American tall tales by Osborne, Mary Pope 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2008)

BTSB #: P00451 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-8   


Genres: Folk Tales, Fables, Mythology

Subjects: Tall tales Folklore - United States

Summary: A collection of tall tales about such American folk heroes as Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind, Pecos Bill, John Henry, and Paul Bunyan.

Grandpa's hal-la-loo-ya hambone! by Hayes, Joe 

BTSB Prebound(Cinco Puntos Press, 2016)

BTSB #: 429263 Available

Dewey: EAges: 3-7   
AR: 4.3 LG RC: 4.2 3-5 Lexile: 790 AD F&P: P

Genres: Humorous Fiction Family Life

Subjects: Grandfathers - Fiction Farm life - Fiction Tall tales Humorous fiction Southwestern States - Fiction

Summary: When Grandpa's false teeth fall down a well, a recycled hambone which has flavored the bean dinners of many families in his poor farm community, is used to retrieve his dentures.

Legend of gravity : a tall basketball tale by Palmer, Charly 

BTSB Prebound(Farrar Straus Giroux, 2022)

BTSB #: 697555 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 4.6 LG Lexile: 800 AD

Genres: Sports

Subjects: Basketball - Tournaments - Fiction Tall tales Athletic ability - Fiction African Americans - Fiction

Summary: Gravity is the new kid on the Hillside Projects basketball team, the Eagles. With Gravity on their side, the Eagles feel unstoppable. But when they face-off against the Flyers in the final round of Milwaukee's pick-up basketball tournament, they realize that it may take a little more than Gravity to bring them to victory.

Legend of gravity : a tall basketball tale (with TX Bluebonnet Logo) by Palmer, Charly 

BTSB Prebound(Farrar Straus Giroux, 2022)

BTSB #: 697552 Temp OS

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 800 AD

Genres: Sports

Subjects: Basketball - Tournaments - Fiction Tall tales Athletic ability - Fiction African Americans - Fiction

Summary: Gravity is the new kid on the Hillside Projects basketball team, the Eagles. With Gravity on their side, the Eagles feel unstoppable. But when they face-off against the Flyers in the final round of Milwaukee's pick-up basketball tournament, they realize that it may take a little more than Gravity to bring them to victory.

Meaniehead by Kaplan, Bruce Eric 

BTSB Prebound(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2014)

BTSB #: 507132 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 3.5 LG Lexile: 570 AD

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Siblings - Fiction Human behavior - Fiction Tall tales

Summary: Henry and Eve are going through a phase of fighting with each other all the time, and their battle quickly escalates from arguing over a toy to leaving a path of destruction across the United States and beyond.

Million fish- more or less by McKissack, Pat 

BTSB Prebound(Knopf, 2016)

BTSB #: 577776 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 4 LG Lexile: 690 F&P: P

Genres: Folk Tales, Fables, Mythology

Subjects: Fishing - Fiction Tall tales African Americans - Fiction

Summary: Hugh Thomas is left alone on the Louisiana bayou with only his fishing pole for company. He returns home with just enough fish for breakfast and a fantastic story.

More tall tales [Bone]by Smith, Jeff 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic, 2023)

BTSB #: 827148 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 9-12   
AR: 2.5 MG Lexile: 370 GN

Genres:

Subjects: Cousins - Fiction Tall tales Campfires - Fiction Graphic novels

Summary: Smiley Bone, Fone Bone, and their Rat Creature pal, Bartleby, take a group of young scouts to a legendary landmark that the Bone cousins found when they were kids. They share stories around a campfire, spinning tales of trips to the moon, the delights of quiche, an imagined monster come to life, and an encounter with the two stupid Rat Creatures gone hilariously wrong! A BONE Companion. In graphic novel format.

More tall tales [Bone]by Smith, Jeff 

Paperback(Scholastic, 2023)

BTSB #: 827151 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 9-12   
AR: 2.5 MG Lexile: 370 GN

Genres:

Subjects: Cousins - Fiction Tall tales Campfires - Fiction Graphic novels

Summary: Smiley Bone, Fone Bone, and their Rat Creature pal, Bartleby, take a group of young scouts to a legendary landmark that the Bone cousins found when they were kids. They share stories around a campfire, spinning tales of trips to the moon, the delights of quiche, an imagined monster come to life, and an encounter with the two stupid Rat Creatures gone hilariously wrong! A BONE Companion. In graphic novel format.

Paul Bunyan : the invention of an American legend by Van Sciver, Noah 

BTSB Prebound(Toon Books, 2023)

BTSB #: 904322 Available

Dewey: 398.21/NAges: 7-11   
Lexile: 750 GN F&P: T

Genres:

Subjects: Bunyan, Paul - (Legendary character) Logging - United States - History Tall tales

Summary: In a humorous graphic novel set in Minnesota around 1914, we see W. B. Laughead, an advertising manager for a lumber company, spin the Paul Bunyan tall tales. Highlights the impact of clear-cutting old-growth forests. With contributions by Native authors.