The Story of Little Black Sambo

This is NOT a politically correct book at all and I won’t read it to my grandchildren. BUT long ago when I was a kid , I loved it and my mom read it to me a hundred times. When I got older she got me a poodle. He was black so I named him sambo. Never would happen in todays world but the book brought me back many childhood empties so I wanted a copy of it. It is a good story. And it’s got morals but it’s totally , in my opinion kind of predijuice. I am happy to have a copy though for my memories with mom.

Nicely made. Good quality paper used in the book. Arrived quickly.

I was a little nervous ordering this because some of the reviews were saying that the illustrations were all black and white, but the book I got had color illustrations. The cover is yellow with Sambo and the tigers. This is a reprint of the authorized American version and seems to use American blacks not south Indian blacks as the cartoons characters. It ends up creating a little cognitive dissonance, since tigers don’t live in the United States, but it’s a children’s book and shouldn’t be taken too seriously. It’s a whimsical and delightful story.

This is a lovely book and is true to the original in both word/line spacing and graphics. Beautiful!What a treasure. What child did not cherish this book?

Hard to find book, but there were a few to choose from. Pictures were not as good as the one I had when I was young.

We read this in my one room schoolhouse. Grades 1,2, and 3. Well done.

I remember this book fondly from my childhood. Little Black Sambo had such an amazing adventure in the jungle and managed to get home in one piece and with all his beautiful clothes intact. I would have screamed and run away if I met a tiger and the tiger would have surely chased me and killed me. In this fantasy Sambo has the presence of mind to bargain with the tigers and escapes with his life while the proud and greedy tigers come to a bad end.Forty years ago a local pancake house was called Sambo's. The decor was taken from the book's illustrations. Of course there was "tiger butter" to put on your pancakes. Alas, with everyone worried about offending minorities of any type, the owners decided to change the theme of the restaurant. Today, I expect that very few children even know the story of the resourceful little boy from Africa. I'm glad it has been republished.

The back of the cover came torn and stained with an oily substance

As a little kid, I'd go to the library with my Mom and, I'd always want to take this book home if someone else didn't have it already. Finally, the library bowed to PC pressure and removed it from the shelf. There was absolutely nothing racist about this book and it's a great book for children. My fave as a young child … along with Curious George, Amelia Bedelia, and Jack & The Beanstalk.

Il s'agit de la reproduction exacte mais légèrement grossie (texte et illustrations naïves 7,6 x 10,6 cm en couleurs) d'une première édition de Philadelphie dans les années 1920, (illustrations 6,4 x 8,8 cm) qui a fait la joie de mes enfants puis petits-enfants quand je la leur lisais en traduisant, une contine qu'ils savent encore par coeur. L'histoire est complète depuis la présentation des parents Sambo jusqu'à la dégustation des 169 crêpes frites au beurre des tigres fondus pour avoir tourné trop vite autour du palmier. Seule la préface de l'édition originelle sur la dame auteure de l'histoire en Inde ne figure pas dans cette récente édition.

I was having a conversation about this PC world we now live in, what you can and can't say anymore for fear of offending someone or other, and it prompted me to recall this book I read when at infant school in the early 50's. Having read the story countless times - (I kept getting it re-stamped to take it out of the library again),- I certainly know that I didn't suffer at all for reading about a little black boy and his adventure neither was I aware of any offence within the school for having this book in the library. Very pleased and surprised to find that I could still get a copy. Have enjoyed reading it to my grand bairns now and I am sure it wont have any sinister affect on them either. (Why can we not let our children be children??) As for seller feedback I was really pleased that you kept me in the loop about the delivery time and it came very quickly at the start of last week. Packaging good, prompt delivery and I would certainly use this seller again!!!

I know this book is not exactly "PC" (politically correct) for 2011.However, my mother loved this book as a child and she readit to my children this past summer. They adored it. So, I bought it recently and my littlegirls love it so much. It's a big hit.

Little Black Sambo adorable takes me back to when I was a little girl and a story I told my kiddies just before going to bed, was so pleased to find the book to show it to them Many happy memories.