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32 pp.
| AMMO
| May, 2015
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TradeISBN 978-162326062-0$17.95 Reissue (1963, Prentice)
(2)
K-3
Illustrated by
Ed Emberley.
The Emberleys paint the tall-tale figure as a strong and mighty but also a "kind and gentle," larger-than-life hero. Barbara Emberley's text is appropriately folksy and engaging, while Ed Emberley's iconic woodcuts--using pine hand-split by the illustrator himself--in browns and blues stand up to The Horn Book Magazine's original assessment: "A striking graphic arts achievement."
48 pp.
| Random
| October, 2008
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LibraryISBN 978-0-375-94688-2$11.99
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PaperISBN 978-0-375-84688-5$3.99
(4)
K-3
Step into Reading series.
Illustrated by
John Kanzler.
Paul Bunyan himself narrates his larger-than-life adventures with Babe the blue ox. Colorful, imaginative illustrations complement this easy-to-read tall tale's exaggerations, such as a soup pot so enormous the cook needs a rowboat to stir it. The story's spell is broken, however, when Paul stops to explain the tale's origins--information better left to an author's note.
32 pp.
| Holiday
| October, 2006
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TradeISBN 0-8234-1738-7$16.95
(4)
4-6
Illustrated by
Susan Guevara.
Missionaries from Spain interact (and sometimes clash) with other cultures they meet in these six tales of love, faithfulness, and sacrifice that take place in and around four Texas missions, including the Alamo. A brief, balanced introduction describes the historical context and significance. Heavy oil illustrations are appropriate for the time period, if not for the audience. Timeline.
33 pp.
| Fogelman
| September, 1999
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TradeISBN 0-8037-1929-9$$15.99
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
James Bernardin.
Sim Webb, the African-American fireman for legendary train engineer Casey Jones, tells of the events leading up to the crash of the Cannonball Express in 1900. Jones is seduced by an unearthly sounding seven-quill train whistle, and he insists on running the train faster than Webb feels is safe to get enough steam to play the seventh pipe. Expressive illustrations capture the drama of this event, based on the real-life disaster.