Nov 03, Bradley rated it really liked it Shelves: Rather more interesting than I thought it would be! And no, I don't know why anyone would think this was racist. The kid pulled a golden apple trick on the four tigers and let them fight amongst themselves, finally getting his clothes back. I don't know about any of you, but that's a clever move.
So yeah, I like. Tiger run around the tree, indeed! View all 16 comments. If you're into stuff like this, you can read the full review. The whole notion of "tainted classics" gives me the creeps. But changing them to make them more PC is even creepier. This is a true story, although it's hard to believe. In the 's I was perusing the selection on offer in the children's section of an otherwise wonderful books If you're into stuff like this, you can read the full review. In the 's I was perusing the selection on offer in the children's section of an otherwise wonderful bookstore, the kind long gone now.
I was absolutely staggered to pick up a book--an actual, in-my-hand book--called "Little Gray Sambo. Sep 24, Lisa Vegan rated it really liked it Shelves: I absolutely loved this story as a small child, and to me it was about a boy who created a wonderful outcome for himself and who was the hero of the story. Reading about his book now, I am saddened to recognize racist content at least in the version I knew and I must say the tigers turning into butter is another disturbing aspect for me. Now, I suspect the version I knew would get 1 star; the revised versions might fare better.
View all 29 comments. I loved the illustrations in this version and I really don't think Bannerman was attempting to be as blatantly racist as it seems, but now after our class discussion, that's all I can think about. Its history is pretty interesting, though and our discussion was eye-opening.
This book tries to "correct" the damage done by the American racist version of Little Black Sambo. I learned from the back notes the whole historical aspect and how society with the help of a lot of people before my time helped turn a beautiful oral tale into a racial representation of lazy, mixed, African Americans. I remember them taking me to the DuSable Museum in Chicago to show me the Little Black Sambo collection, and just how that use to "define" us to the mainstream American world. Christopher Bing does the story justice as he makes the illustrations just "pop" out from the text and beautiful illustrate the text I'm sure a lot of people have a disconnect towards it or feel that it "didn't change the way they viewed people, or that they were ignorant to the racist undertones growing up I'm struggling at wondering if I think this would be a perfect "older" child gateway book to talk about racism or the history of race in America.
It's weird because of how I was raised I have such mixed feelings on this book. May 25, Bob Havey rated it really liked it. No one thought it was racist, but that's only because it isn't. I bought a copy for my collection several years ago. Any book that's banned is worth having. Of course, these days a book like Little Black Sambo is forbidden, being politically incorrect; never the less, it is a book that was read to me when I was a child, and which I enjoyed. In the tale, a boy named Sambo outwits a group of hungry tigers; the little boy has to sacrifice his new red coat and his new blue trousers and his new purple shoes to four tigers, including one who wears his shoes on his ears, but Sambo outwits these predators and returns safely home, where he eats pancakes Of course, these days a book like Little Black Sambo is forbidden, being politically incorrect; never the less, it is a book that was read to me when I was a child, and which I enjoyed.
In the tale, a boy named Sambo outwits a group of hungry tigers; the little boy has to sacrifice his new red coat and his new blue trousers and his new purple shoes to four tigers, including one who wears his shoes on his ears, but Sambo outwits these predators and returns safely home, where he eats pancakes for his supper. Jul 04, Serena added it Shelves: I grew up reading this book.
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It was one of my absolute favourites. I never saw the prejudice touch. I just liked the idea of the tiger s? Not until some years ago in a New Orleans bookstore where it was labled under something like 'racist books for kids' did I ever have an inkling it might offend. Shows just how oblivious I can be. As a child with no awareness of racism, I loved Little Black Sambo.
My sister and brother and I would act the story out, especially the part where the tigers ran around the tree until they melted into a puddle of butter. I never recognized the discrepancy between the setting of the story India and the illustrations showing the characters as Africans. But when my own children were ready for picture books, I was embarrassed by Little Black Sambo , and I didn't read it to them.
Later, I was thrilled when Bannerman's story was republished as Little Babaji , with illustrations that set the scene firmly in India. And not only that--these new pictures are delightful and hilarious. Now my grandsons play Little Babaji, shouting "I'm the grandest tiger in the jungle! Sep 16, Kate rated it really liked it. Yes, it's really, really racist. But when I was little, my Grammy read it to me all the time and I loved it.
