My Big Book Of Brer Rabbit Stories

by Joel Chandler Harris

This delightful collection of Brer Rabbit stories will be treasured by children for years to come. Lavish full-color illustrations bring these beloved tales to life. Here are 18 tales about the mischevious Brer Rabbit and his friends,

?Brer Rabbit Meets his Match
?Brer Rabbit and Brer Lion
?Brer Fox Tricked Again
?The Tar Baby
?The Great Race
?Brer Fox Goes Hunting
?How Brer Rabbit Lost His Tail
?The Moon in the Pond
?Brer Rabbit and Brer Bear

Hardcover

First published October 12, 1988

About the author

Joel Chandler Harris was an American journalist born in Eatonton, Georgia who wrote the Uncle Remus stories, including Uncle Remus; His Songs and His Sayings, The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation, (1880), Nights with Uncle Remus (1881 & 1882), Uncle Remus and His Friends (1892), and Uncle Remus and the Little Boy (1905).

The stories, based on the African-American oral storytelling tradition, were revolutionary in their use of dialect and in featuring a trickster hero called Br'er ("Brother") Rabbit, who uses his wits against adversity, though his efforts do not always succeed. The frog is the trickster character in traditional tales in Central and Southern Africa. The stories, which began appearing in the Atlanta Constitution in 1879, were popular among both Black and White readers in the North and South, not least because they presented an idealized view of race relations soon after the Civil War. The first published Brer Rabbit stories were written by President Theodore Roosevelt's uncle, Robert Roosevelt.

Reviews

[Lois · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lovely illustrations and my kids enjoyed the adaptations of the Brer Rabbit stories. We have also listened to some of the originals, which were a lot of fun.

[Cel · Rating 4 out of 5]

the stories were hilarious -I definitely didn't realize how much of a little pain brer rabbit was and reading it as an adult was highly amusing. The illustrations though are absolutely gorgeous. A visual feast. Happy I found this copy at an antique store.

[Heather · Rating 2 out of 5]

Yes, we're reading another Brer Rabbit book. They loved the first one so much they wanted another one.

Updated August 2001 - We finished this a few months ago (I'm a little behind my reviews). I did not like this as well as the first book we read. This one seemed over simplified and a tad dumbed down. The language was not nearly as rich or interesting. It does, however, contain a few stories the other book did not, but the illustrations were not nearly as well done.

Overall I'd chose the first book we read over this one any day.