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Hardcover:
9780803745933, titled "The Knee-High Man, and Other Tales" | Dial Books for Young Readers, June 1, 1972, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Drawing from Black folklore, the author recreates six stories about the wind and the water, Mr.
Paperback:
9780140548105 | Reprint edition (Dutton Childrens Books, September 1, 1985), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Drawing from Black folklore, the author recreates six stories about the wind and the water, Mr.
Clever Doc Rabbit uses his wits to outsmart Brer Fox, who has set out to trap him.
Library:
9780516051321 | Creative Co, September 1, 1973, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Clever Doc Rabbit uses his wits to outsmart Brer Fox, who has set out to trap him.
Library:
9780399611797 | Putnam Pub Group, June 1, 1981, cover price $9.99
Hardcover:
9780394869254 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, November 1, 1985, cover price $24.99 | About this edition: Retold Afro-American folktales of animals, fantasy, the supernatural, and desire for freedom, born of the sorrow of the slaves, but passed on in hope
Paperback:
9780679843368 | Reprint edition (Alfred a Knopf Inc, January 1, 1993), cover price $13.00 | About this edition: Retold Afro-American folktales of animals, fantasy, the supernatural, and desire for freedom, born of the sorrow of the slaves, but passed on in hope
Five stories chronicle the tales of Brer Rabbit
Paperback:
9780152014933 | Reprint edition (Voyager Books, May 1, 1997), cover price $7.00 | About this edition: A retelling of five folktales in which crafty Brer Rabbit tries to outsmart all the other creatures in the animal community.
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9780152413507 | Harcourt Childrens Books, September 1, 1986, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A retelling of five folktales in which crafty Brer Rabbit tries to outsmart all the other creatures in the animal community.
Hardcover:
9780943718163 | Kipling Pr, March 1, 1989, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Describes Brer Rabbit's encounters with the Tar-Baby, Brer Fox, Brer Vulture, and Brer Bear
Hardcover:
9780792450559 | Bdd Promotional Book Co, October 1, 1989, cover price $5.98 | About this edition: Once he's stuck on the tar baby, Brer Rabbit must find a way of tricking Brer Fox into letting him go.
Hardcover:
9780152413514 | Har/cas edition (Harcourt Childrens Books, December 1, 1990), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: A retelling of five folktales in which crafty Brer Rabbit tries to outsmart all the other creatures in the animal community.
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9780689807183 | Reprint edition (Aladdin Paperbacks, May 1, 1996), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: A beautiful, brown-skinned, black-eyed mermaid saves Sukey from her bossy stepfather, who works her too hard, but safe beneath the sea, Sukey reconsiders and decides she would like to return to the world she left behind
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9780027781410 | Simon & Schuster, June 1, 1992, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Eager to escape her stepfather's scolding, Sukey, the hardworking daughter of poor South Carolina Islanders, unwittingly conjures up Mama Jo, a beautiful, brown-skinned mermaid, who gives Sukey a special gift
Prebinding:
9780785791348 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $18.40 | About this edition: A beautiful, brown-skinned, black-eyed mermaid saves Sukey from her bossy stepfather, who works her too hard, but safe beneath the sea, Sukey reconsiders and decides she would like to return to the world she left behind
Hardcover:
9780375804717 | Har/com edition (Random House Childrens Books, October 1, 2000), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Retells African American folktales of animals, fantasy, the supernatural, and desire for freedom, born of the sorrow of the slaves, but passed on in hope.
CD/Spoken Word:
9780974171180 | Abridged edition (Audio Bookshelf, January 30, 2005), cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Virginia Hamilton (1936-2002), a giant in the world of children s literature, was the first African-American woman to win a Newbery Medal and the first children s book author to be awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant.
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9780606028301 | Demco Media, January 1, 1993, cover price $23.35 | About this edition: Retold Afro-American folktales of animals, fantasy, the supernatural, and desire for freedom, born of the sorrow of the slaves, but passed on in hope
Hardcover:
9780887082740, titled "Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion" | Har/cas edition (Picture Book Studio Audio, December 1, 1994), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Boss Lion threatens to eat all the inhabitants of the village, until he is outsmarted by Br'er Rabbit.
9780887082733 | Simon & Schuster, September 1, 1993, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Boss Lion threatens to eat all the inhabitants of the village, until he is outsmarted by Br'er Rabbit.
Rhymed versions of 'Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby,' 'Winnianimus Grass,' and 'Hello House,' first collected by J.C. Harris
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9781562822156 | Reissue edition (Hyperion, January 1, 1992), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Rhymed versions of 'Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby,' 'Winnianimus Grass,' and 'Hello House,' first collected by J.
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9781562825775 | Reprint edition (Hyperion, March 1, 1994), cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Rhymed versions of 'Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby,' 'Winnianimus Grass,' and 'Hello House,' first collected by J.
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9780606057691 | Demco Media, March 1, 1994, cover price $12.20 | About this edition: Rhymed versions of 'Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby,' 'Winnianimus Grass,' and 'Hello House,' first collected by J.
Cassette/Spoken Word:
9781570421402 | Hachette Audio, December 1, 1994, cover price $9.98 | About this edition: A collection of original folktales celebrating the African-American holiday illuminates the seven principles of the occasion--faith, creativity, collective work and responsibility, purpose, unity, self-determination, and cooperative economics.
