![]() ![]() ![]() Tales featuring the trickster hero Brer (Brother) Rabbit have long been part of the African American oral tradition. ![]() Lester writes (and reads) the tales in what he calls “a modified contemporary southern black English, a combination of standard English and black English… sound is as important as meaning.” Lester did not change the story lines of the folktales, but he updated them with clever, contemporary details like shopping malls and washing machines. Oh, Brer Rabbit gets his comeuppance once in a while, too, but it never stops him for long. With humor and the ease of the natural storyteller, Julius Lester reads his own delightful contemporary retellings of 48 tales featuring Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, Brer Bear, Brer Possum, and all the other animals who often find themselves the hapless victims of Brer Rabbit’s wily ways. ![]()
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