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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.

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

A child ventures out in the middle of the night to see how Harvey Potter grows his wonderful balloons.

Relates the extraordinary deeds of the frontiersman who became King of the Keelboatmen on the Mississippi River.

Contains fifteen accounts of American women from myths, legends, and tall tales from all areas of the United States, including Native Americans such as the Star Maiden, African Americans like Molly Cottontail, and Anglo Americans including Bess Call.

Born about 100 centuries ago, the narrator has seen many things happen since he watched Adam and Eve eat an apple.

Without any snow in sight and Christmas Eve tomorrow, Fawn Braun and the villagers of Pfeffernut gather and try to create snow.

When Cat asks Mouse how the cookie jar broke and where the cookies went, Mouse tells Cat implausible story after implausible story.

"The legendary woodsman Paul Bunyan was the biggest man who ever lived. He had wagon wheels for shirt buttons, and his axe took an entire town a whole month to build! One day, Paul finds a big blue ox frozen in the snow. He nurses the behemoth back to health, and names his new companion Babe. The two travel the land, and clear the way for settlers who will soon follow."--Amazon.com.

When Squirrel goes after the perfect acorn, on foot, in a taxi, and even by pogo stick, one thing after another goes wrong.