Hardcover:
9780517120873 | Derrydale, February 1, 1995, cover price $4.99 | About this edition: Recounts the adventures of Brer Rabbit as he tricks Brer Fox, Brer Wolf, and Brer Bear, saves Brer Tortoise and Mrs.
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9780060229948 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, September 1, 1994, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: A collection of ghost stories and anecdotes that are part of the folklore of African Americans
Paperback:
9780064406024, titled "The Headless Haunt: And Other African-American Ghost Stories" | Trophy Pr, September 1, 1995, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: A collection of ghost stories and anecdotes that are part of the folklore of African Americans
Library:
9780060229979 | Harpercollins, September 1, 1994, cover price $13.89 | About this edition: A collection of ghost stories and anecdotes that are part of the folklore of African Americans
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9780606084543 | Demco Media, September 1, 1995, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: A collection of ghost stories and anecdotes that are part of the folklore of African Americans
Fifteen black and African-American tales of the supernatural from various states and several Caribbean countries. Includes commentary on black folklore in the New World.
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9780689803062 | Reprint edition (Aladdin Paperbacks, September 1, 1995), cover price $3.95 | About this edition: Fifteen Black and African-American tales of the supernatural from various states and several Caribbean countries, with information on Black folklore in the New World
School and Library:
9780684193335 | Atheneum, October 1, 1991, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Fifteen Black and African-American tales of the supernatural from various states and several Caribbean countries
Reinforced:
9780606080576 | Demco Media, September 1, 1995, cover price $10.36 | About this edition: Fifteen Black and African-American tales of the supernatural from various states and several Caribbean countries, with information on Black folklore in the New World
Hardcover:
9780394846453 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, August 1, 1990, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: When she falls in love with Joshua, a slave, free-born Belle Dorcas uses the magic of a conjer woman to keep Joshua with her.
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9780679878094 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, December 1, 1995, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: An African American conjure tale tells how the beautiful Belle Dorcas finds a conjure woman to make a spell that will keep her husband from being sold and sent away
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9780394946450 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, August 1, 1990, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: When she falls in love with Joshua, a slave, free-born Belle Dorcas uses the magic of a conjer woman to keep Joshua with her.
Reinforced:
9780606084871 | Demco Media, December 1, 1995, cover price $12.25 | About this edition: An African American conjure tale tells how the beautiful Belle Dorcas finds a conjure woman to make a spell that will keep her husband from being sold and sent away
Hardcover:
9780765197337, titled "A Treasury of Afro-American Folklore: The Oral Literature, Traditions, Recollections, Legends, Tales, Songs, Religious Beliefs, Customs, Sayings, and Humor of Peoples of African Descent in" | Smithmark Pub, July 1, 1996, cover price $10.98 | About this edition: Highlights the diverse oral traditions of the African American cultures of the New World
9780788165603 | Diane Pub Co, June 1, 1996, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: A compendium to the oral traditions of New World African communities captures their tales, beliefs, songs, religious epics, and dialect and features dozens of musical scores and appendixes that explain the finer points of African-American tradition.
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9781569248119, titled "A Treasury of Afro-American Folklore: The Oral Literature, Traditions, Recollections, Legends, Tales, Songs, Religious Beliefs, Customs, Sayings, and Humor of Peoples of African Descent in" | Marlowe & Co, February 1, 1996, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Highlights the diverse oral traditions of the African American cultures of the New World.
Five stories chronicle the tales of Brer Rabbit
Reinforced:
9780606115261 | Reprint edition (Demco Media, May 1, 1997), cover price $14.66 | About this edition: A retelling of five folktales in which crafty Brer Rabbit tries to outsmart all the other creatures in the animal community.
Continues the lighthearted adventures and antics of the crafty Brer Rabbit
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9780152015596 | Reprint edition (Harcourt Childrens Books, September 1, 1997), cover price $7.00 | About this edition: Continues the lighthearted adventures and antics of the crafty Brer Rabbit
Little Eight John, as mean as mean there was, persists in disobeying his mother until he finds his mischief backfiring on him
Hardcover:
9780525673675 | Lodestar Books, September 1, 1992, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Little Eight John, as mean as mean there was, persists in disobeying his mother until he finds his mischief backfiring on him
Paperback:
9780140556308 | Reprint edition (Puffin, February 1, 1998), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Little Eight John, as mean as mean there was, persists in disobeying his mother until he finds his mischief backfiring on him
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9780606129824 | Reprint edition (Demco Media, February 1, 1998), cover price $12.74 | About this edition: Little Eight John, as mean as mean there was, persists in disobeying his mother until he finds his mischief backfiring on him
Prebinding:
9780613082594 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $14.30 | About this edition: Little Eight John, as mean as mean there was, persists in disobeying his mother until he finds his mischief backfiring on him
Paperback:
9781569247303 | Marlowe & Co, February 1, 1998, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Gathers essays on African American folklore, legends, and the Southern Black Christian church
Hardcover:
9781579120399 | Hachette Books, January 9, 1998, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Adapts and presents the best African American short stories, fables, fairy tales, hymns, and excerpts that can be read to children in less than ten minutes
Paperback:
9789990152081 | Penguin USA, January 1, 1999, cover price $0.02
Prebinding:
9781439512173 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 9, 2009), cover price $17.99 | About this edition: "Lester has retold 48 of the folktales in standard English but with a strong feel for the dialect of the original stories .
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