The Children's Library Tall Tales series

One of the benefits of this summer reading challenge is that it encourages me to check out books that I would never have stumbled upon before.  And that certainly was the case wtih this cute little series of tall tales by The Child's World.  I was just getting settled into my routine following Kilbronson's departure when Ahmed burst into the library and dumped this stack onto my desk.  I didn't realize it at the time, but he had brought me a series of little treasures.

Each book features a different "larger than life" figure from the tall tales, some who were real (although exaggerated) and some who were not.  As far as I can tell, the series contains eight volumes:

• Alfred Bulltop Stormalong
• Calamity Jane
• Casey Jones
• John Henry
• Johnny Appleseed
• Molly Pitcher
• Paul Bunyan
• Pecos Bill

And I read them all in one or two afternoons.  I had heard of all these characters before (with the exception of Molly Pitcher who was completely new to me).  I had also heard of Casey Jones and Calamity Jane, but I couldn't tell you a thing about them (until I read their books, that is!)  All in all, the series was delightful, and I think they are a great introduction for children.