He's reinterpreted the book, accompanying the original text with a meticulous re-drawing of Little Black Sambo. The book was one of illustrator Christopher Bing's childhood favorites. Little Black Sambo's mother decides to use the butter to make a great pancake feast for dinner. On his way home, Little Black Sambo's father finds the pool of butter, scoops it up into a pot and takes it home. As the tigers chase each other, they run so fast they melt into butter. The tigers then turn on each other in a jealous rage. The story, written by Scotswoman Helen Bannerman, tells of a little boy who wanders into the jungle and surrenders his clothing piece by piece to ferocious tigers. But the controversy around racist interpretations of "Sambo" has been so intense that the book disappeared from many bookshelves. The original story of Little Black Sambo has never gone out of print since it was first published in 1899.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |