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.
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Tales -- United States.
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Slavery -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
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Brown, Simon -- Juvenile literature.
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Folklore -- United States.
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Slavery -- United States.
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ISBN |
0695807552 |
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9780695807559 |
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0695407554 (library binding) |
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9780695407551 (library binding) |
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