American Tall Tales
by Mary Pope Osborne (Author)
Meet America's first folk heroes in these wildly exaggerated and downright funny stories. In the tradition of the original 19th-century storytellers, Mary Pope Osborne combines, edits, and adds her own two cents worth -- and also supplies fascinating historical headnotes.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0679800891
- Print Status
- In Print
- Tales
- 9
- Pages
- 115
- Suggested Grades
- 1st - 6th
- Geographical Setting
- United States
- Historical Setting
- 1786 - 1910
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Copyright
- 1991
Tales
- 1 Davy Crocket
- 2 Sall Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind
- 3 Johnny Appleseed
- 4 Stormalong
- 5 Mose
- 6 Febold Feboldson
- 7 Pecos Bill
- 8 John Henry
- 9 Paul Bunyan
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Reviewed by Parent/Teacher
We have been reading these stories together as part of our American history study for DD age 8, and they have contributed a great deal to geography as well. They are a little long for the littlest kids, but my DS age 4 now pretends to be Babe the blue ox, so I guess it did make an impression on him as well LOL.
The woodcut illustrations are lovely.
Gem