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american folklore

Books about american folklore for readers of all ages.

Paul Bunyan vs. Hals Halson

Teresa Bateman

Ages 6–11competitiondetermination

Johnny Appleseed (Brighter Child: Keepsake Stories (Sagebrush))

Ages 4–8kindnessnature

The Bunyans

Audrey Wood, David Shannon

Ages 4–9familytall tales

Dust devil

Anne Isaacs

Ages 6–10tall talesfrontier adventure

My Favorite Horror Story

Mike Baker, Martin H. Greenberg, Mike Baker, Robert Bloch, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce

Ages 12–18suspensemystery

Baum's American Fairy Tales

L. Frank Baum

Ages 7–12magicadventure

Tall Tales (The Imagination Series, Tall Tales)

Ages 7–10imaginationamerican folklore

Folks Call Me Appleseed John (Picture Yearling Book)

Andrew Glass

Ages 5–10american folklorenature and environment

Ain't nothing but a man

Scott Reynolds Nelson, Marc Aronson

Ages 8–14legend and historyperseverance

Rip Van Winkle and Other Stories

Washington Irving

Ages 8–14imaginationtime

Baum's American Fairy Tales

L. Frank Baum

Ages 6–12imaginationmagic

Great American Ghost Stories

Bill Bowers, Peattie, Elia Wilkinson, Ambrose Bierce, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edith Wharton, Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe

Ages 12–18mysterysupernatural

The Hatfields and the McCoys

Kirra Fedyszyn

Ages 8–14family conflicthistory