---
product_id: 8549808
title: "The Story of Little Black Sambo"
brand: "helen bannerman"
price: "R1078"
currency: ZAR
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 8
url: https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/8549808-the-story-of-little-black-sambo
store_origin: ZA
region: South Africa
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# The Story of Little Black Sambo

**Brand:** helen bannerman
**Price:** R1078
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** The Story of Little Black Sambo by helen bannerman
- **How much does it cost?** R1078 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Memories.
*by S***R on October 30, 2021*

This is NOT a politically correct book at all and I won’t read it to my grandchildren. BUT long ago when I was a kid , I loved it and my mom read it to me a hundred times. When I got older she got me a poodle. He was black so I named him sambo. Never would happen in todays world but the book brought me back many childhood empties so I wanted a copy of it. It is a good story. And it’s got morals but it’s totally , in my opinion kind of predijuice. I am happy to have a copy though for my memories with mom.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ What memories, even if they are politically incorrect
*by C***C on June 3, 2013*

I remember this book fondly from my childhood. Little Black Sambo had such an amazing adventure in the jungle and managed to get home in one piece and with all his beautiful clothes intact. I would have screamed and run away if I met a tiger and the tiger would have surely chased me and killed me. In this fantasy Sambo has the presence of mind to bargain with the tigers and escapes with his life while the proud and greedy tigers come to a bad end.Forty years ago a local pancake house was called Sambo's. The decor was taken from the book's illustrations. Of course there was "tiger butter" to put on your pancakes. Alas, with everyone worried about offending minorities of any type, the owners decided to change the theme of the restaurant. Today, I expect that very few children even know the story of the resourceful little boy from Africa. I'm glad it has been republished.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Color illustrations inside
*by K***E on November 13, 2020*

I was a little nervous ordering this because some of the reviews were saying that the illustrations were all black and white, but the book I got had color illustrations. The cover is yellow with Sambo and the tigers. This is a reprint of the authorized American version and seems to use American blacks not south Indian blacks as the cartoons characters. It ends up creating a little cognitive dissonance, since tigers don’t live in the United States, but it’s a children’s book and shouldn’t be taken too seriously. It’s a whimsical and delightful story.

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*Store origin: ZA*
*Last updated: 2026-09-30*