Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby

by Walt Disney Company

This package includes a 24 PAGE BOOK with full-color illustrations and a 7 inch 33 1/3 RPM LONG PLAYING RECORD with the narrator reading every word exactly as the child sees it in the book...plus songs about the story they hear and see. An entertaining way to assist non-readers to learn and to help beginners to improve their reading ability.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Fiction

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1977

About the author

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Walter Elias “Walt” Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $35 billion.

Disney is particularly noted for being a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world's most famous fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, a character for which Disney himself was the original voice. He has been awarded four honorary Academy Awards and has won twenty-two competitive Academy Awards out of fifty-nine nominations, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual. He also won seven Emmy Awards. He is the namesake for Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the United States, as well as the international resorts Tokyo Disney, Disneyland Paris, and Disneyland Hong Kong.

Disney died of lung cancer in Burbank, California, on December 15, 1966. The following year, construction began on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. His brother Roy Disney inaugurated the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971.

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) (commonly referred to as Disney) is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, the company was reincorporated as Walt Disney Productions in 1929. Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and travel. Taking on its current name in 1986, The Walt Disney Company expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theatre, radio, publishing, and online media. In addition, it has created new divisions of the company in order to market more mature content than it typically associates with its flagship family-oriented brands.

The company is best known for the products of its film studio, the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, today one of the largest and best-known studios in Hollywood. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast television network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, and ABC Family; publishing, merchandising, and theatre divisions; and owns and licenses 11 theme parks around the world. On January 23, 2006, it was announced that Disney would purchase Pixar in an all-stock transaction worth $7.4 billion. The deal was finalized on May 5. On December 31, 2009, Disney Company acquired the Marvel Entertainment, Inc. for $4.24 billion. The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 6, 1991. An early and well-known cartoon creation of the company, Mickey Mouse, is the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company.

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Reviews

[Jason Koivu]

Keep it classy, Disney!

I only vaguely remember reading this as a kid, or perhaps it was read to me. I was also only vaguely aware of the implications of the "tar-baby". At first it just signified to me a doll made of tar. I thought it was hella funny when the rabbit got all stuck to it. Later it was explained to me what the slang "tar-baby" meant and the story was never the same.

[Kim Savage · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great folktale. Brer Rabbit, that great trickster, becomes the hero once again when he proves that intelligence and wit are stronger than the mightiest of evil plans.

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

On youtube

[Arlo Polestico · Rating 4 out of 5]

For a second I thought the fox and the bear were going to eat Brer, but, yeah I liked it, it's a story of how you may think you're putting someone in a lowlier place, but actually, he would be fine to be placed there having spent his childhood in such a situation. I liked how Brer got into the predicament by putting up with a mute person, and I liked the manipulation lesson that's placed here, simply by telling someone, "DON'T SHOOT THE GUN," is actually a way to make someone shoot the gun... In a way, right. Or maybe "DO NOT OPEN MY INBOX," or "DO NOT PUT ME IN REHAB." Yeah, something like that. I guess points also for potholes in relationships between two people who seem to be in a partnership. And final recognition for Brer for being happy where he was placed.

[Dave · Rating 5 out of 5]

I remember this book as a child. Now an adult, I found it on eBay and had to purchase. Five stars for nostalgia, I’m a black male, so I don’t know how I feel about this smh. We know it was a hidden message here.

[Dani · Rating 3 out of 5]

i swear i have a good reason for why i read this, but i am not going to share it

[Zoey · Rating 3 out of 5]

A simple story of a rabbit out smarting a fox and bear so he doesn’t get eaten. Honestly there is not a lot to the story. Still want to see the movie one day.

[Rachel · Rating 1 out of 5]

Yikes

[Robert Drake · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very cute book. The pictures are funny.

[Joy]

This is a book/tape version of one of the stories out of Disney's Song of the South (based on the tales of Uncle Remus). It includes the song "How do you do?" during the reading and "Zip a Dee Doo Dah" after the reading.

Brer Bear and Brer Fox try to capture Brer Rabbit.