Swamp Angel

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.

This book was named:

• A Caldecott Honor Book
• An ALA Notable Book
• A Time magazine Best Book of the Year
• A New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year
• Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award
• A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year