Boston.com / News / Nation / New storybook reopens old wounds
...Karen Breen, children's book editor at Kirkus, says, "The story is just such a wonderful story and it needed to be rehabilitated, I guess the word would be. And the art in it is extraordinary." When told of the negative reactions from Poussaint and others, Breen says, "It could be entirely possible that I am wrongheaded about this." ...
The Story of Little Black Sambo, illustrated by Christopher Bing, whose previous books include The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
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