On My Own Folklore

6 PACK, PART OF ON MY OWN FOLKLORE SET II

Mike Fink was the best keelboater on the river, and he was the first to admit it. He knew the river’s tricks. He could ride a waterfall like a bucking bronco, and he even wrestled alligators. What would happen when he made a bet with Davy Crockett? Could he win the race with Powderkeg Pete? Hop on board this rollicking story of an American tall tale hero.

Folktales describe the might of the Yellow Emperor, especially when he battled the half human, half dragon warrior known as Chi You. Reprint.

Relates some of the exploits of Paul Bunyan, a lumberjack said to be taller than the trees whose pet was a blue ox named Babe.

This work contains short stories featuring animal characters, both old and new, by authors such as Roald Dahl, Stephen Corrin, Ted Hughes, Wanda Ga'g and Arnold Lobel. The illustrations are also a mixture of classic and modern, and include paintings by Martin Ursell and Angel Dominguez.

The prosperity of Sima's family comes from their preservation of a procelain bowl given to them by a wizard in return for their kindness, but when one of Sima's friends falls in the bowl and is in danger, Sima must make a decision.

Winner of the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Creative Nonfiction From Chicago to Mexico, the places Sandra Cisneros has lived have provided inspiration for her now-classic works of fiction and poetry. But a house of her own, a place where she could truly take root, has eluded her. In this jigsaw autobiography, made up of essays and images spanning three decades-and including never-before-published work-Cisneros has come home at last. Written with her trademark lyricism, in these signature pieces the acclaimed author of The House on Mango Street and winner of the 2019 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature shares her transformative memories and reveals her artistic and intellectual influences. Poignant, honest, and deeply moving, A House of My Own is an exuberant celebration of a life lived to the fullest, from one of our most beloved writers.

The god Kukulkan decides to give the Mayan people the gift of chocolate, the favorite food of the gods, but when Kukulkan 's brother Night Jaguar tells the other gods what he has done Kukulkan is banned from paradise forever.