Source
University of Florida’s Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature
Baldwin Call #
Baldwin Call #23h23959
Description
This adaptation retains Helen Bannerman’s original text, but illustrator Pelagie Doane depicts Little Black Sambo as a black caricature. The character has kinky hair, and his skin is colored so darkly that his facial features are rendered largely indistinguishable, save for his white eyes and mouth. Bizarrely, this Sambo wears very short, almost feminizing shorts that reveal his long legs.
Creator
Helen Bannerman
Contributor(s)
Illustrated by Pelagie Doane
Publisher
E.P. Dutton & Co
Publication Date
Circa 1935
Format
128 pages; black and white illustrations; 20 cm.
Language
English