cover image Cut from the Same Cloth: American Women of Myth, Legend, and Tall Tale

Cut from the Same Cloth: American Women of Myth, Legend, and Tall Tale

Robert D. San Souci. Putnam Publishing Group, $6.99 (160pp) ISBN 978-0-698-11811-9

""Stories culled from the melting pot of American culture (Hawaiian, Eskimo and Native American, among others) unite a league of female folk heroes as courageous, irascible and noble as any of their more famous male counterparts,"" said PW. ""Scratchboard illustrations accentuate the tales' preposterous humor."" Ages 8-12. (Feb.)