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4) Big fish
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Language
English
Formats
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 yourth. Still doubting the legends and folklore, William makes a journey to meet a mysterious woman from whom Edward had bought property.
6) Swamp Angel
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
1994
Language
English
Description
Along with other amazing feats, Angelica Longrider, also known as Swamp Angel, wrestles a huge bear, known as Thundering Tarnation, to save the winter supplies of the settlers in Tennessee.
7) Shark tale
Publisher
Dreamworks Animation
Pub. Date
2005
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.
9) Granite baby
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Five talented New Hampshire sisters try to care for a baby that one of them has carved out of granite.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
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 while encouraging reading skills and interaction with others....
13) Tall tales
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphix
Pub. Date
2010
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...
16) Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett : a tall tale / retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg
Author
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
17) Meaniehead
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Henry and Eve are going through a phase of fighting with each other all the time, and their battle quickly escalates from arguing over a toy to leaving a path of destruction across the United States and beyond.
Author
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[1984], ©1970
Language
English
Description
Before he trailed off into the wilds of Mexico, never to be heard from again, Ambrose Bierce achieved a public persona as "bitter Bierce" and "the devil's lexicographer." He left behind a nasty reputation and more than ninety short stories that are perfect expressions of his sardonic genius. Brought together in this volume, these stories represent an unprecedented accomplishment in American literature. In their iconoclasm and needle-sharp irony, their...
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