Johnny Kaw: The Pioneer Spirit of Kansas

Who could lop the funnel off a tornado with one mighty whack? Who used Paul Bunyan's nose to dig the Mississippi and gave him his big blue ox? Who flattened out Kansas and piled up the Rocky Mountains? Who was the Pioneer Spirit of Kansas? -- Johnny Kaw, that's who! This rollicking tall tale features a thirty-foot-tall giant who shapes the land and trails of Kansas.

Author: Diane a. Dollar,Jerri Garretson
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 09/21/2011
Pages: 34
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.09d
ISBN: 9781466350380

About the Author
Jerri began writing children's books while she was a children's librarian in Manhattan, Kansas with her first Kansas tall tale, "Johnny Kaw - The Pioneer Spirit of Kansas." In addition to tall tales, she especially likes writing ghost stories and her YA ghost story and mystery, "The Secret of Whispering Springs" has been popular with readers from nine to ninety. Jerri grew up in Manhattan, Kansas, earned a B.A. degree in English and psychology from the University of Kansas and an M.Ed. in educational technology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She married Peter W. Garretson, who became a military attorney and together they lived in several countries and states during his twenty-four-year army career.

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