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Author Faulkner, William J.

Title The days when the animals talked : Black American folktales and how they came to be / William J. Faulkner ; ill. by Troy Howell.

Publication Info. Chicago : Follett Pub. Co., [1977]
©1977

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J 398.2 FAULKNER    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Children's Department  J398.245 F27D    Check Shelf
Description xviii, 190 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents Setting: Black slave tales: Slave's dangerous courtship -- Simon marries Ellen -- Simon challenges the McCracken's -- Fishing with bare hands -- Simon and the pater-rollers -- How the slaves helped each other -- Simon sees a ghost -- Ways of a witch -- How the slaves worshiped -- Slave's escape -- Riddle for freedom -- Salvation: Black folktales -- Brer Rabbit goes a-courting -- Brer Wolf's magic gate -- Brer Bear gets a taste of man -- Brer Tiger and the big wind -- Brer Rabbit keeps his word -- Brer Possum and Brer Snake -- Brer Wolf plants pinders -- Brer Wolf's second pinder patch -- Brer fox tries farming, too -- Brer Rabbit's protest meeting -- Tar Baby tricks Brer Rabbit -- Run, Brer Gator, run! -- Brer Rabbit and Brer Cooter race -- Brer Fox meets Mister Trouble -- Brer Wolf wants the honey -- Brer Rabbit dances for a wife -- Brer Rabbit and his riding horse -- How the cow went under the ground -- Who stole Brer Gilyard's sheep? -- Brer Wolf and Brer Fox get a big surprise -- Brer Rabbit rescues his children -- Who got Brer Gilyard's treasure -- Afterworld -- About William J. Faulnkner.
Summary Presents more than 20 Afro-American folktales featuring the escapades of Brer Rabbit and more than 10 tales describing the lives of African-American slaves.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.6 7.0 73509.
Subject African Americans -- Folklore.
Tales -- United States.
Slavery -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Brown, Simon -- Juvenile literature.
Folklore -- United States.
Slavery -- United States.
ISBN 0695807552
9780695807559
0695407554 (library binding)
9780695407551 (library binding)
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