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Bubba the cowboy prince
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Helen Ketteman |
Loosely based on "Cinderella," this story is set in Texas, the fairy godmother is a cow, and the hero, named Bubba, is the stepson of a wicked rancher. |
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Not Yet, Yvette
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Helen Ketteman |
A girl waits impatiently as she and her father prepare a surprise birthday party for her mother. |
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Armadillo tattletale
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Helen Ketteman |
Armadillo's habit of eavesdropping and then misreporting what he hears makes the other animals so angry that they find a way to keep him from overhearing their private conversations. |
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Armadilly chili
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Helen Ketteman |
In this Texas-style adaptation of a traditional folktale, a tarantula, bluebird, and horned toad refuse to help an armadillo prepare a batch of chili but nevertheless expect to eat it when it's ready. |
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Luck with potatoes
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Helen Ketteman |
Hardscrabble Tennessee farmer Clemmon Hardigree's hard-luck changes when he plants seed potatoes in Cow Hollow before his fat mountain cows cause the pasture to collapse. |
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Mama's way
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Helen Ketteman |
Wynona longs for a beautiful new dress to wear to her graduation from sixth grade, even though she knows that her mama cannot afford to buy one for her. |
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Swamp song
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Helen Ketteman |
Down in the swamp where the cypress grows, the animals all come out to enjoy the day. |
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The Christmas blizzard
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Helen Ketteman |
Old Maynard Jenkins tells about the terrible blizzard that occurred one Christmas when he was a boy, when the weather was so cold in Lizzard, Indiana, that Santa Claus moved his workshop there and it… |
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If Beaver had a fever
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Helen Ketteman |
Little Bear learns that if he becomes sick, Mama Bear will nurse him, and a variety of zoo animals, back to health. |
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At the old haunted house
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Helen Ketteman |
Many creatures live at the old haunted house with their children, including one small witch, two little monsters, three kittens, four goblins, five werewolves and more. When the neighborhood children… |
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