Mose the Fireman
Author: Eric Metaxas
Publisher: ABDO
Published: 2004-09
Total Pages: 44
ISBN-13: 9781591977667
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRelates the tall tale adventures of Mose Humphries, a nineteenth-century fireman in New York City.
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New York's Bravest
Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published: 2012-11-28
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 0307793362
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the 1840s, there was a real vounteer firefighter named Mose Humphreys whose bravery was reknown throughout New York City. Plays about him began being performed on Broadway in 1848 and over the years his strength and heroics took on larger-than-life proportions, much like those of Paul Bunyan. Mary Pope Osborne has honed down the legends about him to a brief, dramatic, sometimes comical, but ultimately moving text of picture book length. Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher’s stunning paintings capture this 8-foot-tall superhero rushing into burning buildings, saving babies and bankers, and wolfing down the feasts bestowed upon him by the grateful citizens of old New York–until the one big hotel fire after which he was never seen again. The author has included a historical note about the origins of this tall tale, and the book is dedicated to the 343 New York City firefighters who gave their lives to save others on September 11, 2001. Mary Pope Osborne included a longer, different version of this legend in her distinguished collection American Tall Tales.
American Tall Tales
Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published: 2013-08-28
Total Pages: 134
ISBN-13: 0307982599
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe perfect addition to every family’s home library and just right for sharing aloud, American Tall Tales introduces readers to America’s first folk heroes in nine wildly exaggerated and downright funny stories. Here are Paul Bunyan, that king-sized lumberjack who could fell “ten white pines with a single swing”; John Henry, with his mighty hammer; Mose, old New York’s biggest, bravest fireman; Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind, who could “outgrin, outsnort, outrun, outlift, outsneeze, outsleep, outlie any varmint”; and other uniquely American characters, together in one superb collection. In the tradition of the original nineteenth-century storytellers, Mary Pope Osborne compiles, edits, and adds her own two cents’ worth—and also supplies fascinating historical headnotes. Michael McCurdy’s robust colored wood engravings recall an earlier time, perfectly capturing all the vitality of the men and women who carved a new country out of the North American wilderness.
Black Fire
Author: Robert Graysmith
Publisher: Crown
Published: 2013-10-29
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 0307720578
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first biography of the little-known real-life Tom Sawyer, told through a harrowing account of Sawyer's involvement in the hunt for a serial arsonist who terrorized mid-nineteenth century San Francisco. When San Francisco Daily Morning Call reporter Mark Twain met Tom Sawyer in 1863, he was seeking a subject for his first novel. He learned that Sawyer was a volunteer firefighter, local hero, and a former “Torch Boy,” racing ahead of hand-drawn fire engines at night carrying torches to light the way. When a mysterious serial arsonist known as “The Lightkeeper” was in the process of burning San Francisco to the ground, Sawyer played a key role in stopping him, helping to contain what is now considered the most disastrous and costly series of fires ever experienced by an American metropolis. By chronicling how Sawyer took it upon himself to investigate, expose, and stop the arsonist, Black Fire details Sawyer’s remarkable life and illustrates why Twain would later feel compelled to name his iconic character after him when writing The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. A vivid portrayal of the gritty, corrupt, and violent world of the Gold Rush-era West, Black Fire is the most vibrant and thorough account of Sawyer’s relationship with Mark Twain, and of the devastating fires that baptized San Francisco.
Finn McCoul
Author: Brian Gleeson
Publisher: ABDO
Published: 2005-01-01
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 9781596792234
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRetells the Irish folktale in which the gaint Finn McCoul and his very clever wife defeat the brutish giant Cuculin.
The 5 O'Clock Band
Author: Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Published: 2020-11-10
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 1430144521
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis companion title to Trombone Shorty—Caldecott Honor, Coretta Scott King Award and Odyssey Honor winner—is a well-tuned, beautiful visual and auditory exploration of a beloved community as Shorty visits the streets of New Orleans to find answers on how to be a leader in his band.
Paul Bunyan
Author: Brian Gleeson
Publisher: ABDO
Published: 2004-09-01
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 9781591977674
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRecounts the exploits of the legendary giant logger and his big blue ox, Babe.
The Monkey People
Author: Eric Metaxas
Publisher: ABDO
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 42
ISBN-13: 9781596792265
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe people in a village in the Amazon rain forest grow so lazy that they eagerly allow a strange man to create monkeys from leaves to do everything for them.
Comedy for Animators
Author: Jonathan Lyons
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2015-11-19
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 1317679555
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhile comedy writers are responsible for creating clever scripts, comedic animators have a much more complicated problem to solve: What makes a physical character funny? Comedy for Animators breaks down the answer by exploring the techniques of those who have used their bodies to make others laugh. Drawing from traditions such as commedia dell’arte, pantomime, Vaudeville, the circus, and silent and modern film, animators will learn not only to create funny characters, but also how to execute gags, create a comic climate, and use environment as a character. Whether you’re creating a comic villain or a bumbling sidekick, this is the one and only guide you need to get your audience laughing! Explanation of comedic archetypes and devices will both inspire and inform your creative choices Exploration of various modes of storytelling allows you to give the right context for your story and characters Tips for creating worlds, scenarios, and casts for your characters to flourish in Companion website includes example videos and further resources to expand your skillset--check it out at www.comedyforanimators.com! Jonathan Lyons delivers simple, fun, illustrated lessons that teach readers to apply the principles of history’s greatest physical comedians to their animated characters. This isn’t stand-up comedy—it’s the falling down and jumping around sort!
I'm Brave!
Author: Kate McMullan
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2014-09-02
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 0062355864
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor fans of Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site and Steam Train, Dream Train comes the perfect noisy addition to this hilarious read-aloud series from the popular creators of I Stink!, and I'm Dirty!—now a streaming animated series! I'm Brave! is the most irresistible addition yet to Kate and Jim McMullan's hilarious read-aloud series: a fire truck. He's a big red engine With a siren, A horn, A tank full of water, And a whole lotta hose! He's a good-lookin' fire truck, And he's brave, too. When the alarm sounds Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeoooooooooo He's gotta drive through Smoke and heat Straight to a blazing fire! Honk! Honk!
