For my Children's Literature class at university, I read this Uncle Remus narrative as well as the Joel Chandler Harris version. I liked this one more by leaps and bounds. For one, the grammar reflects the Southern speech without being near impossible to read without a headache. The stories are just as charming. And the author is of African American descent and knows these stories well. If I chose between one of these Uncle Remus books to read to my children, I would certainly choose this one. The illustrations are also quite lovely.