Uncle Remus Stories was first published in 1906 by Joel Chandler Harris, is presented here with full illustrations by A.B . Frost and Harry Rowntree. Uncle Remus is a collection of animal stories, songs, and oral folklore, collected from Southern United States African-Americans. Many of the stories are didactic, much like those of Aesop's Fables and the stories of Jean de La Fontaine. Uncle Remus is a kindly old former slave who serves as a storytelling device, passing on the folktales to children gathered around him. Br'er Rabbit (Brother Rabbit) is the main character of the stories, a...

These stories are stories told to a little boy on a Southern plantation, before the Civil War, by an old family servant named Uncle Remus.

"A Little Union Scout" from Joel Chandler Harris. American journalist, fiction writer, and folklorist (1848-1908).

"Gabriel Tolliver" from Joel Chandler Harris. American journalist, fiction writer, and folklorist (1848-1908).

"Little Mr Thimblefinger and His Queer Country" from Joel Chandler Harris. American journalist, fiction writer, and folklorist (1848-1908).

"Nights With Uncle Remus" from Joel Chandler Harris. American journalist, fiction writer, and folklorist (1848-1908).

"Stories of Georgia" from Joel Chandler Harris. American journalist, fiction writer, and folklorist (1848-1908).

"The Bishop and the Boogerman" from Joel Chandler Harris. American journalist, fiction writer, and folklorist (1848-1908).