Harry Rountree (1878–1950)
Autore di Giant Treasury of Brer Rabbit
Opere di Harry Rountree
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Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Rountree, Harry
- Data di nascita
- 1878
- Data di morte
- 1950
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- New Zealand
- Luogo di nascita
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Luogo di residenza
- London, England, UK
St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK - Istruzione
- Queen's College, Aukland
Regent Street Polytechnic - Attività lavorative
- artist
illustrator
Soldier (WW1, Royal Engineers Captain) - Organizzazioni
- The London Sketch Club (President)
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
Sonlight Books (1)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 3
- Opere correlate
- 12
- Utenti
- 95
- Popolarità
- #197,646
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 1
- Preferito da
- 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.… (altro)