I do love that movie and I remember seeing Song of the South in theatres and I loved this short so much. They are a little 2 dimensional on the page.īrer Rabbit and the Tar Baby is one of the many stories in this collection. I think they do better when read aloud or told as a story. I found this book and I was excited to read them. I remember as a child being told these stories of Brer Rabbit at a tea party. What an excellent start to the Year of the Rabbit. We got our copy from the library, and I honestly can't even believe that this much entertainment was free. Lester kept insinuating himself into the often nonsensical aspects of the story. My daughter and I laughed and laughed and laughed. She goes home happy and you go home broke.Īnd, well, that's basically how the whole book goes. But back in my time, you took a girl to a restaurant and spent some money then you took her to a movie show or something like that and spent some more money. Come to think of it, I don't know how it is now, being a married man. Ain't yours and it definitely ain't mine.Ĭourting back in them days ain't like it is now. How folks arranges their families is their business. Now don't come asking me about Brer Rabbit's family arrangements. Brer Rabbit decided to court both of them. Miz Meadows had a sister, Miz Motts, and she moved down from Philly-Me-York. When Brer Rabbit wasn't getting in and out of trouble, he was courting. Julius Lester's Voice is spot-on, and I'd like to give you a little taste of it: There's quite a bit of controversy surrounding these stories, and I can't comment on that, but I can tell you that this version is HILARIOUS.
Now, I don't know exactly what that means, because I honestly don't remember which version I grew up with myself, but I do want to clarify that this is a publication from 1987 by writer/educator/folklorist, Julius Lester:Īnd the famous children's book illustrator, Jerry Pinkney: Have you read this?īefore I go any further, I want to clarify something: this particular rendition of THE TALES OF UNCLE REMUS isn't “your grandmother's Br'er Rabbit stories.” She said, “Because you're reading it too fast. One third of the way into this read aloud, my youngest child leaned over and said, “What page are we on?”
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