When tumbleweeds invade Granny's house, the family pitches in to try and get rid of them but whether they are packed in a trunk and dropped in the Rio Grande or put on a train to the coast, the prickly plants keep coming back.

Recounts the life of the extraordinary lumberjack whose unusual size and strength brought him many fantastic adventures.

A tall tale of a boy whose chewing gum habit saves him from a rattlesnake's bite.

Tall tales of the mighty logger, including his birth and his adventures in a logging camp, in the South Dakota forests, and among the California redwoods.

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

Grandad bakes Grandma a whopper of a birthday cake. Includes recipe and directions for chocolate cake.

The efforts of Cowpoke Pete and his pony, Desert Rose, to tame Widdermaker, the meanest, low-downest bull the West has ever seen, have unexpected and very pleasant results.

Presents the story of the baby Pecos Bill being raised by coyotes and his eventual marriage to Slue-Foot Sue, another legend from the American Southwest.

Unusual from the day she is born, Thunder Rose performs all sorts of amazing feats, including building fences, taming a stampeding herd of steers, capturing a gang of rustlers, and turning aside a tornado.

A boy learns that the truth is often stretched on the Bayou Clapateaux, and gets the chance to tell his own version of a bayou tale when he goes fishing.