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The story of Little Babaji
By Bannerman, Helen & Marcellino, Fred
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-06205-065-6
- Publisher
- [New York] : HarperCollins, 1996.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 1996
PreS-Gr 2 Bannerman's famous (perhaps infamous) book, The Story of Little Black Sambo, first appeared in 1899. In the original, a "little black boy" loses articles of his clothing to a succession of tigers. Argue as they do, the animals cannot decide who among them is the grandest. In their anger they whirl around a tree so fast that they melt into a pool of butter ("or ghi' as it is called in India") while the boy recovers his clothing. "Black Jumbo," the boy's father, takes the butter home to Sambo's mother, "Black Mumbo." A note on this new...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
