Tar Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus

by Joel Chandler Harris

Overview

The Tar Baby has been one of the most beloved characters in all of American children's literature. Originally published in 1904 and featuring the art of acclaimed illustrators A. B. Frost and E. W. Kimball, the stories in this edition are told all in rhyme. With illustrations by A. B. Frost and E. W. Kimball.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781557094896
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	06/15/2005
Series:	Applewood Books
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.55(d)
Age Range:	6 - 9 Years

About the Author

After the first book appeared in 1880, Joel Chandler Harris was deluged with letters from readers all over the country asking for more stories of Brer Rabbit and his friends--so for the remaining years of his life he collected and wrote them. Richard Chase, noted folklorist and author of Jack Tales and Grandfather Tales, compiled and edited the volume after Harris's death, and his occasional footnotes and word definitions contribute to our understanding of the dialect. Chase's belief in the importance of folktales and Harris's work is summed up in his foreword: "These tales grew up in the soil of our nation. They came from the soul of a people. They endure."