num_pages: 40
description: 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.A Caldecott Honor BookAn ALA Notable BookA Time magazine Best Book of the YearA New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of the YearWinner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book AwardA Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
language: English
title: Swamp Angel
titlecomplete: Swamp Angel
genres: Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Picture Books, Childrens, Folk Tales, Humor, Folklore, Animals, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 2058
places: Tennessee
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Caldecott Medal, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award
category: Grades 3-6
publisher: Puffin Books