All picture books on this page were written and illustrated by Peter J. Welling and published by Pelican Publishing Company. They all are based on myth and legend as interpreted by me.  There is a tie in to an American holiday in each book and all have a smattering of words from other lands(indicated in parenthesis).

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Andrew McGroundhog and His Shady Shadow.

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Why are groundhogs afraid of their shadows?  Go back 2000 years to Scotland and find out how it all started.  (Scottish)

Shawn O'Hisser 
the Last Snake in Ireland

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Why are there no snakes in Ireland?
See what St. Patrick was up to before he became a saint.  Learn what secret Shawn O'Hisser knows that he won't share with the leprechauns. (Irish Gaelic)

Michael Le Souffle and 
the April Fool

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How and where did April Fools Day begin?  With a Cock a Doodle Do and some easily tricked Frenchmen.  No joke except for the Cock a Doodle Do part. (French) 

Justin Potemkin and
the 500 Mile Race

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The Indy 500 started in czarist Russia?  Well, kind of.  See how the greatest spectacle in racing started with the race between the Tortoise and the Hare. (Russian)

Joe Van der Katt and
the Great Picket Fence.

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Fat cats vs fed up cats.  Learn how a   cat in New York helped change the way things were done in the worker's world.  (Dutch)

Darlene Halloween and
the Great Chicago Fire

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Mrs. O'Leary's cow got a bum rap.  Find out how the Windy City really burned down and why we celebrate a little mouse every October. (Chicagoan)