Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman illustrated by Bonnie and Bill Rutherford Western Publishing Company, 1961 I loved this book when I ...

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Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman illustrated by Bonnie and Bill Rutherford Western Publishing Company, 1961 I loved this book when I was a kid. As an adult I learned that it's been banned in some places and is considered to be controversial because of racial slurs involving the names of the characters. Apparently the word "sambo" is considered a racial slur in some countries. Furthermore, some versions of the book were illustrated in a caricature fashion that brought racial slurs to African Americans in the US and from that the story fell out of favor. You can read more about the controversy surrounding this book here. What I loved about the story was how smart the little boy was in convincing the tigers to accept his new clothing items rather than eating him. The very best part of the story, though, is when the tigers begin to fight over the clothing and chase each other around the tree "so fast that you couldn't see their legs at all." "And they still ran faster and faster and faster, till they all just melted away, and there was nothing left but a great big pool of melted butter (or "ghee" as it is called in India) round the foot of the tree." Black Mumbo, the little boy's mother, makes pancakes for supper and uses the tiger ghee which makes the pancakes tiger striped. "And Black Mumbo ate twenty-seven pancakes, and Black Jumbo ate fifty-five, but Little Black Sambo ate a hundred and sixty-nine, because he was so hungry!" You can read the entire book here. A few years ago I picked up a new "modern" copy of Little Black Sambo which suggested a PC angle based on the title if nothing else. By Helen Bannerman, Illustrated by Valeria Petrone Random House, 2004 The title page offers this note: Helen Bannerman, an Englishwoman who lived in India for thirty years, made up The Story of Little Black Sambo for her two daughters on a long train ride in 1899. For this edition of Bannerman's story, the little boy and his parents have been given new names. The illustrations just seem rather simple in a boring way and lack the charm of the book I loved as a child. The one of the tigers is pretty similar though, and in this image you can see them turning into ghi (as it's spelled in this version). The characters' names are: Ramita (mother), Kapaali (father), and Little Rajani. I think the updated names are a nice touch.

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SAMBO'S PICTURE STORY SERIES Card #6 The tigers are jealous of one another and race around the tree as they fight for Sambo's clothes. The bottom of the card lists locations in: Spokane, Edmonds, Seattle, Yakima, Salem, Eugene, Bend, Meford, Reno, Las Vegas, Eureka, Redding, Red Bluff, Santa Rosa, Sacramento, Carmichael, Oakland, Sunnyvale, Modesto, Fresno, Visalia, Bakersfield, San Bernadino, Riverside, San Jose, Monterey, Carmel, Arroyo Grande, Santa Barbara, El Monte, Los Angeles, Buena Park, Oceanside, San Diego, Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Indio, Needles, Blythe & Tucson Standard Printing Inc. SP 6 CAPA-016888

These are pictures from my personal copy of this book that I bought July 17, 2019 on eBay. I paid $12.93 (including postage). It is in fantastic condition. Only one animation was missing its head. This was my first attempt at restoration of a Julien Wehr book. I will do better in the future. See if you can find the repaired page. The animated pages have two views to show the animation changes. Here are some other editions of this amazing book. In this Red Binding version of the book the front endpiece is a red tiger. In this Red Binding version of the book the umbrella is not animated but the tiger head moves.

At head of title: The only authorized American edition

Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman illustrated by Bonnie and Bill Rutherford Western Publishing Company, 1961 I loved this book when I ...

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At head of title: The only authorized American edition

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