Ruby wants to be a teacher, but after her father's death in a logging accident she must quit school to care for her ten brothers and sisters, until a chance meeting with a lonely old blind woman transforms her life.
Hals Halson, who is nearly as tall as the legendary Paul Bunyan, strides into a logging camp determined to prove himself the greatest lumberjack in North America, despite Paul's attempts at friendship.
Illustrations and sparse text reveal a developing friendship between a sasquatch and a lumberjack, from their first meeting through a year of apple picking, skiing, hiking, and swimming.
When animal catchers come to the forest looking for the scary-looking, but very kindly, Hodag to take him to a zoo, a group of lumberjacks must find a way to protect their friend.
Contains some classic American folk tales, from stories of giant lumberjacks to legends of fearless cowboys. The stories are followed by four dramatizations that children can perform on their own or together.