It's probably not a great book to read to kids now, and I'm sure it's out of print, but I used to love it. I was a little kid. I think it was one of the first books I learned to read. Like a lot of the other reviewers have said, I thought the little boy was clever and that tigers really could turn into butter if they ran fast. Little kids don't see it as racist. I don't know what happened Yes, it's really, really racist.
I don't know what happened to the copy we had, with these great illustrations, but I really wish I still had it. Dec 01, Swankivy rated it liked it. There was something incredibly appealing about this book. I loved the story of the resourceful and brave child going out and outwitting tigers, and I have no idea what was so compelling about his articles of clothing being distributed amongst the vain tigers, but it just captured my attention as a child. And most who have read the book will understand why it made me hungry for pancakes at the end! I had a little trouble not feeling sorry for the tigers, but I rationalized it by reminding myself There was something incredibly appealing about this book.
I had a little trouble not feeling sorry for the tigers, but I rationalized it by reminding myself that they would have hurt the protagonist if they hadn't ended up being tricked by him. This book with this title was in my school and presented as reading material with no hint that it might be racist. I was a little confused by the text's referring to the protagonist as "Little Black Sambo," as I didn't understand why him being dark-skinned would need to be part of his name.
Many years later I saw references to this book being controversial, read the explanation, and thought "ohhh, that explains it. Dec 17, Squire rated it it was amazing. This was my favorite story growing up. LBS running around the tree chased by the tiger until it turned into butter was the craziest thing I'd heard about at the time and it always made me laugh. It also made me unafraid of meeting any tigers because I knew how to get rid of them!
To those of you who cry foul and racism--shame on you. This is one of the great chlidhood stories and the story that started me on a life-long love of reading. View all 7 comments. Same illustrations I remember as a child. Often touted as a banned book due to the character's names , this is a wonderful classic for children. A fun out-loud reading experience to share with your child.
Although it is now not politically correct, I loved this book, my mom used to read it to me over and over. I always thought it funny that tigers could turn into butter. Not sure how to rate this. This enduring children's story was first published in England in The author, Helen Bannerman, lived with her husband, a physician and British officer, in India for thirty years.
During that time, they raised a family two girls and two boys. She enjoyed writing and illustrating stories for her children. Her pictorial depictions of the native Tamil people--specifically Little Black Sambo and his family--are now considered stereotypical and caricaturist, with racial overtones although prob This enduring children's story was first published in England in Her pictorial depictions of the native Tamil people--specifically Little Black Sambo and his family--are now considered stereotypical and caricaturist, with racial overtones although probably unintended.
In this edition Christopher Bing has created more sensitive, artistic illustrations that humanize the characters. This edition also provides interesting background information about 1 the story and how it came to be; 2 the "devolution" of the illustrations in many of the American editions published in the first half of the 20th Century, as some most? Fittingly, Bing has dedicated this edition to his grandfather. See my review of the original publication. Jun 19, Julia rated it really liked it Shelves: Fortunately the preface gives the reader a heads-up that Sambo isn't African or African American but Indian.
As a result the following tigers and the mentioned ghee now make a lot more sense to those who are curious to know. At the same time the usage of the names that she chose and the way that her characters were portrayed throws the book into cultural confusion. And it is these two elements that trys to bring the book into the realm of being racist. But if that is the case then why are the Fortunately the preface gives the reader a heads-up that Sambo isn't African or African American but Indian. But if that is the case then why are the tigers also stylized so? The writing itself, though, is far from being racist.
The story searches the love of the little boy's parents as they present him with new clothes and then his adventures as he goes forth to enjoy them. Unfortunately on his adventures he meets some problems and so the book shows the reader the cleverness of little Sambo as he gets out of each scrape. There are no big words and the writing is very simple yet enjoyable. This would definitely be a good book to share with the little ones who will appreciate that the hero of the story is just like them.
And for those who want to point the story as being racist sometimes you just need to put those thoughts aside and allow the story to just be a story. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This book is an interesting read. I think the character of Little Black Sambo is clever and uses his wits. He slowly gives away the fine clothes he has and gets them all back when the tigers fight each other. It shows one way of communication to get what you want.
