Don't Split the Pole

by Eleanora E. Tate

Nine-and-a-half-year-old Russell James finds that "a hard head makes a soft behind" when he tries to catch a catfish by hand. A giant glob of Gurdy's Greasy Grape Groaners Gum attacks eleven-year-old Shaniqua Godette, who learns the hard way that you should "never leave your pocketbook on the floor. " And when twelve-year-old height-challenged Tucker Willis saves a life with the help of a ghost, he proves that "big things come in small packages. " A celebration of storytelling and folk wisdom, this is a perfect collection for sharing and reading aloud. Notes at the end explain the origins of the proverbs and the background of the stories.

144 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[Michelle · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a collection of folk stories. Most of the stories were melodramatic, but I did like the one titled 'Big Things Come in Small Packages'.