Old west tall tale. Very tall. Preschool. ( )

Widow Tulip Jones inherited a large sum of money and a ranch in Texas so she moved to the United States with her three servants and twelve tortoises. When she arrived she discovered that things moved a lot quicker in Texas than in England. When potential suitors found out how much money Tulip Jones had they lined up outside her house to ask her to marry them. She was meeting people so often that she had to hire a in-house baker, Charlie Doughpuncher, to help her feed all these suitors. In order to get the suitors off her farm she gave them some ridiculous tasks like making the Rio Grande flow backwards and capturing the elusive Hole in Pants gang of Texas. No suitor prevailed and she wasn't forced to marry anyone. While Tulip Jones was scheming to get the suitors off her farm, her servants were also making plans and they invited 1,000 brides to Texas to marry the remaining suitors. When they arrived the helped Tulip Jones capture the Hole in Pants gang and they had a massive wedding with a massive, Texas-sized cake. Tulip Jones now lives out her days on her farm with her fiance, Charlie Doughpuncher. ( )

I loved this book! I thought it was really cute and young readers would love it. I loved the character development because the main character was a widow that moved out to a ranch in Texas. All these men came to try and win her heart over but she kept saying she didn't need a man. Well at the end of the story she found out that she fell in love with her baker and she married him and they lived on the ranch. I thought it was neat how the author kept portraying Tulip Jones as an independent woman when it turns out that she was dependent on a man. I also liked the writing style that the author used. She was creative and imaginative in her writing which I think made this book so humorous and inviting to young readers. The author wrote about how everything grew bigger and faster in Texas and that the widows pet tortoises grew to be 6 feet long and could run faster than any horse. I loved the exaggeration that the author used because it was so humourous. I also loved the illustrations. I think they were bright and colorful and fit the mood and text very well. They illustrations are very child friendly and funny to look at. I think the big picture of the story is that you shouldn't sell yourself short. ( )

An outrageously entertaining, Texas-size tall tale for older children. ( )

Tulip Jones inherits a ranch a 35 million dollars. Everyone wants her for her money and she doesn't want to marry any of them. Charlie, a baker she hires, marries Tulip and they have a cake for 2000 newly weds. "They live happily ever after."