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Title
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Brer Rabbit and His Tricks
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Description
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First Hyperion Paperback edition
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Ennis Rees
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Creator
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Rees, Ennis
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Contributor
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Gorey, Edward
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Date
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2016-01-25T20:10:49Z
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2010-07
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1994
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T20:10:49Z
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Date Issued
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1994
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Abstract
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Of a piece with More of Brer Rabbit's Tricks from the same publisher in the same year. Originally copyrighted 1967 by Young Scott. Published in 1988 by Hopscotch Books. This verse rendition of Brer Rabbit's adventures is delightful. The stories here include Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby; Hello, House!; and Winnianimus Grass and Whipmewhopme Cake. As to the illustrations, one would not have thought that yellow, red, and black could yield so much! A tar baby is just what the doctor ordered for an Edward Gorey series of illustrations! We never do find out in this version how Brer Rabbit got unstuck from that tar baby. The second story has this fine couplet from Brer Rabbit as he looks at his house, which he suspects has been invaded: There're more ways of telling who fell in the drink/Than falling in there yourself, I think. Gorey's perplexed wolf in this story's illustrations is a masterpiece! In the third story, Brer Rabbit fills a sack with the heap of feathers left over from chickens he has stolen to feed his children. When Brer Fox wants to know what is in the sack, Brer Rabbit tells him that it is highly valuable Winnianimus grass, used to make Whipmewhopme cake. Brer Rabbit then lets Brer Fox carry it, hoping he will steal it. Soon Brer Fox has indeed made off with the sack, and Brer Rabbit tips off Mr. Man that the sack seems to contain chicken feathers. In the end, Mr. Man whips and whops Brer Fox.
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Identifier
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9781562825775 (pbk.)
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7619 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Hyperion Paperbacks for Children
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New York
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Subject
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PZ8.3.R254 Br 1994
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole