Little Black Sambo

Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780448403540.

By the Scottish author of a number of childrens books, the most famous being Little Black Sambo. She lived for a good proportion of her life in India, where her husband was an officer in the Indian Medical Service. The story takes place in a fairy tale India where a little boy outwits the predators in his world, to return safely home and eat 169 pancakes for his supper. It was a childrens favourite for half a century.