It`s easy for parents to get the idea that storytelling is an exercise librarians perform while waiting for kids to learn to read. But to Julius Lester, storytelling can be as simple as shooting the ...

Like a lot of people in a lot of families, playwright Aaron Coleman grew up hearing the stories of Brer Rabbit, the cunning character from African folklore who outsmarted his animal adversaries. These ...

There are a lot of reminders around Eatonton, Ga., that Joel Chandler Harris - author of the famous Uncle Remus tales - was a native. There's the Uncle Remus Museum in two original Putnam County slave ...

GEORGIA AUTHOR JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS’ “Uncle Remus” stories were first published in 1880. These interpretations of the African folk tales Harris heard told by slaves are narrated by the fictional Uncle ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Staff photo by Wm. Shawn Weigel Artist John Hannafin sits in front of his latest piece — a mural ...

Curtis Richardson hops around the front parlor of the 140-year-old house, animatedly recounting the enchanting tales of Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf. The elementary school students in the room shriek ...

Georgia last week began raising $100,000 to build a monument to one of its two great literary heroes, the late Joel Chandler Harris, author of the “Uncle Remus” stories.* Throughout the State’s public ...

Brer Rabbit has appeared on the front page a few times in recent weeks, so I guess that proves you can still make the news even when you’re as old as dirt. A 3-foot-tall statue of the famous Uncle ...

Peter Rabbit, the cute and wily bunny who wears a bright blue jacket, is the best-selling creation of English author Beatrix Potter. Originally published in 1902, the Tale of Peter Rabbit – the first ...

Elementary school students in the room shriek with delight at Wren's Nest, the very house where newspaperman and author Joel Chandler Harris brought the mischievous characters... ATLANTA (AP) — Curtis ...