BOOK LIST: TIMELESS TALES
Benke, Karen. Rip the Page!: Adventures in Creative Writing. Roost Books, 2010. 978-
1590308127.
Drake, Jane, Ann Love, and Heather Collins. The Kids Campfire Book: Official Book of Campfire Fun. Kids Can Press, 1998. 978-1550744545.
Levine, Gail Carson. Writing Magic: Creating Stories that Fly. HarperCollins, 2014. 978-
0062367174.
Bailey, Debbie and Susan Huszar. My Family.
Annick Press, 1998. 978-1550375107.
Brown, Jeff, Josh Greenhut, and Macky Pamintuan. Escape to California (Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures Book 12). HarperCollins, 2014. 978-0062189905.
Brown, Jeff, Josh Greenhut, and Macky Pamintuan. The US Capital Commotion (Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures Book 9).
HarperCollins, 2011. 978-0061574368.
dePaola, Tomi. Fin M’Coul: The Giant of Knockmany Hill. Holiday House, 1981. 978-
0823403851.
Jensen, Patricia and Jean Pidgeon. Paul Bunyan and His Blue Ox. Troll Communications, 1993. 978-0816731626.
Hayes, Joe. Gum-Chewing Rattler. Cinco Puntos Press, 2006. 978-0938317999.
Holub, Joan. Who Was Johnny Appleseed? Grosset & Dunlap, 2005. 978-0448439686.
Kellogg, Steven. Paul Bunyan (20th ed.) HarperCollins, 2004. 978-0688058005.
Kellogg, Steven. Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crocket. HarperCollins, 1995. 978-
0688140427.
Lang, Suzanne and Max Lang. Families, Families, Families. Random House, 2015. 978-
0553499384.
Lester, Julius. John Henry. Dial Books, 1994. 978-0803716063.
Lopez, Silvia. Just Right Family: An Adoption Story. Albert Whitman, 2018. 978-
0807540824.
McKissack, Patricia. A Million Fish...More or Less. Knopf, 2016. 978-0679806929.
Mora, Pat. Dona Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart. Knopf, 2005. 978-0375823374.
Mora, Pat. Dona Flor (Spanish Edition).
Dragonfly Books, 2005. 978-0440417682.
Nolen, Jerdine. Thunder Rose. Houghton Mifflin,
2007. 978-0152060060.
Osborne, Mary Pope. American Tall Tales.
Knopf, 1991. 978-0679800897.
Parr, Todd. The Family Book. Little, Brown, 2003. 978-0316738965.
Petriéié, Duýan. My Family Tree and Me. Kids Can Press, 2015. 978-1771380492
Powell, Martin and Aaron Blecha. The Tall Tale of Paul Bunyan: The Graphic Novel. Graphic Spin, 2010. 978-1434222688.
Shannon, David. Jangles: A Big Fish Story. Blue Sky Press, 2012. 978-0545143127.
Suzanne, Williams and Steven Kellogg. Library Lil. Puffin, 2001. 978-0140568370.
Tingle, Tim. When Turtle Grew Feathers: A Folktale from the Choctaw Nation. August House, 2013. 978-1939160218.
Wilson, Karma and Will Hillenbrand. Whopper Cake. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2006, 978- 0689838446.
Wright, Catherine and Howard Fine. Steamboat Annie and the Thousand- Pound Catfish. Philomel Books, 2001. 978-
0399233319.
Glass, Cathy. About Writing and How to Publish. Harper Element, 2013. 978-
0007542215.
Potter, Ellen and Anne Mazer. Spilling Ink: A Young Writer’s Handbook. Square Fish, 2010. 978-1596436282.
Beddor, Frank. The Looking Glass Wars. Speak, 2007. 978-0142409411.
Brooks, Kevin. Naked ‘76. Carolrhoda Lab, 2016. 978-1512404180.
Kulpa, Kathryn (editor). Writing Tall: New Fables, Myths, and Tall Tales by American Teen Writers. Merlyn’s Pen, 1996. 978-1886427068.
Ness, Patrick. A Monster Calls. Candlewick Press, 2013. 978-0763660659.
Rawsthorne, Paula. The Truth about Celia Frost. Usborne Books, 2011. 978-
1409531098.
Sedgewick, Marcus. Midwinterblood. Square Fish, 2014. 978-1250040077.
Stroud, Jonathan. The Amulet of Samarkand (The Bartimaeus Trilogy Book 1). Disney- Hyperion, 2004. 978-0786852550.
Bryson, Bill. The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America. William Morrow, 2001. 978-0060920081.
Frazier, Ian. Great Plains. Picador, 2001. 978- 0312278502.
Grant, Richard. American Nomads: Travels with Lost Conquistadors, Mountain Men, Cowboys, Indians, Hoboes, Truckers, and Bullriders.
Groove Press, 2005. 978-0802141804.
Guevara, Ernesto Che. The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey. Ocean Press, 2003. 978-1876175702.
Hart, Cynthia and Lisa Samson. The Oral History Workshop. Workman Publishing, 2009. 978-0761151975.
Heat-Moon, William Least. Blue Highways: A Journey into America. Back Bay Books, 1999. 978-0316353298.
Kerouac, Jack. On the Road: The Original Scroll.
Penguin, 2008. 978-0143105466.
Krakauer, Jon. Into the Wild. Anchor Books, 1997. 978-0385486804.
Kyu, Dave and Ilyssa Kyu (editors). Campfire Stories: Tales from America’s National Parks. Mountaineers Books, 2018. 978-1680511444.
McMurty, Larry. Roads: Driving America’s Great Highways. Simon & Schuster, 2001. 978-
0684868851.
Olive, John. Tell Me a Story in the Dark: A Guide to Creating Magical Bedtime Stories for Young Children. Familius, 2015. 978-1939629586.
Sullivan, Robert. Cross Country. Bloomsbury, 2007. 978-1596911376.
Chang, Jade. The Wangs vs. The World.
Mariner Books, 2017. 978-1328745538.
Franqui, Leah. America for Beginners. William Morrow, 2018. 978-0062668752.
Gaiman, Neil. American Gods. William Morrow, 2013. 978-0062080233.