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Jump on over! : the adventures of Brer Rabbit and his family / by Joel Chandler Harris ; adapted by Van Dyke Parks ; illustrated by Barry Moser.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Tehon Collection PZ8.1.P2236 Ju 1989
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Parks, Van Dyke.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Folklore.
- African Americans.
- Tales--Southern States.
- Tales.
- Southern States.
- Animals--Folklore.
- Folklore--United States.
- Genre:
- Folklore.
- Short stories.
- Penn Provenance:
- Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)
- Tehon, Susan (donor)
- Physical Description:
- vii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 39 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (some color), music ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- [First edition].
- Manufacture:
- Springfield, Massachusetts : Printed by Holyoke Lithograph.
- Other Title:
- Adventures of Brer Rabbit and his family
- Place of Publication:
- San Diego ; New York ; London : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, [©1989]
- Summary:
- A collection of five tales in which Brer Rabbit outwits Brer Fox, Brer Wolf, and Brer Bear in order to ensure his family's survival during a drought.
- Contents:
- Brer Rabbit and his family
- How Brer Rabbit frightened his neighbors: Brer Rabbit puttin' in his goober patch
- Waitin' for the day
- Ol' Man Spewter-Splutter
- Brer Bear & the stump
- Brer Rabbit and Brer Bear: Brer Fox puttin' in his goober patch
- Brer Fox settin' his trap
- Brer Rabbit, hangin' in the elements
- Brer Bear, makin' a dollar a minute
- Brer Rabbit in the mudhole
- Why Brer Wolf didn't eat the little rabs: Brer Wolf & Brer Fox, waitin'
- Headin' off down the road
- Nothin' but a jug of molasses
- All safe & sound
- Another story about the little rabs: Brer Fox drops by
- The Little bird a-singin'
- Brer Fox gets out-foxed: Brer Rabbit & Brer Fox survey the drought
- The Wagon & team
- One from six
- Brer Fox fetches one big pull
- Out Cold.
- Notes:
- "First edition."
- "The illustrations in this book, both black-and-white and color, were executed with transparent watercolor on paper handmade for the Royal Watercolor Society in 1982 by J. Barcham Greene."
- "Production supervision by Warren Wallerstein and Ginger Boyer"--t.p. verso.
- "Designed by Barry Moser"--t.p. verso.
- Contains song "Home," music by Van Dyke Parks, lyrics by Van Dyke Parks and Terry Gilkyson.
- Designed by Atha Tehon.
- 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 post-it note "Atha's copy" on front free endpaper.
- ISBN:
- 0152413545
- 9780152413545
- 0152017070
- 9780152017071
- OCLC:
- 19518974
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