The Adventures of Brer Rabbit and Friends: From Stories Collected by Joel Chandler Harris

Title

en_US The Adventures of Brer Rabbit and Friends: From Stories Collected by Joel Chandler Harris

Description

en_US Third printing

Retold by Karima Amin

Creator

en_US Amin, Karima See all items with this value

Contributor

Copeland, Eric

Date

2016-04-20T15:51:10Z

en_US 2015-08

en_US 2006

Date Available

2016-04-20T15:51:10Z

Date Issued

2006

Abstract

This is a sturdy oversized paperback book of 64 highly colored, slick pages. The cover shows Brer Rabbit with the fox, the raccoon, and Brer Mink. The back cover has some text but also three great pictures: a race between tortoise and hare, storytelling with Karima Amin, and a discussion between the fox and the raccoon. First published in hardback in 1999. Ten stories are introduced with a map of Brer Rabbit's territory and succeeded by sections on "Tales from Africa"( 60) and "Meet the Animals" (62). The ten are standard stories. Brer Rabbit loses his tail fishing with it in ice. Brer Rabbit fools Brer Fox into leaving his bag of hunting prey behind while he goes back to pick up the "dead" rabbit in his path. Tar-Baby. Brer Rabbit coaxes Brer Fox to be his horse and rides him to the stork ladies' residence. Running away from a fallen tree turns into a mass movement, fueled bu the line "Got no time to tarry." Brer Rabbit knows it was a tree falling, but the others assume something far worse. Brer Terrapin vs. Brer Rabbit in a race. This versiion uses several of Brer Terrapin's family members to fool Brer Rabbit; for once he meets his match! In his next prank, Brer Rabbit breaks into Brer Bear's home. Snooping around, he happens to tip a pot of honey onto himself and cannot get it off. In this fix, he encounters Brer Fox and Brer Wolf plotting on the road. He actually manages to scare them! Brer Weasel is good at stealing butter from the common store. He outwits sixf locals set up as guards of the butter, one after another. Brer Weasel captures him by suggesting a tug-of-war that has them both tied up. Brer Rabbit ties his end to a tree, and Brer Weasel is caught. Brer Possum comes across Brer Snake in a hole: should he save him? Brer Snake gets Brer Possum to put him into his pocket, to "warm up." Brer Possum, before he dies, asks to say good-bye to Brer Rabbit. Brer Rabbit gets him back into his original position, pinned in a hole. In the last story, Brer Rabbit sets others to the task of netting up the moon out of the water of the mill pond. Good, traditional stories!

Identifier

10605 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/85390

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Dorling Kindersley Limited

en_US London

Subject

en_US PZ8.1.A49Ad 2006 See all items with this value

Brer Rabbit See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

Book, Whole