Treasury of North American Folk Tales Author:Catherine Peck This book is a celebration of the voices that make up America. Ranging from Native American love stories to Davy Crockett's account of killing a bear with a knife, from Brer Rabbit's mischief to Johnny Appleseed's good deeds, from hilarious yarns about killer mosquitoes to eerie encounters the devil, A Treasury of North American Folktales overfl... more »ows with the bounty of American tradition. This rich harvest of the continent's folk heritage contains tales from Alaska's Kodiak Island, the Cajun bayous of Louisiana, the Ozark hill country, the Hispanic Southwest, and much more. Here you will find Native American tales of how the world was made, tall tales, brags, and lies; legendary heroes, heroines, and villains like Casey Jones, Annie Oakley and Stackalee; mythical characters like Paul Bunyan, John Henry and Pecos Bill; tricks and tricksters like the Arkansas Traveler and the Yankee Peddler; fools like Jean Scotte and Foolish John; romantic tales like "The Girl the Married a Flop-Eared Hound" and the touching Algonquin version of Cinderella; and scary stories of ghosts and witches, like "The Ghost of Jean Lafitte" and the Latino legends of La Llorona, the Weeping Woman. Compiled by a Native American Carolinian folklorist, introduced by the renowned African American novelist Charles Johnson and enhanced with evocative color illustrations, this strikingly designed collection is a book to keep, to browse through and to read aloud to every generation.« less