Tomie dePaola's Front Porch Tales & North Country Whoppers

by Tomie dePaola

Book Overview

These laugh-out-loud stories from New Hampshire and Vermont are set during the four seasons of the year. The storyteller in his appealing dialect tells little-known tales, among them aMothah Skunka and the night she had to move out with her kits because Sherman Curtis smelled so bad; the escapades of Big Gertie Benson, the lumberjacksa cook and a cousin of the Bunyans in the Midwest; and George Petty, who delivered the mail even during mud season...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399247548
• ISBN13: 9780399247545
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
• Length: 51 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.1" x 11.5"
• Age Range: 4 years and up
• Grade Range: Preschool and higher

Customer Reviews

Tomie de Paola

This book is another in a long line of excellent books for young children. Tomie de Paola is an excellent writer and illustrator. His books appeal to children and help them learn to read on their own using vivid illustrations and simple wording that create a desire for more.

Tomie dePaola's Front Porch Tales and North Country Whoppers

I lived in New Hampshire earlier in my life and Tomie's book is so accurate and the best laugh I've had in a long, long time!