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| Original Title: | Walt Disney's Uncle Remus Stories |
| ISBN: | 0307010554 (ISBN13: 9780307010551) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Uncle Remus (Disney's Song of the South), Brer Rabbit (Disney's Song of the South), Brer Bear (Disney's Song of the South), Brer Fox (Disney's Song of the South) |
| Setting: | Georgia(United States) |
Marion Palmer
Hardcover | Pages: 24 pages Rating: 4.2 | 1025 Users | 52 Reviews
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| Title | : | Walt Disney's Uncle Remus (A Little Golden Book) |
| Author | : | Marion Palmer |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | A Little Golden Book |
| Pages | : | Pages: 24 pages |
| Published | : | February 1st 1986 by Golden Books (first published 1946) |
| Categories | : | Childrens. Classics. Fiction |
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I have very fond memories of these being read to me as a child.I loved the dialect and vernacular vocabulary. These are stories that definitely should be read aloud--but not just anyone can do it; or at least not do it well. It's actually very difficult to read if you're not already somewhat familiar with old time Southern dialect.I also fondly remember my grandmother taking me to see the re-release of the great Disney movie adaptation, Song of the South. I think I even had a picture book based on the movie. I may have even had the sing-along record to play on my Fisher-Price record player. Wow!! didn't remember all this until I started writing. Anybody remember the songs? "Zippidee do dah--zippidee-ay..My oh my, what a wonderful day! Plenty of sunshine comin my way--Zippidee do dah--zippidee-ay!"
I think it's absurd that these classic childrens' stories and the movie have been deemed politically incorrect or whatever. I remember hearing somewhere that actor Bill Cosby was largely responsible for the attempted banning of these classics, along with the cancellation of the TV show, Dukes of Hazard. Could just be an urban legend. Anybody know if there's any truth to that?
If so, I find it ludicrous that the man who created the show, "Fat Albert," a cartoon that pokes fun at overweight teenagers and people with speech impediments would take it upon himself to deem any other childrens' stories inappopriate
I think it's absolutely ridiculous to label these stories "racist." Calling the Uncle Remus stories racist is just like saying that any historically accurate portrayal of life in America before emancipation and civil rights is "racist." Or calling a book depitcting life in Nazi Germany "racist," or labeling a historical novel set during in the Roman Empire "racist." There's a huge important difference between HISTORICAL and racist. By telling a story set during a time period and culture in which there were unfortunately racist actions and people, that does not automatically make a story "racist." If it did, we would need to ban most American history books along with any world history book depicting historical periods in which people groups were mistreated. People who want to get rid of the Uncle Remus stories are the same types that want to ban The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, arguably one the greatest American novels ever written. If you personally can't handle reading or watching something that realistically depicts historical events and past cultures the way they really were, then ok---don't read it; but please don't impose your bias onto the rest of the world by labeling something and saying no one should read it.
Any way, these are great stories that really have no equivelant in today's writings for kids.
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Ratings: 4.2 From 1025 Users | 52 ReviewsEvaluate Containing Books Walt Disney's Uncle Remus (A Little Golden Book)
Found a 1946 edition while reading Joel Chandler Harris' original, problematic stories. In his introduction, Walt Disney himself states: "after much consideration, we have been forced to conclude that this dialect is much too difficult for the majority of modern, young readers. For this reason, we have greatly simplified it, although with regret that we had to alter it at all." Thinking about this book alongside more contemporary adaptations is worth considering, as well as comparing thesevery good read but hard to understand
One of my favorite childhood story books. I would pick a different "tale" every night and my mother would perform different voices for all of the characters. Actually, this is the ONLY book I can remember being read aloud over and over again. I know it wasn't the only one, but it is the only one that stuck. Sometime during my teens it got lost during a move. When I noticed it didn't make it to our new home, I was upset but when I had my first child almost 17 years ago I really started to panic
I saw this Little Golden Book version of Walt Disney Presents Uncle Remus. I bought this classic racist-as-fuck childrens book for two reasons: it is a book/film that I actually saw on the big screen at age 8 (1978) and I wanted to show my 18 & 19 year old ultra-liberal children (both take after mom & dad) how this sort of thing was acceptable not that long ago. Given, I was born in New Orleans & raised in the South, growing up, I am blessed that my ENORMOUS family is a colourful mix
This is the book that my dad would read to us as children. Written in vernacular. It is WONDERFUL and should be read aloud; preferably to your children :)
2 stars solely for the illustrations, which were enjoyable.But no amount of lovely illustration can make this anything but incredibly racist- it boils down to Joel Chandler Harris, a white man who apparently felt slavery was a lovely thing, took Black stories and made his name and profit off of them. I must soon read Alice Walker's essay "Uncle Remus, No Friend of Mine" because reading that balance is especially important to me, given I'm from Eatonton, GA- where both Harris and Walker hale
Maybe this says a lot about my mother and me, I don't know, but the first book I remember my Mom reading to me was The Tar Baby story from Uncle Remus. She did the best voices ever! It's been way too long since I've read these stories, but I still remember Brer Rabbit and Brer Bear and Brer Fox and the turtle and all the great stories.
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