He told the tigers to say something if they want to keep the fine clothes they took from him but if not then don't say something. The tigers were to caught up fighting each other to say anything and he knew that.
I don't necessarily th This book is an interesting read. I don't necessarily think that is something children need to learn from a book. I think there is a better way to communicate especially for children. I think it is an entertaining book nonetheless. I found it very easy to read. I think the names in the book were a little insensitive. Honestly, this book is fine but I would not carry this in my classroom. Being clever and having different ways to communicate is fine and not many people would care about this minor part of the story itself.
This simply isn't something I would want to have in my class. My mother raised us on the stories she told of Little Black Sambo. I could never reconcile the clever hero of her stories with the troll-like illustration in the old books. Luckily we have updated versions, like this gorgeously drawn book. How good is this book? My kids have moved out, but I still keep the book. And I read it! Jun 24, Cindi rated it liked it.
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A step by step description of how a potential race horse is raised and trained, illustrated with Anderson's beautiful lithographs. Il Etait un Petit Homme, Chansons. Maison Mame; ; music by Joseph Canteloube; red cloth backed paper boards with the little man striding happily along, his three dogs running along on bottom board, children and animals dancing to a musical score on endpapers, oblong The arranger, who is also a composer and the author of a book on songs of the French provinces, has picked a few lesser know titles and added the province from which the song comes.
VG; tiny hole in spine cloth, extrems sl bumped and worn, ffep and half title lightly foxed , otherwise very clean and flat. Whistling-Two-Teeth and the Forty-nine Buffalos. The chief's little grandson had a dream that led the tribe to enough buffalo for all their needs. Beautiful lithos inspired by Native American paintings. G -; name, edges and extrems bumped and worn, soil and flecks to white boards, clean pages with reading wrinkles and dog ears; opens freely. Ant and Bee and the Doctor. Franklin Watts, , 1st US; golden cloth pictorial boards with drawings of Ant and Bee popping out of a Doctor's medicine bag, oblong 4.
All a preschooler's fears of the doctor are handled with aplomb by Ant and Bee. On the Farm with Bob and Nancy. Saalfield Publishing Company, ; brown cloth backed boards with pumpkin paper boards with large full coloured portrait of mare sticking her head out of her box stall and licking her colt, eight full colour illustrations by Thorne and pen and ink drawings in text by Lawson; 9. Lovely illustrations of farm animals.
Alfred Knopf, a compilation, this copy printed in , red cloth boards with gilt titles on spine and stamped figure and title on front board, red top edge, tan jacket with contents listed on front and a copy of The Tiger on the back; 6. Simon and Schuster, , 1st; Fascinating little illustrations on all margins and a clear text. Not a Teeny Weeny Wink. Cloth back full coloured pictorial paper boards, 7.
Billy and Johnny shared a hot upstairs bedroom on their little stump farm in the Northwest. It was so hot they couldn't sleep, and their Dad said it was OK for them to make a tent near the woods. But everyone was in for a big surprise! A little boxed book with pictures of the traditional Amish.
Noah and the Ark. Holt, , 1st Am; 9x11, np. Text from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, with finely drawn illustrations. Walker, , 1st; 8x What happened to the animals left behind? Detailed primitive paintings of the animals. Crown, , 1st Am. A funny modern fantasy about a man who could be anyone's neighbor, but The Adventures of a Vintage Car. The author imagines wildly funny adventures that could have happened to Gumdrop before the Biros found him!
Interior and engine diagrams on eps. Histoire de Babar, Le Petit Elephant. Editions du Jardin des Modes, Groupe des Publications Conde Nast, , 1st Edition, only copywrite statement on verso; printed by Maurice DuPuy; navy blue cloth backed red laminated boards with familiar picture, green endpapers with elephants, The bittersweet story of how Babar wandered to Paris, of how he became the civilized companion of his patron, of how Arthur and Celeste found him, and of how he returned to the jungle to become king.
A beautiful first edition, very clean, with deep colours. VG; bright spine cloth in perfect condition, clean boards, lightly rubbed line across front bottom margin, minor rubs to white on edges and bumped corners; opening to gauze next to rear endpaper a recent accident, alas and thus loosening, photos available.
