Source
University of Florida’s Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature
Baldwin Call #
#15h1112
Description
This version retains Helen Bannerman’s original text, but illustrator Frank Dobias represents the characters in a bold, art deco style. Black Mumbo appears as a kercheifed Mammy, while Dobias draws Black Jumbo as a straw-hat wearing, pipe smoking minstrel figure. All of the characters have dark black skin, prominent red lips, and white eyes, characteristics typical of the minstrelsy tradition.
Creator
Helen Bannerman
Contributor(s)
Illustrated by Frank Dobias
Publisher
Macmillan Co
Publication Date
1927
Format
40 pages; colored illustrations; 15 cm.
Language
English