Reviews for Uncle Remus Stories

The average rating for Uncle Remus Stories based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-03-01 00:00:00 Johnnie Cusack Okay I know, before I even start this that there are already a TON of people who are morally opposed to this book on the grounds that it is racially derrogatory. I happen to disagree. As a child of the south, I grew up hearing all the Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox stories and they have not damaged me or caused me to be an evil racially hateful woman. I consider when they were written and realize that the stories are wonderfully imaginative and teach a moral lesson at the heart of each one. I remember seeing the movie Uncle Remus in the theater when I was a child. I did not care what color he was. I loved the stories. The stories could have been told by a purple alien with ten eyes and I still would have loved the stories. Having said that- I love this book. My children have the stories and they love them. They always have loved the tar baby story and wanted me to read it every night. If you are interested in colorful stories that are sometimes a little hard to decipher if you don't know how to listen in your head to the dialogue, then please check this one out while you can.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-06-27 00:00:00 Ann Rose 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 due to the fact that the dialect wasn’t easy to decipher. I know there is controversy around this book, but the language seems fitting for the time it was produced. The fact that this was written allows these oral tales to not be lost for coming generations.