Folktale and Fairy Tale Resources in the CRC: American Tall Tales

A collection of tall tales about such American folk heroes as Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind, Pecos Bill, John Henry, and Paul Bunyan

A collection of American tall tales featuring such legendary characters as Davy Crockett, Paul Bunyan, and Pecos Bill

Stories, folktales, and poems with a western setting, including stories of Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, Indian legends, and tales of Lewis and Clark, among others

A collection of twenty stories about legendary American women, drawing from folktales, popular stories, and ballads

Features such legendary heroes as Paul Bunyan and Pecos Bill, historical greats like Benjamin Franklin and Paul Revere, and many other quintessentially American favorites, including Casey at the Bat, Dumbo, and Old Yeller

Thirty-six true, tall, and traditional tales, primarily from the nineteenth century or earlier, selected by a professional storyteller and divided by the region of the United States from which they originated

The stories of American tall tale heroes--Johnny Appleseed, Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, and others

Discusses how to write a tall tale, from how to get started to learning the tricks of the trade

When the sun doesn't rise one morning, the King of Sweden contacts Paul Bunyan and asks him to find the cause of the catastrophe

An account of the legendary American folk hero, Paul Bunyan the mythical lumberjack hero who found no job too big or too small to handle, and his Big Blue Ox, Babe

Recounts the life of the extraordinary lumberjack whose unusual size and strength brought him many fantastic adventures

Paul Bunyan and his friend Babe the Blue Ox are inseparable, whether out of doors, at school, or at home. Paul's and Babe's hankering for pancakes- and more pancakes and nothing but pancakes- soon overwhelms Paul's mom.

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

Based on Disney's short.

Incidents from the life of Pecos Bill, from his childhood among the coyotes to his unusual wedding day

Pecos Bill had the strangest and most exciting experience any boy ever had. He became a member of a pack of wild Coyotes, and until he was a grown man, believed that his name was Cropear, and that he was a full-blooded Coyote. Later he discovered that he was a human being and very shortly thereafter became the greatest cowboy of all time. This is how it all came about.

Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain

Describes the life of the legendary steel-driving man who was born and who died with a hammer in his hand

Davy Crockett stops the evil Halley's Comet from destroying the world and wins the heart of Sally Sugartree in the process

An accidental encounter with a thorn bush on his way to the spring dance has Davy Crockett kicking up his heels and out-dancing even the audacious Miss Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind

A small, but clever young girl outwits a rich giant and wins all his gold

Having moved to Montana from Tennessee in the 1830s, fearless Angelica Longrider--also known as Swamp Angel--changes the state's landscape, tames a wild horse, and captures some desperadoes