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The Story of Little Black Sambo: Color Facsimile of First American Illustrated
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The Story of Little Black Sambo: Color Facsimile of First American Illustrated Edition Paperback - 2017

by Helen Bannerman


About this book

The Story of Little Black Sambo is a children’s book written and illustrated by Scottish-born author Helen Bannerman for her children while her family was living in India. The story of a young Indian boy who outsmarts four tigers that threaten to eat him has been noted a controversial with its publication in the United States, accused of presenting racist overtones, primarily because of its illustrations. However, many “American editions” were pirated versions, lacking Bannerman’s name on the title page, that were reillustrated, producing degrading caricatures. 

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2017 Reprint of 1923 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. Illustrated with 27 Color Drawings. Sambo is a South Indian boy who lives with his father and mother, named Black Jumbo and Black Mumbo, respectively. While out walking, Sambo encounters four hungry tigers, and surrenders his colorful new clothes, shoes, and umbrella so they will not eat him. The tigers are vain and each thinks he is better dressed than the others. They chase each other around a tree until they are reduced to a pool of ghee (clarified butter). Sambo then recovers his clothes and collects the ghee, which his mother uses to make pancakes. Despite controversy concerning the racism of illustrations of other contemporary editions, we reprint the original American Edition of 1923 by The Stokes Company. The illustrations therein are more of the type done to illustration contemporary children's books, like Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, [1894] and which do not reflect the patent racism of other editions of Little Black Sambo; editions that clearly pandered to racist sentiment at the time.

First Edition Identification

On October 31, 1899, The Story of Little Black Sambo was first published by Grant Richards as one in a series of small-format books called The Dumpy Books for Children. The book was an instant success, running to four editions in its first year.

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  • Title The Story of Little Black Sambo: Color Facsimile of First American Illustrated Edition
  • Author Helen Bannerman
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 62
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Martino Fine Books
  • Date 2017-06-15
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781684221202 / 168422120X
  • Weight 0.27 lbs (0.12 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.17 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 0.43 cm)
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