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Brer Rabbit and the Little Girl

A trickster tale retold from Nights With Uncle Remus, by Joel Chandler Harris

This trickster tale comes from Nights With Uncle Remus, a collection of African American folk stories published by Joel Chandler Harris in the nineteenth century. The Brer Rabbit stories celebrate cleverness, quick thinking, and the victory of the small and clever over the big and powerful. This text reflects its era; a few period terms have been modernised. Children delight in Brer Rabbit's resourcefulness and in the lesson that a trick can work once or twice, but being too greedy with a trick may lead to trouble — and that sometimes, the only way out is an even cleverer trick.

Band

Purple · Pre-readers and first readersTypical starting range: ages 4–5

Length

short · about 359 words in 6 sections · 4 pictures

Source

Nights With Uncle Remus, Joel Chandler Harris

First published

see the About page in the reader

Regions

Canada · United States

Included formats

• · Web reader and PDF
• · EPUB for e-readers
• · Home-print sheet
• · Folded booklet
• · Binder edition (8.5 × 11)
• · Worksheet
• · Quick Check (6 questions) with answer key
• · Read-aloud script
• · Colouring page
• · Teacher’s Edition (members)

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