Julius Lester

It seems animals are like people in many ways—they just can't get along with one another. And Brer Rabbit has the most trouble of all. Maybe it's his mischievous ways, or maybe it's because adventures always come looking for him. There was the frightening day that Brer Rabbit found himself attached to a baby made of sticky tar. Brer Fox would have had a tasty barbecue that evening if Brer Rabbit hadn't been such a quick thinker. Then there was the...

Follows the adventures of a little boy named Sam when he matches wits with several tigers that want to eat him.

An illustrated collection of twelve folk tales, ten African and two Jewish.

Retells the final adventures and misadventures of Brer Rabbit and his friends and enemies.

A retelling of the classic Afro-American tales relating the adventures and misadventures of Brer Rabbit and his friends and enemies.

A prose retelling of Shakespeare's play in which a jealous general is duped into thinking that his wife has been unfaithful, with tragic consequences.

An elderly slave uses the power of his mind to ease the suffering of his fellow slaves and eventually lead them back to Africa. Based on an actual incident from black history.

Chaos results when a dream tells all the children and animals of the world that they should do whatever they want without fear of adult reprisal.

A black cowboy is so in tune with wild mustangs that they accept him into the herd, thus enabling him singlehandedly to take them to the corral.

Twelve tales of African and Afro-American origin include "How God Made the Butterflies, " "The Girl With the Large Eyes, " "Stagolee, " and "People Who Could Fly."