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[[Image:lbs.jpg|thumb|right|200px| the original cover of Little Black Sambo.]] | [[Image:lbs.jpg|thumb|right|200px| the original cover of Little Black Sambo.]] | ||
| − | The Story of Little Black Sambo is a [[children]]'s book by Helen Bannerman. Helen was a [[Scottish]] national. The book was first published in 1899 and features the hero, Sambo, outwitting a group of hungry tigers to return safely home where he eats 169 [[pancakes]] for his supper. | + | The Story of Little Black Sambo is a short [[children]]'s book<ref>It has only 1,089 words.</ref> by Helen Bannerman. Helen was a [[Scottish]] national. The book was first published in 1899 and features the hero, Sambo, outwitting a group of hungry tigers to return safely home where he eats 169 [[pancakes]] for his supper. |
The story takes place in a mythical India and the tigers racing around the tree are turned into [[ghee]], an [[Indian]] form of [[butter]]. | The story takes place in a mythical India and the tigers racing around the tree are turned into [[ghee]], an [[Indian]] form of [[butter]]. | ||
Revision as of 03:02, April 2, 2008
The Story of Little Black Sambo is a short children's book[1] by Helen Bannerman. Helen was a Scottish national. The book was first published in 1899 and features the hero, Sambo, outwitting a group of hungry tigers to return safely home where he eats 169 pancakes for his supper.
The story takes place in a mythical India and the tigers racing around the tree are turned into ghee, an Indian form of butter.
The story was a children's favorite for many years, but then became controversial in certain countries due to its overt and outdated racial imagery.
Helen Bannerman went on to write many similar books.
- ↑ It has only 1,089 words.