Frank Carlson Library

Tales and legends retold from the sagas.

A retelling of a folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress. Includes a note on the origins of the story.

The art of storytelling is one of mankind's oldest methods of keeping records. In Ozark Tales and Superstitions, Phillip Steele has collected twenty-six stories in an attempt to preserve the rich lore indigenous to the Ozark region. Here are tales of the supernatural including "Lady of the Valley" and "Monster of Peter Bottom Cave," Indian legends such as "legend of the War Eagle" and "Legend of Virgin's Bluff," treasure tales, outlaw stories, nature...

A collection of tall tales about such American folk heroes as Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind, Pecos Bill, John Henry, and Paul Bunyan.

Recounts the famous tale of the race between the persevering turtle and the boastful rabbit.

"In this modern-day re-telling of Aesop's fable 'The Tortoise and the Hare, ' Henry races against Michael, the fastest runner in school"--

Davy Crockett battles Snag, a fierce gator, from destroying steamers along the Mississippi River.

"In this modern-day re-telling of Aesop's fable 'The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox, ' two sisters argue over who gets the last apple, until their brother comes home and grabs it"--

"This is an old story. It is about a girl named Otilla who runs away. It is also about a house in the woods, and a skull who lives there, and a secret the skull has, and the night that Otilla finds out what that secret is."--