(ages 6-10) Read some of America's favorite larger-than-life heroes through these tall tales : Davy Crockett, Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind, Johnny Appleseed, Stormalong, Mose, Febold Feboldson, Pecos Bill, John Henry and Paul Bunyan. Each tall tale has an accompanying word carving illustration. Look deeper into the real people some of these exaggerations portray as well as the locations around the US where their stories originate and take place. Tall tales are a special category of folktales in that they have heroic characters with extraordinary exaggerated accomplishments taking place throughout the American frontier.
American Tall Tales
(ages 6-10) Read some of America's favorite larger-than-life heroes through these tall tales : Davy Crockett, Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind, Johnny Appleseed, Stormalong, Mose, Febold Feboldson, Pecos Bill, John Henry and Paul Bunyan. Each tall tale has an accompanying word carving illustration. Look deeper into the real people some of these exaggerations portray as well as the locations around the US where their stories originate and take place. Tall tales are a special category of folktales in that they have heroic characters with extraordinary exaggerated accomplishments taking place throughout the American frontier.
