Ages 3 - 7.

1995 Caldecott Honor book. In this riotous tale, Isaacs introduces young readers and listeners to a larger-than-life folk hero who could whup Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan and Mike Fink all at the same time -- even though she's a girl! Meet Angelica Longrider -- Tennessee's Swamp Angel -- high-spirited child of the rollicking, free-wheeling frontier. When the settlers are threatened by a fearsome bear named Thundering Tarnation, Swamp Angel volunteers to save them. Using her wits, spunk and strength, Swamp Angel battles Thundering Tarnation from the Great Smoky Mountains to the starry heights of the heavens themselves! Caldecott Award-winning artist Paul O. Zelinsky's glowing oil paintings on wood veneer backgrounds capture the frontier spirit and fast-paced, outrageously funny zest of this riotous tall tale!