by Phyllis Root
pictures by Kevin O’Malley

Farrar, Straus & Giroux Books for Young Readers
Macmillan
www.fsgkidsbooks.com
ISBN  978-0-374-35759-7
$16.95 Hardcover picture book
Available April 2009
Children’s Picture Book / Ages 4-8 / Midwest and American tall tales / Paul Bunyan’s little sister

A funny, feminist twist on a favorite tall tale!

“I LOVE THE ILLUSTRATIONS!  I also appreciate the legend being about a girl.  The book is a fun story for kids but gives a positive role model to female readers (she’s strong, cares about the environment and helps her fellow creature) and teaches the importance of preserving our natural resources.” 
– Angie Grafstrom, Inspiration Hollow, Roseau, MN

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MBA Bookseller Information

For more sales or marketing information about this book, please contact your Macmillan sales rep. If you would like to inquire about publicity and events for author Phyllis Root, please contact Farrar, Straus & Giroux Books for Young Readers:  Jennifer Doerr, Publicity.

MBA Booksellers: earn up to $75 in rebates for promoting this book!  See the marketing information and rebate form below.

Downloads

• Midwest Connections Rebate Form (PDF) – coming soon
• Full color sign/flyer (PDF)  NEW!
• Publisher’s widget for PAULA BUNYAN
• Author photo (JPG)
• Book Photo (JPG)
• Midwest Connections Generic Display Materials – MC logos, print ad templates, signs, shelf-talkers, book marks

About the Book

“Both the text and illustrations abound with exaggerated humor . . . a fun-filled read-aloud.”
- School Library Journal

“Fun.”
- Booklist

Bounding with oversize visual and verbal humor, here is the previously untold story of Paul Bunyan’s “little” sister, who was as tall as a pine tree, as strong as a dozen moose, and could run so fast that she once ran all the way back to yesterday. As she heads to the North Woods in search of freedom and adventure, Paula uses her brains and brawn to surmount every challenge that comes her way, proving to ferocious animals that she’s their friend and becoming protector of a wild wonderland.

Antic-filled artwork by Kevin O’Malley accompanies Phyllis Root’s text, a great read-aloud with a welcome eco-friendly twist at the end.

About the Author

PHYLLIS ROOT has written over twenty books for children, including The Name Quilt, a Best Children’s Book of the Year, Bank Street College. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

More from Phyllis herself:

“I was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on Valentine’s Day 1949 and grew up among green grass, gardens, trees, open fields, and books, books, books.  My father says he remembers me reading in my high chair.  I used to make up stories in bed at night when I couldn’t sleep and my parents had caught me with my book and my flashlight.  Of course, I was the heroine in all those stories.  My cousins loved the ghost stories I would tell them.  By fifth grade I knew I wanted to be a writer, but I did not start writing books until I was thirty, when I took a class that taught me all those tools of writing I had never encountered before, tools like character, setting, plot, tension, and dialogue.  I have been writing for twenty years now and still love messing around with stories.

“In those years I have published twenty-nine books, starting with Moon Tiger in 1985.  In 1997 Aunt Nancy and Old Man Trouble, an original tale about a female trickster, won the Minnesota Picture Book text award.  What Baby Wants was cited as a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year in 1998.  I am currently teaching in the MFA Writing for Children program at Vermont College, Union Institute and University, to help support my writing habit.  I live in Minneapolis with my children, two cats, and numerous butterflies in season amid green grass, trees, lakes, and more books, books, books.  In my spare time I love canoeing, sailing, gardening, and of course reading.”

KEVIN O’MALLEY is the illustrator and co-author of the beloved Miss Malarkey series of picture books. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

Midwest Connections Marketing Plans

• $75 in REBATES from MBA for display photos, ads, features in your newsletters, e-newsletters, and on your store website – print out the REBATE FORM above and follow instructions.
• Contact the publisher to inquire about bookstore events, book club or reading group appearances, and/or phoners with the author.
• Banners for the book on the MBA website.
• Flyer/sign and shelf-talker PDF files provided by the publisher.
• Web banner ads provided by the publisher. Use one or more of these banner ads on your store’s website to enhance your online promotion of this book, and you can earn a rebate from MBA for your ad.
• Reading copies of PAULA BUNYAN available from Farrar, Straus & Giroux Books for Young Readers and MBA – contact the MBA office if you need a book.
• A great choice for kids’ reading groups, particularly for boys. Reader’s guide and author Q&A provided by the publisher.
• Midwest Connections print ad template. You can have your local newspaper add the book photo and copy for you, plus your store’s information. Earn a rebate from MBA for your ad!
• Midwest Connections stickers, shelf-talkers, signs, bookmarks for in-store displays – earn a display rebate, too.