| Swamp Angel Contributor(s): Isaacs, Anne (Author), Zelinsky, Paul O. (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0140559086 ISBN-13: 9780140559088 Publisher: Puffin Books OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2000 Annotation: When Angelica Longrider was born, she was scarcely taller than her mother and couldn't climb a tree without help. She was a full two years old before she built her first log cabin. But by the time she is fully grown, Swamp Angel, as she is known, can lasso a tornado and drink an entire lake dry. She single-handedly saves the settlers from the fearsome bear known as Thundering Tarnation, wrestling him from the top of the Great Smoky Mountains to the bottom of a deep lake in this original tall tale set on the American frontier. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories - Juvenile Fiction | Legends, Myths, Fables - General - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Bears |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 960 |
| Physical Information: 0.16" H x 8.97" W x 12.01" (0.44 lbs) 40 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Tennessee - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 12471 Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Swamp Angel can lasso a tornado, and drink an entire lake dry. She single-handedly defeats the fearsome bear known as Thundering Tarnation, wrestling him from the top of the Great Smoky Mountains to the bottom of a deep lake. Caldecott Medal-winning artist Paul O. Zelinsky's stunning folk-art paintings are the perfect match for the irony, exaggeration, and sheer good humor of this original tall tale set on the American frontier. A Caldecott Honor Book An ALA Notable Book A Time magazine Best Book of the Year A New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year |