Washoe County Library System

Daredevil Bobby Bramble has often been warned that one day he will crack his head open, and when he finally does, his brain escapes and runs around town as if it has a mind of its own.

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.

A cow sneezes and sets off a series of ridiculous events.

A father relates to his son the tale of his encounter--and friendship--with a gigantic trout whose enormous jaw is covered with so many lures and fish hooks that he jangles when he swims, but who has never been caught.

Relates the extraordinary deeds of the frontiersman who became King of the Keelboatmen on the Mississippi River.

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

After years of trying to convince their eccentric neighbor to do things the way they do, the farmers of Pfeffernut County finally see that Farmer Cap might have some good ideas, after all.

A boy who likes to wear his favorite clothes constantly, no matter what, leaves his smelly, black-and-white sneakers outside his tent during a campout and witnesses their effect on a passing skunk.

A rhyming tale about a gal named Rose who sets out to find adventure in Alaska, where she rides a whale to Nome, digs out the Yukon River, and builds mountains out of the gold nuggets she mines.

Presents tall tales about one of America's favorite heroes, Pecos Bill.