The Adventures of Brer Rabbit and Friends

Brer Rabbit, that lovable trickster, is back. Watch him pit his wits against his wily old rival Brer Fox and a host of other colorful characters, from slow-but-wise Brer Terrapin to gossiping Miz Meadows and the gals. These ten action-packed stories are sure to make you giggle till your funny bone tingles and your sides ache.

Retold by performing storyteller Karima Amin, The Adventures of Brer Rabbit and Friends combines these classic American tales with photographs that explore their African roots and the real animals behind the characters. These stories are perfect for family reading and for children age 6 and up to read alone.

Joel Chandler Harris (1848-1908) was born in Eatonton, Georgia. He became a journalist and worked on several southern newspapers. In 1878 he published the first Brer Rabbit stories in the Georgia newspaper The Atlanta Constitution. The tales, narrated by a character named Uncle Remus, received immediate popular acclaim. Soon after, Harris published Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings, the first of eight volumes of folktales that appeared between 1880 and 1918. Together, Harris's writings represent the largest collection of African-American folktales ever published. Karima Amin is a performing storyteller whose retellings reflect the strong oral culture of the original Brer Rabbit tales. She specializes in African and African-American fables and folktales, and is a member of the National Association of Black Storytellers. She has received many awards and honors in her field. Eric Copeland was educated in Britain and has lived in Canada for nearly thirty years. He works from his studio at home in the beautiful countryside near Ontario. Brer Rabbit and his animal friends are frequent visitors to Eric's backyard.