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The last tales of Uncle Remus / as told by Julius Lester ; illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PZ8.1.L434 Las 1994
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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.
- Genre:
- Folklore.
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)
- Tehon, Susan (donor) (Tehon Collection copy)
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 156 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- [First edition].
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Dial Books, [©1994]
- Summary:
- Retells the final adventures and misadventures of Brer Rabbit and his friends and enemies.
- Contents:
- Why the cricket has elbows on his legs
- Why the earth is mostly water
- The origin of the ocean
- Brer Rabbit and Miss Nancy
- The old king and the new king
- Brer Bear comes to the community
- The snake
- A ghost story
- Brer Bear exposes Brer Rabbit
- Brer Rabbit teaches Brer Bear to comb his hair
- Why Brer Possum has no hair on his tail
- Why Brer Possum loves peace
- The baby who loved pumpkins
- Impty-Umpty and the blacksmith
- The angry woman
- Brer Rabbit throws a party
- Why Brer Fox's legs are black
- How the witch was caught
- The man who almost married a witch
- Why dogs are tame
- How Tinktum Tidy recruited an army for the king
- Why guinea fowls are speckled
- Why the guineas stay awake
- Brer Fox and the white grapes
- Why the hawk likes to eat chickens
- The little boy and his dogs
- The man and the wild cattle
- "Cutta Cord-la"
- Why Brer Bull growls and grumbles
- Brer Rabbit, King Polecat, and the gingercakes
- The fool
- How Brer Lion lost his hair
- The man and the boots
- Why the goat has a short tail
- Brer Buzzard and Brer Crow
- The blacksmith and the devil
- Why chickens scratch in the dirt
- Brer Rabbit and Aunt Nancy
- The adventures of Simon and Susanna.
- Notes:
- "Design by Jane Byers Bierhorst"--t.p. verso.
- "First Edition."
- Designed by Atha Tehon.
- "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: 4.
- Local Notes:
- Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.
- Tehon Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Lester, Julius. Last tales of Uncle Remus.
- ISBN:
- 0803713037 :
- 9780803713031
- 0803713045
- 9780803713048
- OCLC:
- 27897377
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