Review: What memories, even if they are politically incorrect
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 2, 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.