Tan Yun - Illustrator
Tan Yun began drawing when she was five. As she became more
familiar with art, she was very attracted to paint. She saw beauty
in life and painting as a way to express that beauty. Tan Yun is
from Guizhou, China and is the in-house illustrator for Amerlish.
She recieved her bachelor’s degree from Guizhou Nationalities
University and is working on a Master’s of Fine Art at Beijing Forestry
University focusing on traditional Chinese painting. Her work has
been included in many national painting competitions.
Kevin Earl - Author
Originally from Texas, Kevin Earl has lived and traveled around the
world experiencing stories from all over the globe. He believes that
through the stories of people and places we learn to appreciate
and understand others we share the world with, we learn valuable
lessons about why things are the way they are, and we pass down
our culture and traditions to connect the past with the future. Kevin
has degrees from LDS Business College, Brigham Young University,
and Grand Canyon University.
James Chandler Harris - Originator
Amerlish is an English language
training school based in
Beijing, China, that provides
American-style classes and
curriculum with integrated
cultural experiences. Amerlish
teachers, curriculum, and style
bring America to Amerlish
helping its students be more
successful when they go from
Amerlish to the world.
The stories of Br’er Rabbit originate with American writer James Chandler Harris. As a teenager,
Harris lived and worked at a plantation in Georgia. He spent a lot of time in the slave quarters where
he became familiar with the folktales passed down from generation to generation. Harris’s career led
him to writing for various publications around the country. His most famous works were the tales of
Uncle Remus in which he shared the stories and songs he had learned from the plantation. President
Theodore Roosevelt said of Harris and his work, “Presidents may come and presidents may go, but
Uncle Remus stays put. Georgia has done a great many things for the Union, but she has never done
more than when she gave Mr. Joel Chandler Harris to American literature.” Harris’s work influenced
Beatrix Potter, Mark Twain, A.A. Milne, Rudyard Kipling, and T.S. Elliot.