Story of Little Black Sambo

Description

BANNERMAN, Helen. The Story of Little Black Sambo. Illustrations by Christopher Bing. Brooklyn: Handprint, 2003. 4to, [28]pp. Color pictorial boards. Color pictorial endpapers; color illustrations on every page. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the artist, Caldecott Honor artist Christopher Bing, on the facsimile bookplate printed on the endpaper.

First Bing-illustrated edition. This award-winning reimagining of Bannermans 1902 story replaces the authors original caricature-like depiction of indigenous Indians with a beautifully painted young African boy and his parents as well as fearsome tigers!