Helen Bannerman, who was born in Edinburgh in 1863, lived in India for thirty years. As a gift for her two little girls, she wrote and illustrated The Story of Little Black Sambo (1899), a story that clearly takes place in India (with its tigers and "ghi," or melted butter), even though the names she gave her characters belie that setting.
For this new edition of Bannerman's much beloved tale, the little boy, his mother, and his father have all been give authentic Indian names: Babaji, Mamaji, and Papaji. And Fred Marcellino's high-spirited illustrations lovingly, memorably transform this old favorite. He gives a classic story new life.

The Story of Little Babaji

Children's Books

Bannerman, Helen

Animals

Harpercollins

Born in Edinburgh in 1863, Helen Bannerman lived in India for thirty years. As a gift for her two little girls, she wrote and illustrated The Story of Little Black Sambo(1899), a story that clearly takes place in India (with its tigers and "ghi," or melted butter), even though the names she gave her characters belie that setting. For this new edition of Bannerman's much beloved tale, the little boy, his mother, and his father have all been given authentic Indian names: Babaji, Mamaji, and Dadaji. And Fred Marcellino's illustrations'lively and lavish'are unmistakably Indian in every detail. The Story of Little Babaji:an old favorite is lovingly, memorably transformed.
1996 Children's Books (NY Public Library) Notable 1997 Childrens' Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC) 1997 Editor's Choice (Booklist) Booklist Notable Children's Books of 1997 ‘Lasting Connections of 1996' Book Links

Born in Edinburgh in 1863, Helen Bannerman lived in India for thirty years. As a gift for her two little girls, she wrote and illustrated The Story of Little Black Sambo(1899), a story that clearly takes place in India (with its tigers and "ghi," or melted butter), even though the names she gave her characters belie that setting. For this new edition of Bannerman's much beloved tale, the little boy, his mother, and his father have all been given authentic Indian names: Babaji, Mamaji, and Dadaji. And Fred Marcellino's illustrations'lively and lavish'are unmistakably Indian in every detail. The Story of Little Babaji:an old favorite is lovingly, memorably transformed. 1996 Children's Books (NY Public Library) Notable 1997 Childrens' Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC) 1997 Editor's Choice (Booklist) Booklist Notable Children's Books of 1997 ‘Lasting Connections of 1996' Book Links

When a little boy named Rajani ventures into the jungle, he runs into several tigers who make him give them his fine new red coat, blue trousers, purple shoes with crimson linings, and even his green umbrella! But Rajani outsmarts the tigers in the end, in this kinder retelling of Helen Bannerman’s Little Black Sambo. New illustrations and non-offensive names and character depictions make this story lovable again.

The Boy and the Tigers (Little Golden Book)

Golden Books

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.

The Story of Little Black Sambo

Classics

Little Black Samb Gb

Grosset&Dunlap

Sambo is a black boy who encounters four hungry tigers who demand that he surrender his colorful new clothes, shoes, and umbrella or they say they will eat him. What will poor Sambo do? This story has been a children's favorite for over a century. First written in 1899, it has become a childhood classic and the authorized American edition with the original drawings by the author has sold hundreds of thousands of copies.

Literature & Fiction

Blurb

The Story Of Little Black Quibba (1903)

Kessinger Publishing

A remarkable celebration from the Caldecott Honor-winning artist!A clever young boy outwits a band of voracious tigers and returns home in triumph to a splendid feast of a yard-high stack of pancakes. The story, penned by Helen Brodie Bannerman for her two daughters in 1889, has captured the imagination of readers around the world and across many generations. But the pictures which accompanied her text were crudely stereotypical and hurtful to many. Caldecott Honor-winning artist Christopher Bing has spent almost fifteen years rediscovering the joy and energy of the original story. He respects that Bannerman was writing in an Indian setting and with Indian animals-after all, there are no tigers in Africa-and faithfully adheres to the original text. However, recognizing that the image of Sambo has been used as a symbol of repression of Africans and African-Americans, Christopher Bing celebrates Sambo as proudly African, a child of beauty and joy, wit and resourcefulness. In recreating the illusion of an antique, weathered, tiger-clawed storybook filled with exquisitely detailed paintings that draw upon a lush jungle-inspired palette, Christopher Bings interpretation of Sambos world seamlessly melds a grand sense of wonder with the minutiae of nature, and a story with history.

The Story of the Little Black Sambo

Chatto&Windus

The Story of Sambo and the Twins

Random House Children's Books (A Division of Random House Group)

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The Story of Little Babaji

The Story of Little Babaji

The Story of Little Babaji

The Boy and the Tigers (Little Golden Book)

The Story of Little Black Sambo

Little Black Samb Gb

The Story of Little Black Sambo

The Story Of Little Black Quibba (1903)

The Story of the Little Black Sambo

The Story of Sambo and the Twins