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Title: Swamp Angel (Caldecott Honor Book) by Anne Isaacs, Paul O. Zelinsky ISBN: 0-525-45271-0 Publisher: Dutton Books Pub. Date: September, 1994 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Tall, tall story! Great fun!
Comment: Excellent book for a young reader. Very much in the tradition of Paul-Bunyan-style tall tales. The hero this time is a heroine, nicknamed Swamp Angel, with the strength to rid early-days Tennessee of a giant bear called Thundering Tarnation. Like the best tall tales, this one is full of wonderfully humorous exaggerations, all wonderfully illustrated on every page. Delightful and entertaining book for both boys and girls.
Rating: 5
Summary: A modern day tall tale
Comment: Angelica Longrider is known to the settlers of Tennessee as "Swamp Angel". She is a giant girl-turned-woman who helps settlers in need. A giant bear is eating all of the settlers' food and they cannot stop him. Swamp Angel grabs the bear and throws him into the sky, where his imprint can still be seen today as a constellation. He does not come back down, so Swamp Angel grabs a tornado and lassos the bear from the sky. The bear and Swamp Angel wrestle for many days and many nights. They even wrestle in their sleep. Swamp Angel snores so loudly that a tree falls down, killing the bear. The people rejoiced and ate many foods made from bear, including bear cake. Swamp Angel took the bear hide to Montana and lay it down like a rug. We now call that area Shortgrass Prairie. This story reminds me of a modern day Paul Bunyan. It is nice to have a tall tale with a female hero. The illustrations are unique and they add a lot to the story, showing things that Swamp Angel did that were not in the text. I recommend this book to all readers.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful tale, beautiful illustrations.
Comment: "Swamp Angel" by Anne Isaacs is adorable. It is written in the tradition of Paul Bunyan and Babe, the Blue Ox, only featuring Swamp Angel and Thundering Tarnation, the Bear, who are not exactly best friends, as she feeds him to every citizen in Tennessee. However, it is appropriate for grade-school children, and the illustrations are wonderful.
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Title: Rumpelstiltskin by Paul O. Zelinsky, Jacob W. Grimm ISBN: 0525442650 Publisher: Dutton Books Pub. Date: October, 1986 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Rapunzel (Caldecott Medal Book) by Paul O. Zelinsky, Jacob W. Grimm ISBN: 0525456074 Publisher: Dutton Books Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
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Title: Hansel and Gretel by Rika Lesser, Paul O. Zelinsky ISBN: 0525461523 Publisher: Dutton Books Pub. Date: February, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
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Title: John Henry (Picture Puffins) by Julius Lester, Jerry Pinkney, Dena Wallenstein Neusner ISBN: 0140566228 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: December, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China (Caldecott Medal Book) by Ed Young ISBN: 0399216197 Publisher: Philomel Books Pub. Date: November, 1989 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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