Seventh-grader Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save his best friend when they were in a bus accident together. All he has left of Eddie is the journal his friend wrote stories in. Tristan is dreading the month he's going to spend on his grandparents' farm. But on his first night there, a sticky creature shows up and steals Eddie's notebook. Tristan chases after it, and a tug-of-war ensues between them underneath a...

Relates in simple language how cunning Brer Rabbit manages to outwit the other animals.

Sixty of the well-loved classics, culled from seven Uncle Remus volumes, are presented here with the original illustrator's work--H.W. Wilson.