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23) Paul Bunyan
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Español
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Relates some of the legends of Paul Bunyan, a lumberjack said to be taller than the trees, who had a pet ox named Babe that he once hitched to a road that took too long to travel and had her pull it straight.
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32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
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English
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In this retelling of a folktale, a group of slaves, unable to bear their sadness and starvation any longer, calls upon the African magic that allows them to fly away. "The well-known author retells 24 black American folk tales in sure storytelling voice: animal tales, supernatural tales, fanciful and cautionary tales, and slave tales of freedom. All are beautifully readable. With the added attraction of 40 wonderfully expressive paintings by the Dillons,...
32) John Henry
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English
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Retells some of the legends of John Henry, an African-American hero who raced against a steam drill to lay railroad tracks on a mountain.
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viii, 109 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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"Since the fall of Tenochtitlan, the Mexican people have whispered her name. Navajo tales have forever warned of her threat. And along the vast Rio Grande, she has claimed many victims. La Llorona, the wailing woman, searches our rivers for her children and cries out, "Ay mis hijos ... donde estan mis hijos?" Yet she can never find them. She freed them from this world long ago. Children avoid the river at night, wayward men dread her vengeance,...
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This is a book of encounters. Part memoir, part essay, and partly a guide to maximizing your capacity for fulfillment and expression, The Poetry of Everyday Life taps into the artistic side of what we often take for granted: the stories we tell, the people we love, the metaphors used by scientists, even our sex lives. A folklorist, writer, and cultural activist, Steve Zeitlin explores how poems serve us in daily life and how they are used in times...
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2 audio discs (approximately 120 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A tiny baby girl is snatched from her adopted family by an ugly toad but escapes to find happiness with the king of the flower angels. (1st tale) The story of Ruby Rouge, her mysterious friend Conjure Woman and the two baskets of talking eggs with very different yolks. (2nd tale) A simple fisherman catches a magical fish who promises to grant his wishes... but when the man's wife start making outlandish demands the flounder fulfills a wish of his...
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