McClelland and Stewart, , 1st Canadian. Full colour pictorial boards, 7. An appealing Alice with big dark eyes and whispy brown hair shown in drawings of uneven quality, designed with colour on every other page. One of series of adapted classics. Charles Scribner's Sons, , 1st; red clothbacked purple paper boards, 8. Black dancers and tree fronds move against brilliant skies; pale West African ghosts float through.
Chaucer's The Franklin's Tale. Brief and well written text, with bright coloured pictures on every spread. Les Exploits de Goupil. Editions du Puit-Pelu, nd, c ? Colourful cartoon like pictures filling half of each page interpret the old story of the fox and the wolf. G; light soil to front, soil to back, extrems lightly bumped, one inch margin tear, long tear on last page affecting illustration, pages clean. Everett Anderson's Christmas Coming.
Holt Rinehart, , stated 1st; white cloth boards with all over illustration in brown and lavender of Everett Anderson running with his Christmas tree, 9x8. Sensitive poems and pictures of a young black child. A garland of little songs about mice each poem woven in with a delicate border of mice drawings. You are the guardian of this house. Greenwillow, , stated 1st; shiny full colour paper pictorial boards with all over illustration of children looking down train tracks which disappear into the woods, black endpapers with KLAK KLAK brown design; in jacket identical to boards; A brush with real danger.
The children know they shouldn't take the shortcut home on the tracks, but it is getting dark, so they do. When the huge freight train appears, the noise and shaking in Crews' pictures are palpable. The Pop-corn Lamb and the Peppermint Sticks. Cross Publications, ; turquoise cloth boards with gilt titles, marching peppermint stick pastedown endpapers, in red jacket with lamb and toys; oblong 10x8.
Jelly-Bean made a Pop Corn Lamb and set him in the magic window near a jar of peppermint sticks, he had no way of knowing that this frisky little Pop Corn Lamb was soon to turn his toy shop into a world of enchantment for children everywhere! Words and music to Peppermint Stick Parade included. Doubleday, Doran and Company, , 1st, stated first; blue cloth backed paper illustrated boards with young Abe sitting on a fence rail, illustrated full colour map endpapers; 8. All the good old stories about Lincoln, including the scene where he made sooty footprints walk across the ceiling, in the D'Aulaire's beautiful lithographs.
Erratum slip bound in. Doubleday, , 1st, stated first; 9x The D'Aulaire's superb coloured lithographs shine in this book. Betes sur la terre et dans le ciel. Calmann-Levy Editeurs, Collections pour nos enfants. Demaison is a prolific writer for adults on wild animals. Lithographs of very wild animals wearing human headgear. VG; boards soiled, corners bumped, with light page soil and scrapes on back; ep lifted. Giotto Tended the Sheep. Dutton, , 1st; 8. Part of the very short Artists Series.
An early collaboration with coloured illus on almost every page, on pale terracotta paper. The Whale and the Ferryboat. Blue and white paper pictorial boards, 9. Aurelius is a problem whale child, so it is no surprise when he takes up with a ferryboat and gets entangled in trouble; a broadly humorous story full of absurd names.
Lushly textured black and white illustrations throughout. Janet Reachfar and the Kelpie. Macmillan, , 1st; 4to, np. Matte white paper boards with watercolour of Janet walking along the path above her Highland farm, identical jacket design; 8. But when it comes to believing in a slimy kelpie in their own sweet farm, well, Janet will see for herself! Knopf Parent's Book Club approved selection; orange boards with black titles and whale; orange jacket with large whale a polar bear is standing on top of his head and waving to his friends on shore ; oblong 8.
When Santa's reindeer came down with the flu, his many friends at the North Pole pitched in, especially the Kindly Whale. A charming early Ets in which a boy walks through the forest and gathers a procession of friendly animals.
A perfect picture book that will never age. Coward-McCann, ; 32 pp. Angus wandered off and then " Judy looked longingly at the little dog in the pet store window, but Miss Samantha was the one who adopted her. Angus, with his friend the Airedale, helps Topsy find Judy again. Scribner's, , 1st; reinforced pictorial binding, Story of the Brave Blacks at Suriname, who escaped plantation slavery, stood up to government soldiers, and learned to survive in the jungle.
