Cohen, Caron Lee
SALLY ANN THUNDER AND WHIRLWIND CROCKETT
Sally Ann, wife of Davy Crockett, fears nothing--and proves it when braggart Mike Fink tries to scare her.
Easy GR105D3C659

Dewey, Adriane
THE NARROW ESCAPES OF DAVY CROCKETT
Recounts the wild adventures of Davy Crockett, including his tangles with a wrestling bear, eagles that wish to pull out his hair, and an alligator he rides up Niagara Falls.
Easy GR105D3D54 1990

Kellogg, Steven
PAUL BUNYAN: A TALL TALE
Tales of the life of the lumberjack whose unusual size and strength brought him many fantastic adventures.
Easy GR105.37P38K3 1984

Lester, Julius
JOHN HENRY
Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.
Easy GR111A47L434 1994

Osborne, Mary Pope
AMERICAN TALL TALES
Nine all-American folk figures whose extraordinary exploits take them from coast to coast.
GR105O813 1991

Schanzer, Rosalyn.
DAVY CROCKETT SAVES THE WORLD
Davy Crockett stops the evil Halley's comet from destroying the world and wins the heart of Sally Sugartree in the process.
Easy GR105S3339

Schwartz, Alvin
WHOPPERS
A pack of 145 lies from American folklore describing outlandish things that never happened and never could.
GR105S399 1975

New or Less Familiar Tales

Isaacs, Anne
SWAMP ANGEL
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.
Picture Books

Mahy, Margaret
TAI TAYLOR IS BORN
Young hero Tai was born to a strong, hairy sea captain and the sister of the moon.
Easy 3

Nolen, Jerdine
THUNDER ROSE
Unusual from the day she is born, Thunder Rose performs all sorts of amazing feats, including building fences, taming a stampeding herd of steers, capturing a gang of rustlers, and turning aside a tornado.
Picture Books

Fleischman, Sid
JIM'S BRIDGER'S ALARM CLOCK AND OTHER TALL TALES
Three clever tales about Jim Bridger, a mighty tall man who discovers the Great Salt Lake, the Petrified Forest, and a flat-topped mountain that becomes his alarm clock. High-spirited humor for grades 3-6.
Also:MCBROOM series
Fiction

Lindgren, Astrid
PIPPI LONGSTOCKING
Pippi is a nine-year-old Swedish girl who lives alone with her horse and monkey and shares her wild doings, feats of strength, and tall tales with the nice, normal little boy and girl who live next door.
Fiction

Griffin, Kitty
THE FOOT-STOMPING ADVENTURES OF CLEMENTINE SWEET
Clementine uses her foot-stomping talents to save the town from a devastating twister.
Picture Books

Wiley, Margaret.
CLEVER BEATRICE
A small, but clever young girl outwits a rich giant and wins all his gold.
Easy GR105W648 2001

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