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The tales of Uncle Remus : the adventures of Brer Rabbit / as told by Julius Lester ; illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PZ8.1.L434 Taj 1987
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lester, Julius, 1939-2018.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brer Rabbit (Trickster).
- Children's stories, American.
- American wit and humor.
- Remus, Uncle (Storyteller)--Juvenile fiction.
- Remus.
- Remus, Uncle (Storyteller).
- Brer Rabbit (Trickster)--Juvenile fiction.
- Brer Rabbit.
- African Americans--Folklore.
- African Americans.
- Tales--United States.
- Tales.
- United States.
- Animals--Folklore.
- Folklore--United States.
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy).
- Local Subjects:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy).
- Genre:
- Folklore.
- Short stories.
- Penn Provenance:
- Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)
- Tehon, Susan (donor) (Tehon Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xxi pages, 1 unnumbered page, 151 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- [First edition].
- Other Title:
- Adventures of Brer Rabbit
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Dial Books, [©1987]
- Summary:
- "Lester has retold 48 of the folktales in standard English but with a strong feel for the dialect of the original stories . . . as lively as the originals but they also have a liveliness of their own, as he incorporates modern allusions which never seem out of place".--School Library Journal. Coretta Scott King Award Book.
- Contents:
- How the animals came to Earth
- How Brer Fox and Brer Dog became enemies
- "Hold 'im down, Brer Fox"
- Brer Rabbit comes to dinner
- Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby
- Brer Rabbit gets even
- Brer Rabbit and Sister Cow
- Brer Turtle, Brer Rabbit, and Brer Fox
- Brer Wolf tries to catch Brer Rabbit
- Brer Rabbit finally gets beaten
- Mr. Jack Sparrow meets his end
- Brer Rabbit gets caught one more time
- The death of Brer Wolf
- Brer Fox and Brer Rabbit go hunting
- Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox again
- Brer Rabbit eats the butter
- Brer Rabbit saves his meat
- Brer Rabbit's children
- The death of Brer Fox
- Brer Rabbit and Brer Lion
- Brer Rabbit takes care of Brer Tiger
- Brer Lion meets the creature
- The talking house
- Brer Rabbit gets beaten again
- Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Bear
- The end of Brer Bear
- Brer Fox gets tricked again
- Brer Rabbit and the little girl
- Brer Rabbit goes back to Mr. Man's garden
- Brer Possum hears the singing
- Brer Rabbit's riddle
- The moon in the pond
- Why Brer Bear has no tail
- Wiley Wolf and Riley Rabbit
- Brer Rabbit gets the money
- The cradle didn't rock
- Brer Rabbit to the rescue
- The noise in the woods
- Brer Rabbit gets the meat again
- Brer Rabbit gets in more trouble
- Brer Rabbit tells on Brer wolf
- Brer Rabbit and the mosquitoes
- How Brer Rabbit became a scary monster
- Brer Fox, Brer Rabbit, and King Deer's daughter
- Brer Rabbit breaks up the party
- Brer Rabbit outwits Mr. Man
- Brer Wolf, Brer Fox, and the little rabbits
- Brer Rabbit's luck.
- Notes:
- "Design by Jane Byers Bierhorst"--t.p. verso.
- Designed by Atha Tehon.
- Introduction by Augusta Baker.
- "The publisher wishes to express its sincere thanks to the estate of Joel Chandler Harris for its gracious support during the publication of this new version of 'The Tales of Uncle Remus'."
- "Each black-and-white drawing is made of pencil and graphite; and each full-color picture consists of a pencil, graphite, and watercolor painting that is color-separated and reproduced in full color."
- On spine: 1.
- ALA Notable Book.
- Horn Book Fanfare.
- Booklist Children's Editors' Choice.
- Parents' Choice Award for Literature.
- American Bookseller Pick of the Lists.
- New York Public Library One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing.
- Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies.
- Coretta Scott King Book Awards - Author, Honor, 1988
- Local Notes:
- Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.
- Tehon Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- Tehon Collection copy has Coretta Scott King Award sticker on dust jacket.
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.
- Banks Collection copy has no number on spine and is "3" printing.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Lester, Julius. Tales of Uncle Remus.
- ISBN:
- 0803702728
- 9780803702721
- 080370271X
- 9780803702714
- OCLC:
- 12554606
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