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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 1996
Gr 2-4 A picture-book retelling of the popular Alabama folktale. Sierra omits the boy's first meeting with the Hairy Man found in other versions and has Wiley ask the man to turn himself into a bear rather than a giraffe. Unlike Virginia Haviland's tale in North American Legends (Philomel, 1979; o.p.) and ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More