Works by selected Scottish authors DescriptionĪ selection of classic out-of-copyright Scottish poetry, prose and children’s stories from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Her story of a black child's adventures with some tigers is now a controversial work due to its highly problematic title, but is an influential and skilfully told tale.
Bannerman (1862-1946) was born in Edinburgh, but her famous book was inspired by and written in India where she lived for 30 years. Helen Bannerman's 'Tale of Little Black Sambo' was a pioneering picture book for children and an instant success when it was published in 1899. To find similar items, select the checkboxes next to the characteristics you are interested in, then select the 'Find similar' button.
The physical item used to create this digital version is out of copyright.Additionally, Black Mumbo appears as a Mammy figure, and all of the characters are barefooted. The characters live in a grass hut and Sambo and the twins wear grass skirts, emphasizing their primitiveness. A new adventure of Little Black Sambo Shelfmark Bannerman uses racialized imagery throughout this book. The name Sambo came to be seen as a slur on people of color, causing the books to often be blacklisted or censored. She was the grandmother of the physicist Tom Kibble, who discovered the HiggsKibble mechanism and the Higgs boson. A new adventure of Little Black Sambo > (1) She died in Edinburgh in 1946 of cerebral thrombosis.
Context Works by selected Scottish authors > Helen Bannerman > Story of Sambo and the twins.
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