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* The story has all the right elements: food, beautiful bright colors, a child not dependent on the grownups, a little fright, and a very happy ending, to make up a completely delightful and CHARMING story.

* The story has all the right elements: food, beautiful bright colors, a child not dependent on the grownups, a little fright, and a very happy ending, to make up a completely delightful and CHARMING story.

* I STILL LOVED, ADORED, and WAS CHARMED by the story in which a little boy with so much happiness and wits turn all the adversaries into delicious food! <ref name="ferris" />

* I STILL LOVED, ADORED, and WAS CHARMED by the story in which a little boy with so much happiness and wits turn all the adversaries into delicious food! <ref name="fairrosa">[http://www.fairrosa.info/disc/sambo.html]</ref>

The story was a children's favorite for many years, but then became subject to a censorship campaign  in certain countries based on complaints about outdated racial imagery.<ref>'While this story has charmed generations, current publishers have decided to avoid any sense of perceived negative connotations by reissuing the ORIGINAL storybook with a new title: "The Story of Little Babaji.' [http://www.sambosrestaurant.com/indexsam.htm ] </ref>  

The story was a children's favorite for many years, but then became subject to a censorship campaign  in certain countries based on complaints about outdated racial imagery.<ref>'While this story has charmed generations, current publishers have decided to avoid any sense of perceived negative connotations by reissuing the ORIGINAL storybook with a new title: "The Story of Little Babaji.' [http://www.sambosrestaurant.com/indexsam.htm ] </ref>  

A 1941 book and record version of the story "epitomizes the worst of [[racial stereotyping]] -- Sambo's parents are now [[Mammy]] and [[Pappy]], for example, and they are caricatures of [[Aunt Jemima]] and [[Steppin' Fetchit]]." [http://www.tomfolio.com/bookdetailssu.asp?b=7986&m=81]

A 1941 book and record version of the story "epitomizes the worst of [[racial stereotyping]] -- Sambo's parents are now [[Mammy]] and [[Pappy]], for example, and they are caricatures of [[Aunt Jemima]] and [[Steppin' Fetchit]]." [http://www.tomfolio.com/bookdetailssu.asp?b=7986&m=81]

* Jerry Pinkney said in a recent lecture that LBS was one of his favorite books as a child because it showed a resourceful black kid. He suggested that the problems with the book stem primarily from the stereotypical illustrations and the connotation that later attached to the name Sambo. [http://www.fairrosa.info/disc/sambo.html]

* Jerry Pinkney said in a recent lecture that LBS was one of his favorite books as a child because it showed a resourceful black kid. He suggested that the problems with the book stem primarily from the stereotypical illustrations and the connotation that later attached to the name Sambo. <ref name="fairrosa" />

[[Barbara Bader]] wrote:

[[Barbara Bader]] wrote: