Ravenstone Press 
Stories of Kansas and the Great Plains
Retold by Jerri Garretson, Illustrated by Diane A. Dollar
Now included in Kansas Tall Tales and a New Color Edition.
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| Johnny Kaw - The
Pioneer
Spirit
of Kansas Retold by Jerri Garretson, Illustrated by Diane A. Dollar Now included in Kansas Tall Tales and a New Color Edition. |
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| Who could lop the funnel off
a tornado
with one mighty whack? Who used Paul Bunyan's nose to dig the Mississippi and gave him his big blue ox? Who flattened out Kansas and piled up the Rocky Mountains? Who was the Pioneer Spirit of Kansas? -- Johnny Kaw, that's who! |
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of Johnny Kaw - The Pioneer Spirit of Kansas retold by Jerri Garretson New Color Edition 2011 Purchase at CreateSpace Purchase at Amazon.com |
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Find out how Johnny created the pioneer trails and invented sunflowers and catfish. Learn his method of tornado control. Smile at the rivalry between Johnny's two pets. Just how big were Johnny's prize potatoes and flapjacks? How did Johnny get along with Paul Bunyan, Finn McCool, and Pecos Bill? Where did that 30-foot tall statue come from anyway? These are just a few of the themes of the whopping tale of Johnny Kaw, Kansas tall tale hero. Loads of fun for children and adults. Many curricular tie-ins from geography to weather, history to crops. |
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Johnny Kaw - The Pioneer Spirit of Kansas "Johnny Kaw was a mite big for his age from the get-go, but when his pioneer family lit out West and crossed into Kansas, something in that invigorating prairie air had a powerful effect on the boy. 'Twarn't more than a few miles past Westport when he was towering over that prairie schooner and getting mighty impatient with the slow old oxen. He figured on pulling his family west faster himself, so he unhitched the beasts and turned them loose. He dragged that wagon behind him so fast, and he took so many detours to see the sights, he dug the crooked Kaw River valley a broad scratch out to the west." (Yep, Johnny dug that river, too.) "He was a big man in a big land, a hardworking pioneer, an' don't you forget it" |
Last updated on October 9, 2011