On a farm in the Texas Hill Country, a young boy confronts a strange critter that tries to steal his family’s last meal. A variation on the folktale about a monster that leaves its tail behind in the cabin of an African American boy.
- ISBN: 9780823412495
- Author: Medearis, Angela Shelf
- Illustrator: Brown, Sterling
- Published: 1996 , Holiday House
- Themes: Monsters
- Descriptors: Folklore and Fairy Tales, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), United States
- No. of pages: 32