Alamosa Public Library

When tumbleweeds invade Granny's house, the family pitches in to try and get rid of them but whether they are packed in a trunk and dropped in the Rio Grande or put on a train to the coast, the prickly plants keep coming back.

Relates the extraordinary deeds of the frontiersman who became King of the Keelboatmen on the Mississippi River.

After being separated from her parents by a hurricane on the bayou, a young girl is raised by an alligator and later must discover who she really is.

A collection of tall tales about such American folk heroes as Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind, Pecos Bill, John Henry, and Paul Bunyan.

Momma Mary tells stories about a special young man who does wondrous things, especially for the slaves on the Plenty Plantation.

In his prime, Edward Bloom was an extraordinary man. He could outrun anybody. He never missed a day of school. He saved lives and tamed giants. Animals loved him, people loved him, women loved him. He knew more jokes than any man alive. At least that's what he told his son, William. But now Edward Bloom is dying, and William wants desperately to know the truth about his elusive father--this indefatigable teller of tall tales--before it's too late....

A tall tale of a boy whose chewing gum habit saves him from a rattlesnake's bite.

Along with other amazing feats, Angelica Longrider, also known as Swamp Angel, wrestles a huge bear, known as Thundering Tarnation, to save the winter supplies of the settlers in Tennessee.

As his father Edward lies on his deathbed, William Bloom attempts to get to know him beyond the tall tales he tells about his life, and learns to understand and accept him along the way.

Recounts some of the astounding adventures of the legendary New England sea captain who could tie an octopus in knots.