Interesting read

I’ve wanted to pick this up for some time, I’m glad I finally did. The book took some getting used to as the dialect is difficult to read straight from the page. I found myself whisper reading to make sense of what was on the page. Unfortunately I feel like I missed some of the tales

If you can get past the politically incorrect language, there is a lot of wisdom in these simple stories.

This is a charming collection of stories of talking animals especially Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox that get into various scrapes, similar to Aesop's Fables, told by old Uncle Remus to a little boy long ago - in the "mythical" South. The illustrations are great! This is the book for anyone who's ever wo

ვიფიქრე,დღეს რომელიმე კეთილ წიგნს წავიკითხავ-მეთქი :დ ავარჩიე ბიძია რემუსის ზღაპრები, ჰოდა, კომბლეზე რა გითხრათ,მაგრამ ამ ზღაპრებმა იმედები გამიცრუა :| არანაირი სიკეთე ;დ მხოლოდ და მხოლოდ ტყუილი,ცბიერება,ძალადობა,გამორჩენის მცდელობა და ა.შ. და ა.შ. ;დ მოკლედ მაპატიე,ჯოელ ჰარის ,მაგრამ იმდენი კეთილი

I was curious to read this, particularly in light of Alice Walker's assertion that these stories made her ashamed to be black. I get it, but the stories, songs & sayings are interesting from the perspective of a certain time & place & viewpoint; I think the author meant well.