Do you know what a tall tale is? Well, if you don’t you’d better read this book. Some of these tales are even taller than Joe Hayes! Like, did you ever hear of a dog that knows how to play checkers? (He’s really not that smart: he loses more times than he wins.)

Stories include:

My Pet Rattlesnake

A Bucketful of Dust

Flying Fish

Ice Eggs

My Pet Catfish

Some Great Bait

The Checker Playing Hound Dog

The Frog Leg Harvest

A Tall Christmas Tale

A Stack of Fog

The Water Silo

Hard Boiled Eggs

Trick Lightning

High Wind

My Alarm Clock

The Lodgepole Toothpick

The Split Dog

The Gum Chewing Rattler

Fur-Bearing Fish

The Inside Out Coyote.

Listen to The Checker Playing Hound Dog on audiocassette!

Or read more about that bubble-toting rattler in the beautifully illustrated hardback version of The Gum-Chewing Rattler!