Illustrated by Christopher Bing.
Across generations and throughout the world, the story of the clever young boy who outwits a band of fierce tigers has held its audience rapt. But since its publication in 1899 the tale has a dark and complex history. Caldecott Honour-winning artist Christopher Bing has spent two decades illuminating the joy and boundless energy of Helen Bannerman's original text. Bing celebrates Sambo as proudly African, a child of beauty and joy, wit and resourcefulness.
In recreating the illusion of an antique, weathered, tiger-clawed storybook filled with exquisitely detailed paintings that draw upon a lush jungle-inspired palette, Christopher Bing's interpretation of Sambo's world seamlessly melds a grand sense of wonder with both scholarship and an appreciation for a time, a place and a history.
