Jump Again! More Adventures of Brer Rabbit

by Joel Chandler Harris, Van Dyke Parks (Adaptor), Barry Moser (Illustrator)

This delightful book contains five adventures of Brer Rabbit, Joel Chandler Harris's classic character from "Uncle Remus". The crafty underdog who outsmarts all the other folk in Hominy Grove will charm and delight readers of all ages.

Brer Rabbit, he's a good fisherman -- The wonderful tar-baby story -- How Brer Weasel was caught -- Brer Rabbit and the mosquitoes -- Brer Rabbit's courtship -- Song: In love for a day.

Genres: Childrens, Fiction, Folklore

39 pages, Library Binding

First published September 1, 1987

About the author

Joel Chandler Harris was an American journalist born in Eatonton, Georgia who wrote the Uncle Remus stories, including Uncle Remus; His Songs and His Sayings, The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation, (1880), Nights with Uncle Remus (1881 & 1882), Uncle Remus and His Friends (1892), and Uncle Remus and the Little Boy (1905).

The stories, based on the African-American oral storytelling tradition, were revolutionary in their use of dialect and in featuring a trickster hero called Br'er ("Brother") Rabbit, who uses his wits against adversity, though his efforts do not always succeed. The frog is the trickster character in traditional tales in Central and Southern Africa. The stories, which began appearing in the Atlanta Constitution in 1879, were popular among both Black and White readers in the North and South, not least because they presented an idealized view of race relations soon after the Civil War. The first published Brer Rabbit stories were written by President Theodore Roosevelt's uncle, Robert Roosevelt.

Reviews

[EJ Daniels]

Although this version excises the frame stories of Uncle Remus and the Boy, Van Dyke Parks and Malcolm Jones have nevertheless managed to capture the original feel of the Uncle Remus stories in a framing which will not upset the delicate sensibilities of many modern readers.

The crowning achievement of the Jump series, however, is the incredible artwork done by Barry Moser. It is deeply evocative, marvelously detailed, and a true feast for the eyes.

[Katy Lovejoy]

isn't this the character they used in song Of the south