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The Bunyans – Audrey Wood

We all know how fun it is to read a tall tale. I can think of no tale taller than that of Paul Bunyan, the huge lumberjack who, along with his blue ox, Babe, cleared the land for the new settlers. But did you know that Paul got married and had a family? I certainly didn’t until I read this picture book. It seems that one day, while Paul was out clearing a road in the forest of Kentucky, he noticed that the ground was shaking, and he saw a hole in the side of a mountain. He did some … Continue reading →

Urban Legends – How Do You Know What’s True?

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Did you hear the one about the driver that was not going to avoid a large paper bag in the middle of the street? At the last moment, he swerved around it and when he looked in his rear view mirror, there was a baby crawling out of it! Okay, that is not true, but we still love to spread tales like that, known as urban legends. What exactly is an urban legend? It is a tale that may have at one time been based on fact, but as it was told and told and told again, the details were … Continue reading →