The copy I obtained was the 1990 Golden Book updated version. The book contained wonderful illustrations accompanying an entertaining vernacular first person rendition of the tall tales of Paul and his eight-ton blue ox, Babe. The trials and imaginative over-the-top solutions afforded by the bigger-than-life characters--like fashioning an acre-and-a-half-sized griddle for feed several thousand loggers clearing the Dakota Territory for settling--are accompanied by an updated ending where Paul trudges off into the wilderness to plant more trees to replace the ones that he and his cronies removed, thereby giving the classic story an updated, more politically correct tone for more modern environmental sentiments.
Merit: Classic tales which should continue to be told for cultural reasons.
Share: Read-to. Include with mythology and folklore.
Appeal: Tall tales with great entertainment value for young readers who thrill in the excitement of characters who are even bigger than their adult caretakers.
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