Saturday, March 14, 2009

Traditional 5 - Swamp Angel


Title:  Swamp Angel
Author: Anne Isaacs
Illustrator: Paul O. Zellinsky
Publisher: Dutton Children's Books
Date: 1994
Age Range: All

Summary: 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.

Strengths:
This is a very nice and original traditional folktale. It's an excellent example of a tall tale (both in the exaggeration and in the height of Swamp Angel) The illustrations are beautiful and really help the story be told.

Concerns:
Nothing really.

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