<DIV>Swamp Angel can lasso a tornado, and drink an entire lake dry. She single-handedly defeats the fearsome bear known as Thundering Tarnation, wrestling him from the top of the Great Smoky Mountains to the bottom of a deep lake. Caldecott Medal-winning artist Paul O. Zelinsky's stunning folk-art paintings are the perfect match for the irony, exaggeration, and sheer good humor of this original tall tale set on the American frontier.<BR><BR> A Caldecott Honor Book<BR> An ALA Notable Book<BR> A Time magazine Best Book of the Year<BR> A New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year<BR> Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award<BR> A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year<BR></div>