Teaching Tall Tales

Teaching Tall Tales PDF Author: Tracey West
Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources
ISBN: 9780590365116
Category : Creative activities and seat work
Languages : en
Pages : 64

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Book Description
Tall tale characters like Pecos Bill, Slue Foot Sue, and John Henry put a fun new twist on teaching history, geography, and literature through these engaging activities. Tall Tale Trading Cards instruct about the great rivers, a timeline chronicles the effect of the nation's railroads, and a giant geography poster game makes learning the states a snap!

Teaching Tall Tales

Teaching Tall Tales PDF Author: Tracey West
Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources
ISBN: 9780590365116
Category : Creative activities and seat work
Languages : en
Pages : 64

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Book Description
Tall tale characters like Pecos Bill, Slue Foot Sue, and John Henry put a fun new twist on teaching history, geography, and literature through these engaging activities. Tall Tale Trading Cards instruct about the great rivers, a timeline chronicles the effect of the nation's railroads, and a giant geography poster game makes learning the states a snap!

Thunder Rose

Thunder Rose PDF Author: Jerdine Nolen
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152060060
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Thunder Rose vows to grow up to be more than just big and strong, thank you very kindly--and boy, does she ever But when a whirling storm on a riotous rampage threatens, has Rose finally met her match?

American Tall Tales

American Tall Tales PDF Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0307982599
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 134

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The perfect addition to every family’s home library and just right for sharing aloud, American Tall Tales introduces readers to America’s first folk heroes in nine wildly exaggerated and downright funny stories. Here are Paul Bunyan, that king-sized lumberjack who could fell “ten white pines with a single swing”; John Henry, with his mighty hammer; Mose, old New York’s biggest, bravest fireman; Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind, who could “outgrin, outsnort, outrun, outlift, outsneeze, outsleep, outlie any varmint”; and other uniquely American characters, together in one superb collection. In the tradition of the original nineteenth-century storytellers, Mary Pope Osborne compiles, edits, and adds her own two cents’ worth—and also supplies fascinating historical headnotes. Michael McCurdy’s robust colored wood engravings recall an earlier time, perfectly capturing all the vitality of the men and women who carved a new country out of the North American wilderness.

Holidate

Holidate PDF Author: Monica Murphy
Publisher: Dating
ISBN: 9781945522215
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276

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Book Description
Candice Gaines loves Christmas. Not only does she bask in the twinkling lights, sing Christmas carols and go crazy with the decorations, she's also in the giving spirit, donating much of her time and wealth to various charities in the local area. Charlie Sullivan despises Christmas. Though it keeps his family afloat, considering they own Sullivan Family Christmas Tree Farm, the main provider for Christmas trees on the Monterey peninsula. He'd much rather work among the trees versus have to deal with people. But Charlie's parents are taking on more philanthropic projects-and as their oldest child, they want him to be their official public representative. He just has to play nice and convince everyone he's not a total holiday hater. When Charlie's mom asks Candice to accompany him to a variety of holiday parties and events, she reluctantly agrees. She thinks Charlie is a big ol' Grinch, but is determined to change his mindset and help him spread Christmas cheer. Charlie finds Candice is too chatty, too sweet, too much. Do people like her really exist? Why yes, yes they do. The more time they spend together-along with a few kisses under the mistletoe-the more they start to like each other. Hopefully Charlie can convince Candice he doesn't have a heart that's two sizes too small before the ball drops on New Year's Eve.

Read-Aloud Plays

Read-Aloud Plays PDF Author: Carol Pugliano-Martin
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780439113670
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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Book Description
Eight short plays for grades 3-5, with writing prompts and activities that link to language arts, social studies, etc.

Totem Tale

Totem Tale PDF Author: Perfection Learning Corporation
Publisher: Turtleback
ISBN: 9781663611277
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Johnny Kaw

Johnny Kaw PDF Author: Devin Scillian
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN: 1627530061
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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Five minutes after his birth, Johnny Kaw is over six feet tall and still growing. When he outgrows his crib and even their town, his parents decide to move west where "little" Johnny can have plenty of room to play. After the family crosses the wide Missouri River to Kansas, Johnny sits down to play with his dog. His bottom ends up making the valley where his family will settle. And when Johnny clears stones from a field so his father can plow, he ends up creating the Rocky Mountains in the process. The legendary folk hero shapes the state's landscape by carving out valleys and creating prairies with his bare hands. Why, he even takes on a tornado when it threatens the family farm. Kansas native Devin Scillian spins a rollicking, rhyming yarn based on the tall tale of Johnny Kaw. Comedic, exaggerated artwork from artist Brad Sneed brings this character to BIG life.

Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett

Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett PDF Author: Steven Kellogg
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0688140424
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50

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On the day she is born this amazing baby proudly announces she can out-talk, out-grin, out-scream, out-swim, and out-run any baby in Kentucky. Within a few years Sally is off to the frontier, where she stuns a hungry grizzly bear, makes a lasso out of six rattlesnakes, and is more than a match for the mighty Mike Fink. And when Sally Ann rescues Davy Crockett from a pair of ferocious eagles, even her hornet's-nest bonnet and skunk perfume don't stop him from proposing marriage. You won't find Sally Ann in any history book, but that hasn't kept her from becoming an authentic American frontier legend and the unforgettable heroine of Steven Kellogg's most delightfully rip-roaring tall tale.

Pecos Bill

Pecos Bill PDF Author: Steven Kellogg
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0688099246
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52

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"The anecdotes associated with Texas's fabled cowboy hero burst from the pages in rapid succession, Kellogg's robust illustrations enlarging and enriching the energetic text."--School Library Journal. "A read-aloud treat....One of Kellogg's best."--Booklist.

Paul Bunyan's Sweetheart

Paul Bunyan's Sweetheart PDF Author: Marybeth Lorbiecki
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN: 1627535926
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Paul Bunyan has a BIG problem. He's in love but the lady who has caught his eye will have nothing to do with him. What's a giant lumberjack to do? When Paul Bunyan meets pretty Lucette, he knows she's the gal for him. After all, she's so tall she can't fit into an ordinary cabin. She can churn butter into a thick creamy river, and when she cleans house she can twirl up a tornado! Why, it's a match made in heaven! But to win Lucette's heart, Paul must prove his worth in a love test. Acclaimed storyteller Marybeth Lorbiecki brings together history and legend for a rollicking American tall tale. Enchanting artwork tenderly gives life to the BIGGEST love story the north woods region has ever seen.Marybeth Lorbiecki has written more than 20 award-winning books, including the acclaimed Jackie's Bat and Sister Anne's Hands (IRA Best Books of the Year 1999). History and conservation are favorite themes in her work. Marybeth lives in Hudson, Wisconsin. Renée Graef is well known as the illustrator for the "Kirsten" books in the American Girl children's book series, and has also illustrated many My First Little House books. Renée's other work with Sleeping Bear Press includes B is for Bookworm: A Library Alphabet. Renée lives in Cedarburg, Wisconsin.