This is about a boy who is the tallest boy to have ever lived. He is so tall that he can clear the plains, tames tornadoes, and creates the Rocky Mountains by throwing boulders. The text was done in a rhyming doctor suess type which was fun to read. I think that this is a fun talltale to read to your class, especially for younger students because of the rhyming.
The illustrations were done with ink and water color.
Genre: TallTale ( )

FROM AMAZON: Five minutes after his birth, Johnny Kaw is over six feet tall and still growing. When he outgrows his crib and even their town, his parents decide to move west where "little" Johnny can have plenty of room to play. After the family crosses the wide Missouri River to Kansas, Johnny sits down to play with his dog. His bottom ends up making the valley where his family will settle. And when Johnny clears stones from a field so his father can plow, he ends up creating the Rocky Mountains in the process. The legendary folk hero shapes the state's landscape by carving out valleys and creating prairies with his bare hands. Why, he even takes on a tornado when it threatens the family farm. Kansas native Devin Scillian spins a rollicking, rhyming yarn based on the tall tale of Johnny Kaw. Comedic, exaggerated artwork from artist Brad Sneed brings this character to BIG life.