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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

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There stands a bridge: Bil's version of Paul's favorite story, featuring the Monster Stick, a thousand dollars, a flat tire, and a mighty long bridge. The seventh second: A CS&X coal car, a unique Swiss Army knife and some classic West Virginian ingenuity. Jonah: the real story: Running away from God? Jump a train! Buck ain't no ordinary dog: Bil tells how he tried to cure his hunting dog, Buck, of his gunshyness. The Monster Stick's last ride:...

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

A compilation of four animated short films profiling legendary figures in American history. John Henry goes up against a machine with his hammer to help build America's railroads; Casey Jones, the brave engineer delivers the U.S. mail in record-breaking time; Johnny Appleseed plants apple trees across America to benefit the early pioneers; Paul Bunyan, the giant lumberjack, clears the land for American setters.

Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.

Recounts the exploits of the legendary giant logger and his big, blue ox, Babe.

A cow sneezes and sets off a series of ridiculous events.

Smiley entertains the Bone Scouts by telling them stories about the suspect adventures of the mighty explorer Big Johnson Bone before his discovery of the Rolling Bone River and establishment of a famous trading post.