The Story of Little Black Sambo

By Helen Bannerman

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0397300069
• ISBN13: 9780397300068
• Release Date: January 1923
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.3" x 5.7"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Beautiful Book

This is such a beautiful book! It has wonderful illustrations, and brings back warm memories of eating at a pancake house where they gave out this story when I was a little girl.

outstanding

used this for a read-aloud and all my classes loved the pictures of this timeless tale fellow teachers enjoyed the history in the back as well