Books from August House Pub Incorporated

  • Surf War!: A Folktale from the Marshall Islands
    Surf War!: A Folktale from the Marshall Islands
    By Margaret Read MacDonald

    In a timely yet timeless nature tale from Micronesia, a bragging contest between Whale and Sandpiper turns into a battle over the beach and sea, until both realize that the beach and the sea, as well as sea creatures and shorebirds, are ...

  • The Chicken That Won a Dogfight: The Humor and Hope of an Arkansas Boyhood
    The Chicken That Won a Dogfight: The Humor and Hope of an Arkansas Boyhood
    By Ben Burton

    So it was back to Mother's choir , the piano , the key of C , and our standard fare : “ When the Saints Go Marching In ” " Blessed Assurance ” “ The Star Spangled Banner , ” with gaps All the songs of Stephen Foster ( Occasionally ...

  • Teaching with Story: Classroom Connections to Storytelling
    Teaching with Story: Classroom Connections to Storytelling
    By Margaret Read MacDonald, Jennifer MacDonald Whitman, Nathaniel Forrest Whitman

    This invaluable resource book includes everything teachers and librarians need to know for using storytelling in their classrooms with ready to tell tales correlated to the Common Core Standards.

  • Pickin' Peas
    Pickin' Peas
    By Margaret Read MacDonald

    Because a pesky rabbit picks peas from her garden, a little girl catches it and puts it in a box, but that doesn't solve the problem.

  • The Old Woman who Lived in a Vinegar Bottle: A British Fairy Tale
    The Old Woman who Lived in a Vinegar Bottle: A British Fairy Tale
    By Margaret Read MacDonald

    In this British variant of a traditional tale, an ungrateful woman who complains constantly about her house is granted increasingly grandiose wishes by a fairy.

  • Going Down for Gum Wrappers
    Going Down for Gum Wrappers
    By Bob Lancaster

    “ I sat there during the sermon thinking about what a fine singer Grover was . A natural - born talent ! Voice was deep as a bullfrog's but pure as a mockingbird's . And he could carry a tune ! His solos were the highlight of the ...

  • How & why Stories: World Tales Kids Can Read & Tell
    How & why Stories: World Tales Kids Can Read & Tell
    By Mitch Weiss, Martha Hamilton

    Why is the sea salty? How did tigers get their stripes? In this collection of delightful tales from around the world and through the ages, each story explains why an animal, plant, or natural object looks or acts the way it does.

  • Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts: The Subversive Folklore of Childhood
    Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts: The Subversive Folklore of Childhood
    By Josepha Sherman, T. K. F. Weisskopf

    Gathers children's rhymes and parodies which deal with sex, pregnancy, illness, death, bodily functions, and television

  • The Chicken that Won a Dogfight
    By Ben Burton

    Burton came to Hot Springs H.S. to coach football when former Pres. Bill Clinton was a senior there. Burton's roots are in SW Arkansas, only 40 miles from Clinton's at...

  • Italian-American Folklore
    By William M. Clements, Frances M. Malpezzi

    Introduces readers to Italian American folktales

  • The Contest Between the Sun and the Wind: An Aesop's Fable
    The Contest Between the Sun and the Wind: An Aesop's Fable

    The sun and the wind test their strength by seeing which of them can cause a man to remove his coat, demonstrating the value of using gentle persuasion rather than force as a means of achieving a goal.

  • A Natural Man: The True Story of John Henry
    A Natural Man: The True Story of John Henry

    The story provides a powerful metaphor for the disruption and loss of innocence created by the industrial age.

  • Finding Treasure: A Field Guide
    Finding Treasure: A Field Guide
    By W. C. Jameson

    W.C. Jameson shows you where to look and how to find valuable artifacts, precious metals, lost jewels, and hidden caches in a neighborhood park, your attic, at the beach or in open country.

  • The Baker's Dozen: A Colonial American Tale
    The Baker's Dozen: A Colonial American Tale
    By Heather Forest

    A greedy baker who offends a mysterious old woman suffers misfortune in his business, until he discovers what happens when generosity replaces greed.

  • The Moral of the Story: Folktales for Character Development
    The Moral of the Story: Folktales for Character Development
    By Bobby Norfolk, Sherry Norfolk

    Discusses the use of storytelling and folktales in character education and offers twelve stories with suggested activities and lesson plans as well as sources of additional folktales.

  • The Red Scarf: A Country Boy's Christmas Story
    The Red Scarf: A Country Boy's Christmas Story
    By Richard Mason

    Set in Arkansas in 1944, a twelve-year-old boy's simple plan to buy a scarf for the prettiest girl in school turns into a challenging mission, in an adventurous tale filled with skunks, robbers, and a one-armed constable skilled in wielding ...

  • Arkansas, Its Land and People
    By Matt Bradley

    Arkansas, Its Land and People

  • More Great Southern Mysteries
    By E. Randall Floyd

    Presents bizarre and unexplained happenings from the Southern United States, including ghosts, sea monsters, lost planes and empty ships, and a mystical circle of stones.

  • Hometown Humor, U.S.A.: Over 300 Jokes and Stories from Porch Swings, Barber Shops, Corner Cafés, and Beauty Parlors of America
    By Billy Edd Wheeler, Loyal Jones

    Hundreds of favorite jokes told by famous and common alike. Includes chapters on marriage, aging, work, education, politics, and sports. Filling the pages are one-liners, anecdotes, and longer stories.

  • Ghost Lights, and Other Encounters with the Unknown
    By E. Randall Floyd

    "James O'Barry's banshees, Mark Twain's dream, the Mad Hermits of Harlem, mysterious airships, and a demon ax murderer are among the subjects covered in E. Randall Floyd's new collection of baffling and bizarre stories.