- Hardcover: 64 pages
- Publisher: Applewood Books; 1 edition (April 1 1996)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1557094144
- ISBN-13: 978-1557094148
- Product Dimensions: 14.4 x 10.8 x 1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 91 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #419,290 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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First published in London in 1899, this classic tale by Helen Bannerman tells the story of a little boy named Sambo who encounters four hunger tigers, outwits them, and turns them into butter, before returning safely home to eat a 169 pancakes for his supper.
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The classic story by Helen Bannerman of a young Indian lad who meets up with a tiger and turns him into butter. Includes Introduction.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
FOUR TIGERS MAKE 251 PANCAKES,
This review is from: The Little Black Sambo (Hardcover)
.Is there a stronger image in children's literature than the four angry tigers that grab each other's tails, run around the palm tree, faster and faster until they melt into a big pool of butter? The tigers intimidated the little boy (who just happens to be called Sambo) into handing over his beautiful new clothes. He is the smart hero in this classic story. The real lesson in this tale is shown in the fate of the tigers. Their greed and arrogance leads to an argument over "who is the grandest" when dressed in Sambo's clothes. They get so angry with each other that they forget why they are fighting but just go on getting angrier until they chase each other into oblivion. We see avarice, leading to pride, aggression, and ultimately to destruction. This is a profound lesson for all of us. The big jar of melted butter (ex-tiger) that Sambo's dad collected from under the palm tree let Mom cook up a big pile of pancakes to feed all the family. The only criticism that can be levelled at this book is "tigerism". Make sure you get a genuine re-issue of Miss Bannerman's 1921 original classic not one of the bowdlerized (and supposedly sanitized) "updates". The 21 illustrations in the original have a delightfully naïve quality and form an essential part of this book. Look out for other books in the " Wee Books for Wee Folk" series. They will take you back to the more innocent and less complex world known to our grandparents. There was wisdom to be had back then too.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic story for children,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Little Black Sambo (Hardcover)
When my wife asked me to try and find several classic children's books for her new baby grandson, I smiled at the mention of the titles, recalling with great fondness the stories being read to me by my mother when I was a child. Little Black Sambo was one of those stories. It is, of course, a shame that there arose some time ago individuals who equated the story with "racism". To the intelligent mind, it is truly a pity that some are so intent to find "racism" that they will envision same where none even vaguely exists.Such is the case with this fanciful, harmless classic story for children; a story that has been told to generations of children who have listened in wonder as the tigers melted into butter for (the little Indian boy) Sambo's pancakes!It is a story that returns one to a simpler time, long before child psychologists, political correctness (and who indeed is qualified to judge what is or is not CURRENTLY "correct"? Perhaps we're better off not knowing their identities, God help us!), shootings committed by school children, and all the other wonders of this wonderful Modern Age.Little Black Sambo is an American classic. As for racism: it can be found wherever one desires to find it. And if it exists not where they look, tis easy enough to invent.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A seminal image of understanding American racism.,
This review is from: The Little Black Sambo (Hardcover)
This book has been the source of contextualizing American racism. Even though the book does not deal with the African American, the character's names Sambo, Mumbo, and Jumbo are certainly not Indian but Jamaican.I heard about this book originally from a rap CD Mr. Hood by the group KMD where the words "Little Black Sambo" were scratched in with other images of Ernie and Bert from Sesame Street. The rap group suggests that racism notions begin in innocence and progress eventually to stereotypical behavior. However, it points out that African Americans stereotype whites and pokes fun of that using Mr. Hood as the prototypical white businessman who is outwitted by the group members. By using Mr. Hood as a contrast to Black Sambo and the orange colored Ernie and Bert, KMD shows that racism by both white and blacks can be detrimental. I think that this child's book is important as a part of American memorabilia and for understanding the history of racial stereotypical. Whether or not people believe the racism of Bannermann's book, Little Black Sambo is always an essential book to read by both children and adults.
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