She died in Edinburgh in 1946 of cerebral thrombosis. [1] She is buried with her husband in Grange Cemetery in south Edinburgh. [ citation needed] As we select and evaluate books to share and give with young people, viewing the text and the pictures through the lenses of racism, sexism, and ableism, and white dominant culture is essential as we engage in anti-bias work and think critically about children's literature.

Bannerman was born at 35 Royal Terrace, Edinburgh. She was the eldest daughter and fourth child of seven children of Robert Boog Watson (1823-1910), minister of the Free Church of Scotland and malacologist, and his wife Janet (1831-191, daughter of Helen Brodie and the papermaker and philanthropist Alexander Cowan. Between the ages of 2 and 12 she lived in Madeira, where her father was minister at the Scottish church. When the family returned, they spent much time with their maternal aunt, Mrs Cowan at 35 Royal Terrace on Calton Hill. While shopping at Tesco, I thought about similar incidents. I loved the story we were told by our one-time au pair Isabel. Her father was on some committee, and the phrase "manual labour" came up in a document they were drafting. A woman objected on the grounds that it was sexist: it should be "personal labour". Isabel's father had to go and find a dictionary to convince her that "manual" has nothing to do with "man"; it comes from the Latin manus, "hand", i.e. "done with the hands". The woman eventually gave in, but only after everyone else on the committee started laughing at her.Barbara Bader (1996). "Sambo, Babaji, and Sam", The Horn Book Magazine. September–October 1996, vol. 72, no. 5, p.536. Bookreview: New life for a troubled favorite". meridianstar.com. 22 December 2006 . Retrieved 3 February 2021.

Bernstein, Robin. Racial Innocence: Performing American Childhood From Slavery to Civil Rights. New York: New York University Press, 2011.

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It may seem strange today, but the book's characterisation of Sambo only began to attract critical attention in the mid-1940s, when it became a target for American anti-racism campaigners. 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. In the version I read they were in India but I saw in a review/question that in some versions they weren't in India, I'm not positive if that was a true statement but in this illustrated version, the story is set in India. You can read it and view it as the first edition and original drawings here: https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00086559/00001/pdf