Swamp Angel
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...
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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
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140559088 (0140559086)
Publish date: January 1st 2000
Publisher: Puffin
Pages no: 40
Edition language: English
★★★Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs A story about a braze young girl, taking on bears, and building a cabin, a good example of folklore.
One of the greatest picture books of all time!!!
★★★Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs A story about a braze young girl, taking on bears, and building a cabin, a good example of folklore.
I found this to be a decent, if not particularly memorable, tall tale. And it's a bit puzzling because I'm a big fan of Zelinsky's artwork and I'm a southerner and can do a pretty darn good accent and this story still just didn't do a whole lot for me.
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