Floethe's intricate, rhythmic watercolours show the daily life of these people and their African traditions. The Boat That Mooed. Atmospheric Weisgard pictures of the water in the fog and the arrival of the sun. Coward-McCann, , 1st nap; orange boards with green insert containing illustration of three dog houses on top board, on bottom a tree trunk with a hole showing nothing at all, white endpapers with green design and vignette of little dogs looking through the fence; oblong 9.
Once upon a time there were three little orphan dogs. They lived in a far forgotten corner of an old forgotten farm in three forgotten kennels which stood there in a row. Little bright colored drawings on every spread, a very nice copy inside! Coward-McCann, , 1st nap; yellow boards with orange and green illustration of old man offering food to a dragon; green on yellow endpapers with old man and dragon silhouettes, oblong 9.
An attractive book inside. Brok the evil giant crab brings about a volcanic eruption, in lyrical, frightening watercolour wash. The debut of Gerrard's serious round people, here cast as stuffy Victorians. The Three Fuzzy Bears. Whitman Publishing Company, a Fuzzy Wuzzy Book, , probable 1st; illustrated paper boards with flocked bears in dark brown, endpapers with full colour vignettes from book, in jacket identical to boards, also Fuzzy; 8x A retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Bradbury, , 1st; 9. First there was Frances. A bright and breezy classic. First came Frances who lived in a house just outside the city, then came Graham who worked at the airport, then a dog, then two babies, and on and on.
Crowded as they were, they all learned to live together, then came Little, Brown, , 1st; shiny col. A little book, with Graham's appealing line drawings, of a brother, a sister, and a Scotty named Theo adventuring in the tall grass. John looked for Sarah but he forgot all about her. Theo deserted her for some soggy chips. The insects bit her tummy. Scribner's, , 1st thus illustrated; 8. Rat and Mole enjoy an afternoon on the river; the first chapter of the book, with delicate colour illustrations. Nikos and the Sea God. He has grown up with tales of the old gods, so that when the catch is small, he wonders if it is Poseidon who keeps the fish from biting.
Glowing colour spreads on every other page. The Twelve Dancing Princesses. Graceful Renaissance princesses dance in a serious illustration of this story by a Hungarian Canadian artist. This is Lunn's second book for children, published before The Root Cellar. The Fisherman and His Wife. Holiday House, , stated 1st; bright blue cloth backed dusty pink paper boards, in white jacket with a scene of the two near their cottage on the shore; 8.
The story of the greedy fisherman's wife, who at the end of this tale, wants to be "like unto God". Scholastic, Blue Sky Press, , stated 1st; green cloth backed red paper boards with gilt leaf outlines, yellow gold endpapers, 8. Tales originally collected or created by Martha Young, , rewritten by Hamilton for children in colloquial speech. Each includes a verse or song and ends with a moral. With watercolours by Moser. Houghton Mifflin, early edition, no additional printing, no date on title page; heavy grey boards with red bunny and titles, shrimp pink endpapers, pink jacket with bunny and her babies on front, photo of Heyward and his 8 year old daughter on back, Wait for William and Restless Robin mentioned; 8.
The Country Bunny trains each of her twenty-one children to take pride in helping with the family home. Even though the gentlemen bunnies scoff, and even though the way is hard, she is still able to achieve the job of Easter Bunny. Frances learns not to be afraid in bed because 'the wind is just doing his job.
Nice little Frances songs. Best Friends for Frances. How Frances wins a spot for Gloria and herself on the boys' baseball team. Bread and Jam for Frances. Frances ventures out from her steady diet of bread and jam. Persephone and the Springtime: Little, Brown, , stated 1st; wide 8vo; 32 pp. The myth of how springtime came to be.
A simple text by a storyteller, in a picture book with romantic ink and wash on every spread. Hamish Hamilton, , 1st UK. Melkon, drawn here with lots of character, harasses the thieves who have stolen his name day rooster feast. He leaves them notes, "Rooster Brother was here. He will strike again. The Thieves and the Raven. Macmillan, , 1st US; 11x9 oblong, np. The ruler of the ravens routs egg poachers. Josef Muller, Ars Sacra Meuller , reprint; wrap around illustrated paper boards with pink striped circus tent with mouse taking tickets on front, full coloured illustrations facing every page, 4.
