Describes some of the adventures of the legendary Captain Stormalong, who weighed some four tons at the age of twelve and was known for riding a whale.

This book is a rhyming story about a girl named Prickly Rose, who follows her ten-foot tall sister Sitka north, riding orcas, and reshaping Alaska's coasts and mountains.

This book contains five scary urban legends, current stories that are told as if they were true.

Relates some of the legends of Paul Bunyan, a lumberjack said to be taller than the trees, who had a pet ox named Babe that he once hitched to a road that took too long to travel and had her pull it straight.

Recounts the legendary exploits of five popular American folklore heroes: railroad engineer Casey Jones, whaler Stormalong Alfred Bulltop, steel driver John Henry, river man Steamboat Bill, and steel man Joe Magarac.

Puffer loves to tell tall tales and has been known to cry "shark" to get himself out of a bind. But what happens when there really is a shark lurking near the coral reef?

Sally Ann, wife of Davy Crockett, fears nothing--and proves it when braggart Mike Fink tries to scare her.

Karen and Andrew are going to be in the St. Patrick's Day parade. The parade director tells Karen that he is a leprechaun -- and she's notsure if she should believe him. But Karen loves his tales about rainbows and pots of gold. Could the leprechaun stories be big trouble for Karen?

Retells in verse the tale of the extraordinary cowboy who was raised by coyotes, married Sluefoot Sue, and rode the wild rapscallion mustang stallion named Widowmaker.

"Spooky retellings of well-known urban legends"--Provided by publisher.