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62) Ten tall tales
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
c1984
Physical Desc
56 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Mr. Bird presents ten Western tall tales that he has heard throughout his life, some of them his own.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (58 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Compilation of four animated short films profiling legendary figures in American history. John Henry goes up against a machine with his hammer to help build America's railroads; Casey Jones, the brave engineer delivers the U.S. mail in record-breaking time; Johnny Appleseed plants apple trees across America to benefit the early pioneers; Paul Bunyan, the giant lumberjack, clears the land for American settlers.
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 30
Language
English
Description
When Pecos Bill's daughter gets two pet hamsters, they soon multiply into the hundreds, so Bill decides to take them all to Chicago where lots of boys and girls want pet hamsters
Author
Publisher
Rio Chico
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
When tumbleweeds invade Granny's house, the family pitches in to try and get rid of them but whether they are packed in a trunk and dropped in the Rio Grande or put on a train to the coast, the prickly plants keep coming back.
68) Pecos Bill
Author
Publisher
Mulberry Books
Pub. Date
c1986
Physical Desc
[40] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Incidents from the life of Pecos Bill, from his childhood among the coyotes to his unusual wedding day
Author
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
After saving a rattlesnake's life out in the desert, Joe discovers the snake has followed him home and although his father is annoyed and the neighbors terrified, the snake soon proves his worth as a pet and protector.
Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Upon finding a large gold nugget on her pig farm, Desert Rose sets out to buy the biggest, fattest hog in Texas to enter in the state fair, but first she must get the hog to Laredo and every animal she asks for help is just as "ornery" as the hog
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Lonesome Bob and Granny Apple Fritter have to get to Red Rock by two o'clock or Lonesome will miss his wedding, but Railroad John has never been late so nothing will keep him from pulling the train in by 1:59
75) Widdermaker
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 22 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
The efforts of Cowpoke Pete and his pony, Desert Rose, to tame Widdermaker, the meanest, low-downest bull the West has ever seen, have unexpected and very pleasant results
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
As the Clearwaters travel west, fearless Granny and Little Critter are jolted from the horse-drawn wagon and have many exotic adventures before being reunited with the rest of their family. Includes author's notes about the western migration that took place in the United States between 1815 and 1840
Author
Series
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a band of stinky cowboys comes to town while the sheriff is away and refuses to bathe, young Deputy Jess and and her aunt, Deputy Gussy, must find a way to enforce the No-Stink law
Author
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
When Sal drives a stagecoach alone for the first time to pick up and deliver mail, her mother is afraid she will meet local outlaw Poetic Pete, but Sal not only excels at roping, riding, and shooting, she is also an excellent singer
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphix
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
108 pages : chiefly color illustrations, color 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...
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