Uncle Remus
When we read the Uncle Remus stories in Year 0, I pick and choose the stories we read so as to be sure to read the most familiar tales and to avoid some of the more unsettling stories. I do like to use the original Joel Chandler Harris version, despite the dialect, because Julius Lester omits the Uncle Remus frame story in his version and I think that part of the story is important. If you are not familiar with these stories, you might want to read about why they are important . This is the list of tales I read during the preschool years: Uncle Remus Initiates the Little Boy Wonderful Tar-Baby Story Why Mr. Possum Loves Peace How Mr. Rabbit was Too Sharp for Mr. Fox Story of the Deluge Mr. Fox Tackles Old Man Tarrypin Mr. Rabbit Grossly Deceives Mr. Fox Mr. Fox is Again Victimized Mr. Fox Goes a-Hunting But Mr. Rabbit Bags the Game Old Mr. Rabbit, He’s a Good Fisherman Mr. Rabbit Finds His Match at Last Mr. Rabbit Meets His Match Again Mr. Rabbit and Mr. Bear H...