All my love,
Grandpa
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About the Author
S. E. Schlosser has been telling stories since she was a child, when games of “let’s pretend” quickly built themselves into full-length tales acted out with friends. A graduate of Houghton College, the Institute of Children’s Literature, and Rutgers University, she created and maintains the award-winning Web site Americanfolklore.net, where she shares a wealth of stories from all fifty states, some dating back to the origins of America. Sandy spends much of her time answering questions from visitors to the site. Many of her favorite e-mails come from other folklorists who delight in practicing the
old tradition of who can tell the tallest tale.
About the Illustrator
Artist Paul Hoffman trained in painting and printmaking, with his first extensive illustration work on assignment in Egypt, drawing ancient wall reliefs for the University of Chicago. His work graces books of many genres—children’s titles, textbooks, short story collections, natural history volumes, and numerous cookbooks. For Spooky Texas, he employed a scratchboard technique and an active imagination.
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