The book was an unlicensed version of the original, and it contained drawings by frank dobias that had appeared in a u.s. ‘colored people don’t like little black sambo. Pin on Books Worth Reading In the book ‘fireman’ captain beatty blames censorship on minority as well as majority groups offended by images contained in incendiary books: Little black sambo book value 1953 . According to the little golden book collector's website, a book is rated as one of five conditions: Still displays great for 70 years old! Record appears to be okay. It is where the most potential buyers would first go to search for such items. This book could have a value of 50.00 or more. The cover of the book is a 78rpm record that plays the night before christmas. It is very hard to give you a value when i have not seen it. Bradbury, a liberal humanist and library advocate, envisages a society where political correctness has gone mad, and here he was quite prescient. This highly collect...