With prose as raucous as its protagonist, Smith's (Santa Knows) tall tale introduces a boy who at birth "cried so loud.... that the pecans fell from the pecan trees and the prickly pear cacti sprouted ...

“Out of the mouths of babes . . .” A little boy in our church recently asked me, “Why do you holler so loud?” This question came at the door of the auditorium right after a morning worship service, so ...