The Classic Tales of Brer Rabbit: From the Collected Stories of Joel Chandler Harris

Title

en_US The Classic Tales of Brer Rabbit: From the Collected Stories of Joel Chandler Harris

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US First printing

en_US Joel Chandler Harris. Retold by David Borgenicht

Creator

en_US Borgenicht, David

Contributor

en_US Daily, Don

Date

2016-01-25T19:53:49Z

en_US 2008-05

en_US 1995

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:53:49Z

Date Issued

en_US 1995

Abstract

en_US Seven tales in a large-format book of 56 pages. I have enjoyed Daily's work on Aesop, and so I am happy to find his book of Brer Rabbit tales. The introduction mentions that the language has been modernized from Harris' 1880 version but care has been taken to retain the humor, the music and the truth of these wonderful stories (2). Brer Rabbit's first trick is to get Brer Bear to take his place in Brer Fox's trap in his peanut patch. The second story is a version of the traditional Caught in a well? Get someone to ride down fable. Brer Rabbit tries to persuade Brer Fox that there are suckers in the well. Actually, Brer Fox knows that there are not suckers, but he thinks that Brer Rabbit is hiding a treasure in the well, and so down he goes . . . and stays. In the third, Brer Rabbit tricks the trickster by telling the wolf in front of the supposedly dead fox that dead foxes raise their legs and yell Yahoo when visitors come. In this version of TH, the turtle actually misunderstands the rabbit's challenge to a running race after the turtle has claimed that he is mentally faster than the rabbit when he gets going. Turtle then uses his sons, who look very much like their father, at the bends in the race. The center pair of illustrations is a great illustration of the race's beginning (28-29). Brer Rabbit has to dance on his ears for losing. On the stories go. Good stuff! The tar baby illustration on 44-45 is another prize-winner! Borgenicht helps the story by having Brer Rabbit find the tar baby stuck up. Brer Rabbit threatens to unstick him if he does not answer. Good language for this sticky story! The pair of pages illustrating the heave of Brer Rabbit into the tar patch (54-55) is another prize-winner. The book includes a fold-out poster reproducing in larger format the front-cover illustration of many animals and other characters together.

Identifier

en_US 9781561385836

en_US 6298 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/81629

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Courage Books: Running Press

en_US Philadelphia, PA

Subject

en_US PZ7.B638 Br 1995

en_US Uncle Remus

Type

en_US Book, Whole