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The Story of Little Black Sambo

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Author(s):Helen Bannerman
Illustrator(s):Kurt Wiese
Publisher(s): Garden City Publishing Co.
Year Published: 1933
Type: Hardcover
Moveable
Genre: Boys Growing Up
Cats
Fantasy - English
Nature - Mammals
Picture Book
Toy Book
Age Range: Ages 0-5: Picture Books
Pages: 68
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
OCLC: 504606845

Description

A moveable version of the famous story of the little boy who outwits the tigers and has pancakes and butter as his reward.

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Other Editions

The Saggy Baggy Elephant (1947)

Twitted by a parrot about his looks, the baby elephant is unhappy until he meets some beautiful creatures just like himself. As with most of the early Little Golden Books, the later editions were much shortened.

Read online at archive.org.  This is a later abridged version. 

Publisher: Little Golden Books
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Jungle Tales: Little Black Sambo and The Saggy Baggy Elephant (1948)

This book includes The Saggy Baggy Elephant and “Little Black Sambo.”

Publisher: Golden Pleasure Books
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Little Black Sambo (1948)

The classic story of a little Indian boy who turns the tables on a tiger who wants to eat him for breakfast. Later editions are much shortened.

Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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Sam and the Tigers (1996)

A retelling of Little Black Sambo.

Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers
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