![]() ![]() ![]() Best Books for Children Preschool through Grade 6. Sources recommending the collection as good literature: "Tar Baby, he don’t say nothin’, and Brer Fox, he lay low."Ĩ-10: The Tar Baby has a linear plot with consequences for bad actions but a tricky humorous conclusion where the hero outwits the villain. Brer Fox throws him in, and Brer Rabbit escapes. Brer Fox saunters out and thinks on ways to kill Brer Rabbit who pleads not to be thrown into the briar patch. Brer Rabbit follows through and becomes stuck in the tar. Brer Rabbit encounters the tar baby, is put out by her silent rudeness, and threatens her with bodily harm to teach her manners. Brer Fox boils pitch, makes a tar baby and puts it in the path. He sees Brer Rabbit’s footprint and vow revenge. Brer Fox digs the well but wakes up to find that the water level is down. Brer Rabbit refuses and promises not to drink water from Brer fox’s well. ![]() In that story, Tar Baby is a tortoise and Brer Fox is a jackal.īrer Rabbit pleading for Brer Fox not to throw him in the Briar Patch.īrer Fox digging the well and discovering Brer Rabbit is stealing his waterīrer Fox asks Brer Rabbit to help him dig a well so they won’t have to walk to the creek for water. New York: Dial Books, 1987.Įast African from the Zambezi River basin. The Tales of Uncle Remus: the Adventures of Brer Rabbit. ![]()
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