African-American Folktales for Young Readers

Title

en_US African-American Folktales for Young Readers

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US First edition

en_US Richard Alan Young and Judy Dockrey Young

Creator

en_US Young, Judy Dockrey See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Harris, Kenneth

Date

2016-01-25T16:15:33Z

en_US 1996-12

en_US 1993

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:15:33Z

Date Issued

en_US 1993

Abstract

en_US A rich book whose stories are easy to like. One section (49-73) is given to animal fables, mysteriously called Animal Tales in the section's headers. Python and Lizard (50) is about friendship betrayed. Mr. Frog Rides Mr. Elephant (55) is known from Br'er Rabbit's ride of Br'er Fox. In Brother Lion and Brother Man (59), the former learns the truth that the latter is the king of the forest. An illustration of the rabbit and bear cheating each other at checkers (48) goes with this tale. In How Br'er Rabbit Outsmarted the Frogs (66, with an illustration on 73), the former gets the latter to dig a supposed grave for Br'er Coon, but really it is just a hole they can no longer get out of. There are good trickster tales and Parables about People. Two good selections among the former are Clever Mollie (101) and Why Brother Alligator Has a Rough Back (103). Perhaps the best of the parables is Meat of the Tongue (111). At the end there are two final Br'er Rabbit fables includingShow me how, this time with a snake under a brick and Brother Rabbit as the clever questioner. I am glad to have found this book. It celebrates Afro-American storytelling well.

Identifier

en_US 0874833094 (pb)

en_US 2423 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/77979

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US August House Publishers

en_US Little Rock, AR

Subject

en_US PZ8.1 .A252 1993 See all items with this value

en_US African See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole