Paul's Bunion
A laugh-out-loud retelling of Paul Bunyan's tall tales from a distinctly Native American perspective — from the author of the Jojo Makoons series, Dawn Quigley, and fine artist Chief Ladybird.

Go ahead, think of a tall tale. Remember Paul Bunyan, that giant fella who roamed over the “empty” lands, felling trees, and digging the Grand Canyon? Well, the problem is some of these details are pretty galling to the millions of folks living on those empty lands! So here comes Dawn Quigley, who once made a New Yorker laugh so hard that the George Washington bridge fell into the Hudson. And let me introduce you to Chief Lady Bird, an artist who painted a picture with colors so beautiful that the sky borrowed them for that thing we call sunrise. Well, maybe not, but their ancestors were here long before so called settlers and their storytelling kin. And they’ve got some dang funny tales of their own to set the record straight, and make you laugh while they’re at it!
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Paul's Bunion
A laugh-out-loud retelling of Paul Bunyan's tall tales from a distinctly Native American perspective — from the author of the Jojo Makoons series, Dawn Quigley, and fine artist Chief Ladybird.

Go ahead, think of a tall tale. Remember Paul Bunyan, that giant fella who roamed over the “empty” lands, felling trees, and digging the Grand Canyon? Well, the problem is some of these details are pretty galling to the millions of folks living on those empty lands! So here comes Dawn Quigley, who once made a New Yorker laugh so hard that the George Washington bridge fell into the Hudson. And let me introduce you to Chief Lady Bird, an artist who painted a picture with colors so beautiful that the sky borrowed them for that thing we call sunrise. Well, maybe not, but their ancestors were here long before so called settlers and their storytelling kin. And they’ve got some dang funny tales of their own to set the record straight, and make you laugh while they’re at it!
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Paul's Bunion

Paul's Bunion

Paul's Bunion

Paul's Bunion

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A laugh-out-loud retelling of Paul Bunyan's tall tales from a distinctly Native American perspective — from the author of the Jojo Makoons series, Dawn Quigley, and fine artist Chief Ladybird.

Go ahead, think of a tall tale. Remember Paul Bunyan, that giant fella who roamed over the “empty” lands, felling trees, and digging the Grand Canyon? Well, the problem is some of these details are pretty galling to the millions of folks living on those empty lands! So here comes Dawn Quigley, who once made a New Yorker laugh so hard that the George Washington bridge fell into the Hudson. And let me introduce you to Chief Lady Bird, an artist who painted a picture with colors so beautiful that the sky borrowed them for that thing we call sunrise. Well, maybe not, but their ancestors were here long before so called settlers and their storytelling kin. And they’ve got some dang funny tales of their own to set the record straight, and make you laugh while they’re at it!

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781646143672
Publisher: Levine Querido
Publication date: 11/03/2026
Pages: 48
Product dimensions: 8.70(w) x 9.70(h) x 0.45(d)
Age Range: 4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Dawn Quigley is a children's book author and university professor. She is an enrolled citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe. In addition to her debut young adult novel, Apple in the Middle, she is the author of chapter book series Jojo Makoons. She lives in Minnesota (where there are very looong winters) with her family.

Author Residence: Minnesota

Nancy King (Potawatomi/Chippewa) is a visual artist from Mnjikaning Rama First Nation and has paternal roots in Moosedeer Point First Nation in Ontario. King signs all her artwork with her Anishinaabe name Ogimaakwebnes, which means Chief Lady Bird in the Ojibway language. She completed her BFA in 2015 in Drawing and Painting with a minor in Indigenous Visual Culture at OCAD University and has been exhibiting her work since she was fourteen years old.
 
Through her art practice she looks to the past to help her navigate her Anishinaabe identity whilst living in a colonized space, as well as advocate for Indigenous representation.

Illustrator Residence: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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