Tall Tales

Books for Readers in the Middle Grades

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American Tall Tales by Mary Pope Osborne.
RC 35612.
The author presents nine all-American folk figures whose extraordinary exploits take them from coast to coast. Included are Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind, a composite of several legendary characters; actual people like Davy Crockett, Johnny Appleseed, and John Henry; and fictitious characters such as Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan, and Febold Feboldson. For grades 3-6 and older readers.

Lady Ellen Grae by Vera Cleaver.
RC 16468.
A small-town tomboy and exuberant teller of tall tales tries to become a lady to please her father and to avoid going to live with her aunt and cousin. For grades 4-7.

Larger Than Life by Robert D. San Souci.
RC 38170.
John Henry weighed 44 pounds at birth and loved hammering even as a baby. Alfred Bulltop Stormalong, who always loved the sea, stood 24 feet tall. And Slue-Foot Sue, big and brawny, could do the work of 10 men. The author retells five tall tales about these and legendary American heroes. For grades 3-6 and older readers.

Ozark Tall Tales collected by Richard and Judy Dockrey Young.
WOC 491 .
Includes "The Scoonkin Hunt," "The Best Bait Around," "Ring That Bell," "Old Shep," and other Ozark favorites. For grades 4 and up.

Whoppers by Alvin Schwartz.
RC 09263.
A pack of 145 lies from American folklore describing outlandish things that never happened and never could. For grades 5-8.

Yankee Doodle’s Cousin by Anne Burnett Malcolmson.
BR 03291.
American tall tales from the East, the South, the Mississippi Valley, and the West. For grades 4-7.