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Nationally acclaimed storyteller J.J. Reneaux grew up Cajun for true, surrounded by the stories, music, food, and culture of rural communities in southeastern Texas and southern Louisiana. A traditional storyteller who collects by word-of-mouth, Reneaux has developed her repertoire over years of collecting - on front porches, school playgrounds, and her beloved fishing trips, as well as at nursing homes, airports, and at neighborhood fais-dodos.

Have you heard of the Star Maiden, Old Sally Cato, or Sweet Betsey from Pike? Everyone knows about Paul Bunyan, Johnny Appleseed, and Davy Crockett, But have you heard of these larger-than-life women? From Bess Call, who wrestles any and all challengers, to Molly Cottontail, who can outwit any critter in the woods, to Hekeke, who slays a giant singlehandedly, here are 15 funny, stormy, and always entertaining tall tales of legendary American women. They're as difference as can be, but still cut from the same cloth.

Una pobre viejecita, una mariposa hermosa, un renacuajo majo... En esta selección de los cuentos y fábulas de Rafael Pombo, podrás escuchar: El niño y la mariposa; Simón el bobito; La marrana peripuesta; El pardillo; Juaco el ballenero; La pobre viejecita; Tía pasitrote; Juan Matachín; Pastorcita; Juan Chunguero; El renacuajo paseador y Mirringa Mirronga.