The Butter Tree
Tales Of Bruh Rabbit
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- $16.99
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
Fooled you! Bruh Rabbit is always playing tricks. He tricks Bruh Bear out of bed and eats his fish. He tricks Bruh Wolf out of the butter from his butter tree--then he proves that it was Wolf who ate it. He even serves oven-fried wolf to his children. But sometimes Bruh Rabbit gets fooled too.
Retelling six authentic Bruh Rabbit stories that were recorded in Beaufort County and Murrells Inlet in South Carolina, author Mary Lyons has captured their madcap spirit. A longtime reading teacher and librarian, she uses simple, strong words that allow first readers to make their own way through Bruh Rabbit's (mis)adventures. Mireille Vautier's explosion of primary colors, and her sly, knowing rabbit, add a second smile to every story.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Wily ``Bruh'' Rabbit (like ``brer,'' ``bruh'' is a variant of ``brother'') stars in six stories from South Carolina. These stories are priceless historically-as Lyons points out in an afterword, hearing about how small animals could trick big animals undoubtedly helped the enslaved originators of these tales endure their own oppression. Modern audiences, however, may find the narration here somewhat abrupt. In one story, for example, Bruh Rabbit tricks Bruh Wolf into drying his wet fur in the oven. But when Bruh Wolf wants out, "`Chin-chin,' said. `I want you crispy dry.' Then he slammed the door. And Bruh Rabbit's children had oven-fried wolf for supper.'' Equally problematic is the use of black-and-white illustrations to alternate with antic color art. Vautier's quirky primativism fizzles without her energetic primary paints. See Bo Rabbit: Smart for True (noted below) for a more developed treatment of similar material. Ages 5-7.
