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Putnam Juvenile (2007), Hardcover, 64 pages
Description
A collection of folk tales, original stories, and jokes reflecting the regional humor of northern New England.
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LibraryThing member justineaylward
Very funny! Written in the dialect of a New Englander. I liked the story about the mud season. It has a little cartoon of tourists that runs through it between tales.
LibraryThing member BrittaSorensen
(I used this book for the Traditional Literature assignment.)
This is a collection of short stories set in Vermont.
These books use language and dialogue wonderfully. This would be a great book to use with kids to model how to make dialogue that sounds like real speech. It would also be a great book
This is a collection of short stories set in Vermont.
These books use language and dialogue wonderfully. This would be a great book to use with kids to model how to make dialogue that sounds like real speech. It would also be a great book
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to use as examples of tall tales and traditional literature. The stories are fun and inventive. Show Less
LibraryThing member cfranson
Many of these New Hampshire and Vermont stories are hilarious. DePaola narrated the stories in such a voice that sets your imagination going. They are set in the four seasons of the year and at the end of each season there is a comic that deals with the silly things that tourists say while they go
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through the North Country. There are 10 stories total and my favorite is Mothah Skunk Meets Sherman Curtis about a man that smells so bad he chases skunks away. The illustrations are done in typical DePaola fashion, bright and with details that will keep children looking at the pictures long after the book is read. Show Less
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Physical description
64 p.; 11.5 inches
ISBN
0399247548 / 9780399247545
Local notes
Humorous stories from New Hampshire and Vermont, organized by seasons and flavored with a North Country accent. The amiable cast includes 'Mothah Skunk' and the night she had to move out with her kits because Sherman Curtis smelled so bad; the escapades of Big Gertie Benson, the lumberjacks’ cook and a cousin of the Bunyans in the Midwest; and George Petty, who delivered the mail even during mud season by standing on the back of his horse with only his head sticking out. Features dePaola's characteristically folksy pictures.