummary: An airport janitor makes a big difference in the lives of the children in his poor neighborhood when they mistake him for an airplane pilot. Using his imagination to weave stories of the wonderful places he has visited around the world, a friendship develops as he brings hope to their otherwise grim home life.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Terra Entertainment 2010
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF CAPFleischman, Sid
Summary: Three humorous adventures on McBroom's wonderful one-acre prairie farm.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 1992
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED FLERossi, Joyce.
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rising Moon 1998
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE SPANISH ROSWilley, Margaret.
Summary: A small, but clever young girl outwits a rich giant and wins all his gold.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2001
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Summary: Grandad bakes Grandma a whopper of a birthday cake. Includes recipe and directions for chocolate cake.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2008
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1 available in Multi-Media Kits, Call number: KIT J ORANGE WHOKellogg, Steven.
Summary: Incidents from the life of Pecos Bill, from his childhood among the coyotes to his unusual wedding day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 1986
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Summary: In this graphic adaptation of the American folktale, Paul Bunyan is the biggest and strongest merman in the underwater city of Atlantis; at twelve years old he has already dragged the city away from a volcano and rescued a baby blue whale who is now his companion--but now he has to protect the citizens of Atlantis from five mega-sharks who are looking to have mermen for lunch.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FARBraun, Eric
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 BRABeatty, Pete
Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BEAMiller, Bobbi.
Summary: Miss Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind and Fireyes the panther engage in an epic wrestling match before becoming "great and glorious" friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.22 MILMoers, Walter
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOERounds, Glen
Summary: When the forty-first day on the ark dawns bright and clear, Mrs. Noah decides to do the wash, and having no rope long enough, devises an ingenious clothesline.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1985
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Summary: Davy Crockett stops the evil Halley's Comet from destroying the world and wins the heart of Sally Sugartree in the process.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SchanSmith, Jeff
Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix 2010