The Story of Little Black Sambo
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Book Overview
The jolly and exciting tale of the little boy who lost his red coat and his blue trousers and his purple shoes but who was saved from the tigers to eat 169 pancakes for his supper, has been universally loved by generations of children. First written in 1899, the story has become a childhood classic and the authorized American edition with the original drawings by the author has sold hundreds of thousands of copies. Little Black Sambo is a book that speaks the common language of all nations, and has added more to the joy of little children than perhaps any other story. They love to hear it again and again; to read it to themselves; to act it out in their play.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0397300069
ISBN13:9780397300068
Release Date:January 1923
Publisher:HarperCollins
Length:64 Pages
Weight:0.27 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 4.3" x 5.7"
Age Range:4 to 8 years
Grade Range:Kindergarten to Grade 3
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
Beautiful Book
Published by Gaylene Glenn , 2 years ago
This is such a beautiful book! It has wonderful illustrations, and brings back warm memories of eating at a pancake house where they gave out this story when I was a little girl.
outstanding
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
used this for a read-aloud and all my classes loved the pictures of this timeless tale fellow teachers enjoyed the history in the back as well
Sanity reigns over "political correctness"
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Wonderful children's book and one I've heard and read over and over when I was young - glad it's back in print. As a child I marveled at Sambo's ingeniousness in outsmarting the tigers and, in fact, maybe even being smarter than some adults. It never occurred to me that the parents names might be derogatory, if anything the names sounded exotic: Black Jumbo and Black Mumbo. Children are innocent and see things in a clean, clear manner. Whatever is considered "bad" in this book is the manufacture of over-sensitive adults. This is a great classic and belongs in every library along with Grimm's Fairy Tales and Aesop Fables. One can revisit the magic of childhood through "Little Black Sambo".
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