Uncle Remus: The Complete Tales

ISBN 10: 0803724519 / ISBN 13: 9780803724518

Published by Dial Books, 1999

About this Item

Fine or better copy in like dust jacket with original US $30.00 price. First printing with full number line. Wonderful copy: pages, cover and dust jacket are crisp, intact and unmarked except for light shelf wear to bottom of covers and 1/4 inch tear to dust jacket. Color and black-and-white illustrations; 8vo.; xxi, 686 pages. As told by Julius Lester. Introduction by Augusta Baker. Illustrated with color and black-and-white drawings by Jerry Pinkney. This is a reprint in one volume of works originally published separately between 1987 - 1994. The four volumes being The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventure of Brer Rabbit. More Tales of Uncle Remus: Further Adventyures of Brer Rabbit, His Friends, Enemies, and Others. Further Tales of Uncle Remus: The Misadventures of Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, Brer Wolf, the Doodang, and Other Creatures and The Last Tales of Uncle Remus. 1st Printing 1st Printing 1st Printing.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Uncle Remus: The Complete Tales
• Publisher: Dial Books
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803724519
• ISBN 13: 9780803724518
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Jerry Pinkney
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

Brer Rabbit is causing trouble again for his fellow creatures Brer Fox, Brer Wolf, and the rest--this time in an omnibus edition that brings together all the stories from Tales of Uncle Remus, More Tales of Uncle Remus, Further Tales of Uncle Remus, and Last Tales of Uncle Remus.

The Uncle Remus tales, originally written down by Joel Chandler Harris, were first published over a hundred years ago, and serve as the largest collection of African-American folklore. In this four-book series, Julius Lester masterfully retains the flavor of the tales, while dropping the heavy dialect of the Harris originals and adding contemporary language and references-- ensuring that the stories will be understood and enjoyed by new generations of readers. And, of course, the stories are beautifully illuminated by the slyly humorous full-color and black-and-white art of Jerry Pinkney. The result is a treasure of a volume that will delight all ages and belongs on every shelf.

About the Author

Julius Lester was a celebrated author whose accolades include a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Award. He was also a National Book Award finalist, a National Book Critics Circle nominee, and a recipient of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. In addition to his critically acclaimed writing career, Mr. Lester distinguished himself as a civil rights activist, musician, photographer, radio talk-show host, and professor. He taught at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst for 32 years.

Jerry Pinkney was one of America’s most acclaimed illustrators. He won the Caldecott Medal, five Caldecott Honors, five Coretta Scott King Awards, five Coretta Scott King Honors, five New York Times Best Illustrated Awards, the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, the Society of Illustrators’ Original Art Show Lifetime Achievement Award, and many other prizes and honors. His long list of celebrated titles includes Mirandy and Brother Wind, The Little Red Hen, The Little Match Girl, and The Lion & The Mouse. His family includes a number of acclaimed children's book creators: his son, artist Brian Pinkney; his daughter-in-law, author and children's book editor Andrea Davis Pinkney; and his granddaughter, author-illustrator Charnelle Pinkney Barlow.