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Author: Margaret Parker Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1499054289 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 36
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At the time I wrote this story in 1987, the Houston Astrodome was a fully functioning, vibrant sports arena. It was the first domed stadium and sometimes dubbed the “eighth wonder of the world”. It was the home of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and also the Houston Astros baseball team and the Houston Oilers football team (as they were then called). When I chose the Astrodome as Nick’s home in the story, I remember thinking that it was a ludicrous idea that the Dome could ever be empty and available. I even thought that was more unbelievable than a person who could be as tall as his age! But at this time in 2014, the Astrodome stands empty and is the subject of many local arguments and speculation over what its fate should be-demolition or repurposed facility. Who knows what will happen?
Author: Margaret Parker Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1499054289 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 36
Book Description
At the time I wrote this story in 1987, the Houston Astrodome was a fully functioning, vibrant sports arena. It was the first domed stadium and sometimes dubbed the “eighth wonder of the world”. It was the home of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and also the Houston Astros baseball team and the Houston Oilers football team (as they were then called). When I chose the Astrodome as Nick’s home in the story, I remember thinking that it was a ludicrous idea that the Dome could ever be empty and available. I even thought that was more unbelievable than a person who could be as tall as his age! But at this time in 2014, the Astrodome stands empty and is the subject of many local arguments and speculation over what its fate should be-demolition or repurposed facility. Who knows what will happen?
Author: Tom McDermott Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company, Inc. ISBN: 9781455617364 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 36
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A trapper gets his comeuppance in this Southern tall tale! Otis Steele was a hungry old trapper near Uncertain, Texas. One night he cut the tail off a strange creature as it ran away from him, and he fried it up and ate it with gusto. Otis filled his belly and went to bed, but as he lay alone in his cabin, he heard the wind begin to howl. Young readers will chill to the thrills of this rhyming story when the creature returns, looking for his "taileebone."
Author: Susan Kralovansky Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company ISBN: 9781455617173 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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In this variation on the traditional cumulative rhyme, a toad, a snake, and a mockingbird are part of the feast for a rather unusual Texan.
Author: John T. Saunders Jr. Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 0761866310 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 137
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San Antonio Man Tells Tall Tale is a memoir of a south Texas boy coming of age in the second half of the twentieth century. Each tale more thrilling than the last, the book chronicles a lifetime of hunting, fishing, and traveling throughout Texas, the Gulf Coast, the Rocky Mountains, and South America. These powerful and often humorous stories of chasing white tail deer, avoiding snakes, fishing for blue marlin, and even courting his wife are based on the author’s experiences in the great outdoors with close friends and family. Colorful illustrations by San Antonio artists Clay McGaughy and Pat Safir bring the stories to life. In the end, the reader will find that these are not tall tales at all, but the real life experiences of a lucky kid growing up in South Texas. Filled with humorous twists and turns, this book makes for a fun read for anyone.
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.
Author: James Cloyd Bowman Publisher: New York Review of Books ISBN: 1590172248 Category : Folklore Languages : en Pages : 273
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Relates some of the legends of Pecos Bill, from the moment he bounced out of his family's covered wagon to the day his long-lost brother appears and explains that Bill is not like the coyotes that have raised him.
Author: C. F. Eckhardt Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications ISBN: 1461625416 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 225
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Cold facts and impersonal statistics may be the bacon of Texas history, but the tall tales and interesting side stories are the sizzle. In this book, C.F. Charlie Eckhardt presents some of the Texas history sizzle that is often ignored when pure historians write about the Lone Star State. He adds to the flavor of Texas history with tales about such things as the first Texas revolution, the first English speaking person in Texas, and the little known counterrevolution of 1838-1840. Charlie examines the expulsion of the Cherokees from Texas and provides details of some of the more famous Indian fights. Charlie also shows his romantic side with the legend of the famous Yellow Rose of Texas.
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.
Author: Margaret Parker
Author: Margaret Parker
Author: Tom McDermott
Author: Susan Kralovansky
Author: John T. Saunders Jr.
Author: Steven Kellogg
Author: James Cloyd Bowman
Author: C. F. Eckhardt
Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Author: Walter Blair
Author: Jerry Hall