10.30.2013

The Story of Little Black Sambo

  Today, I intriduce about "The Story of Little Black Sambo"(ちびくろさんぼ). This book was written and illustrated by Helen Bannerman.




   Sambo is a South Indian boy who encounters four hungry tigers. He is threatened to eat by tigers, and surrenders his colourful new clothes, shoes, and umbrella so they will not eat him. The tigers think that who is the most strong and chase each other around a tree until they melt butter. Finally, they melt and became butter. Sambo then recovers his clothes and takes home the butter. His mother makes pancakes out of the butter and sambo eats 169 pieces of pancakes!

   This book is one of the most favorite book.  If you like it, you should read !!!



1 件のコメント:

  1. This book was popular in the USA when I was young. But now it's hardly seen -- because people found the depiction of black Africans to be offensive. There is still some controversy about the publication of this book in Japan.

    Have a look here:
    http://archive.is/7pDZN

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