Uncle Remus & Friends

The enduring charm of Brer Rabbit outwitting Brer Fox, the mischief of the Tar-Baby, the whole cunning animal kingdom of the Old South. These are stories that have lived in American culture for over a century, passed from enslaved storytellers to generations of listeners. Uncle Remus, the warm-hearted old man with a rocking chair and a treasury of tales, spins these narratives for a young boy on a Southern plantation, and through their exploits we glimpse a world where the small and clever consistently triumph over the large and powerful. These 17 tales, pulled from Harris's earlier collections, represent some of the most beloved animal fables in American literature, preserving the rhythms and wit of African American oral tradition while capturing a particular moment in Southern history. They endure not merely as children's stories, but as documents of a rich folk heritage.