Animal folk tales of America : Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, The jumping frog, Davy Crockett, Johnny Appleseed, Sweet Betsy, and many others
(2010)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
E/FOLKTALES/N.AMER/PAL
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Sterling, [2010]
©2010
©2010
DESCRIPTION
72 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781402773228 (hardcover-plc with jacket) 1312675, 1402773226 (hardcover-plc with jacket)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"Adapted from material previously published and c1961"--P. opposite t.p
The fish out of water -- The bear and the lumberjack -- The jumping frog -- A tale of Pecos Bill -- Paul Bunyan and the little blue ox -- Paul Bunyan's natural history -- The tar man -- The squirrel boats -- The singing geese -- Sweet Betsy from Pike -- Johnny Appleseed -- The knee-high man -- The eagles and the icicle -- Davy Crockett trees a wolf
Retells fourteen American folktales focusing on the role animals played in American pioneer heritage