Harry Rountree (1878–1950)
Autor/a de Giant Treasury of Brer Rabbit
Obres de Harry Rountree
Animal Fun A.B.C. 1 exemplars
Obres associades
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Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom normalitzat
- Rountree, Harry
- Data de naixement
- 1878
- Data de defunció
- 1950
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- New Zealand
- Lloc de naixement
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Llocs de residència
- London, England, UK
St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK - Educació
- Queen's College, Aukland
Regent Street Polytechnic - Professions
- artist
illustrator
Soldier (WW1, Royal Engineers Captain) - Organitzacions
- The London Sketch Club (President)
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Sonlight Books (1)
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 3
- També de
- 13
- Membres
- 97
- Popularitat
- #194,532
- Valoració
- 4.0
- Ressenyes
- 2
- ISBN
- 1
- Preferit
- 2
My favorite story, which my dad read to me when I was younger, is "The Wonderful Tar Baby Story", which is about Brer Fox and Brer Rabbit, who are always tricking each other. In this story, Brer Fox wants to get even with Brer Rabbit, so he sets the Tar Baby out on the road and waits for Brer Rabbit to come along. He watches and laughs while Brer Rabbit gets frustrated that the Tar Baby is not responding to his friendly chatter, and hits and kicks the Tar Baby until all of his limbs and finally his head are stuck in the tar.
This is a great treasury of folklore which could be used in multiple ways in the classroom - in a unit on folklore, in a unit on slavery, in a unit on storytelling and oral tradition, or even in a simple lesson about personification. This collection could also be used to teach students about the differences between European folklore and fables and African folklore and fables.… (més)