American Tall Tales by Mary Pope Osborne

But one of the greatest adventures of Mary's writing life is the creative journey she takes with her readers, meeting them in person in schools and bookstores and reading the wonderful stories and letters they send. The perfect addition to every familys home library and just right for sharing aloud, American Tall Tales introduces readers to Americas first folk heroes in nine. American Tall Tales (Hardcover) by Michael McCurdy (Illustrator) (shelved 1 time as homeschool-american-history) avg rating 3. With Jack and Annie, she has traveled through time, from the prehistoric land of dinosaurs to the imaginary world of Camelot. Buy a cheap copy of American Tall Tales book by Mary Pope Osborne.

The books that have taken Mary to the most places are the Magic Tree House series. She has written almost a hundred books, including biographies, mysteries, picture books, novels and retellings of fairy tales and world mythology. Writing children's books was a perfect career for Mary because she could still travel all over the world - but be back home in time for dinner. Her dad was in the army, so every year or two her family would move to a different state, or even a different country! By the time she was fifteen, Mary had lived in thirteen different houses and gone to eight different schools!

(Oct.Mary Pope Osborne was born into adventure. As tantalizing as Osborne's storytelling are McCurdy's ( The Owl-Scatterer ) elaborate, full-color wood engravings, which in their robust stylization dramatically render the grandeur of these engrossing yarns. Mary Pope Osborne is an ardent advocate and supporter of children’s literacy, and the award-winning author of more than 100 books for children and young adults, including novels, retellings of mythology and folklore, picture books, biographies, and mysteries. Also chronicled are heroes hailing from places other than the backwoods, including Stormalong, a giant sailor who as a baby was washed onto a Cape Cod beach by a tidal wave, and Mose, a New York City fireman immortalized in an 1848 Broadway play. Osborne's reputation as a gifted raconteur ( Favorite Greek Myths Beauty and the Beast ) is reaffirmed in this compendium, which retells the legends of familiar figures (Davy Crockett, Paul Bunyan, Johnny Appleseed, Pecos Bill), as well as lesser known personalities, such as Crockett's fictional wife Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind, a composite character shaped by tales of various real-life women. American folk heroes of the 19th century spring to life in these splendidly retold sagas.

American Tall Tales by Mary Pope Osborne