All the little animals are having a colourful circus until the cat's head appears through the curtains! VG; in original clear mylar outer wrap; owner's stamp, light, on contents page at rear of book, else bright as new. Adele and Doris Laslo. Platt and Munk ; orange boards, orange endpapers with coloured pictures of the characters, in jacket with front and back full coloured illustration of little kitten amid ferns and flowers; 8. Orange boards with black kitten.
A cute 40's book with a kitten with very large green eyes. The Tale of Tubby the Tuba. Vanguard Press , 1st, nap; paper boards with wrap-around green gold and black painting of Tubby and his friend the frog sitting under a tree under the stars; red endpapers with pink, white, and black orchestral instruments on front, green background on back, in black jacket identical to boards; oblong Very classy 40's modern illustrations in this retelling of the Tubby the Tuba album. Parents' Magazine Press, ; full coloured illus boards, 10x9.
Bear grows lonely on his mountaintop and decides to go down to the Rabbit town and help out. He begins by pushing an entire "broken down" line of traffic stopped at a red light, and continues to cause chaos all day! The Last of the Arctic. McGraw-Hill Ryerson, , 1st; beige cloth, 10x12"; 94 pp. Thirty coloured paintings and sixteen black and white drawings document the disappearing traditional ways of Arctic life.
Kurelek lived on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic while he researched this book. I learn to knit to dress my doll, Primrose. Bass, white boards with photo of little girl knitting and holding her doll, blue penguin design on inside of boards, 7x9. This book begins with a sort of Disney fantasy about the arrival of the doll; then there are photos of the doll in different outfits and patterns for doll clothes of increasing difficulty, but all within reach of a beginning knitter, teaching knit, purl, increase, decrease, cast on, bind off, and cords. VG; white boards darkening, long crease visible on front of cover, but not back.
Lippincott Company, , 1st thus, stated first; red cloth binding with black titles; endpapers with all the characters the Watchbirds need to watch; 7. Bring back the Watchbirds! They didn't miss a thing: G; extremities rubbed and frayed, loosening, opens freely. Lippincott Company, , 1st thus collected, stated first; red cloth binding with black titles; endpapers with all the characters the Watchbirds need to watch, black with red and white jacket with uncertain baby surrounded by a flock of watchbirds, 7.
Here they all are: Stokes, , 1st, nap; green cloth binding with black titles; inside pastedown with happy Watchbird, illustrated in red and black; green with black and white jacket with puzzled Watchbirds, 9. Ads on the back of jacket for Grammar, Manners, Safety, R. Viking Press, , 1st.
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Plaid boards with yellow cloth spine and picture of Wee Gillis in center Wee Gillis learns how to stay very still from his highland relatives and to yell very loud from his lowland relatives. But when he plays a stranger's bagpipe, he knows how he himself will live. Behind the comedy, Leaf addresses a question central to older children.
Viking Press, , 1st; yellow cloth backed plaid paper boards, white endpapers with Wee Gillis in both environments; 7. Plaid boards with yellow cloth spine and picture of Wee Gillis in center Intensely dark black and white pictures of Highland and Lowland Scotland. In het verre land Marokko. Kris Kras, ; cloth backed illustrated paper boards, Gorgeous tissue paper collages with brown camels and wonderful human figures with huge long fingered hands set in a landscape which alternates burning red sun, and pink sands on one spread with deep purple and blue scenes on the next.
Leopold is better know in Europe than in the United States. G -; the only structural problem is a severely bumped top corner, but the boards and edges are unattractively foxed. Pantheon, 1st, nap all points ; paper boards with all around illustration of Swimmy deep in watercolour ocean; blue water endpapers, in jacket identical to boards; 9 x An enchanting underwater world of wash, collage and stamp painting. Even though Steven was the smallest horse on the ranch, he was smart, and he knew how to get even. Hobie knew he had found a friend from the look in Steven's eye. When the outlaws stole all the other horses right before the fair, it was Hobie and Stephen who came to the rescue.
On the Little Hearth. With words and music for the Yiddish classic lullaby, Oif'n Pripitchik. Boo To A Goose. Atheneum, , 1st; 7. Jimmy's mother said a boy almost six couldn't keep on being afraid of a goose. It took the help of all Jimmy's animal friends to give him the courage to stand up to mean old Gus.