Grandpa lives on a farm and likes to tell his grandson tall tales. There is no end to Grandpa's hilarious invention -- or to James Flora's comic illustrations.Here are just a few of Grandpa’s whoppers!Grandpa is almost as tall as the trees. So tall, he feeds worms to the birds nesting in his hat.Grandpa's eyebrows are so bushy they fell down his face and turned into his beard.Grandma's hen was such a good layer, she could sit on a doorknob and hatch a door!

When Grandpa was a boy, the most terrible thing happened to him the day before Christmas. While taking a shortcut through the woods, he met three fearsome witches. One, with sharp teeth and hair like an unmowed lawn, pointed her finger at him, squealed, "Sha-zam!" and turned him into a snake. The second witch, who didn't have any feet, turned him into a turkey buzzard. And the third-tall and warty-screamed, "Ta-pooty!" and changed him into a pig. Home he ran, but his parents wouldn't let h...

Leopold, an invisible creature, creates havoc as he devours every crumb in sight.Have you ever seen a See-Through Crumbpicker? Well, neither had Minerva! But, one day, eating yummy cookies and dropping lots of crumbs because her front teeth were missing, Leopold the See-Through Crumbpicker brushed by her and ate up all the crumbs. He sounded nice, and he felt warm and furry—so even though she couldn't see him, they became fast friends. What could go wrong?