Story of Little Black Quasha [Hardcover]

Helen Bannerman (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 56 pages
• Publisher: Greenhouse Pub Co (January 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0961684437
• ISBN-13: 978-0961684433
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 4.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,358,308 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars not as good as 'mingo' but same kind of story, November 4, 2011

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sally tarbox (aylesbury bucks uk) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Story of Little Black Quasha (Hardcover)

Not one of Bannerman's best but would probably entertain a child. A good little girl buys a funny book and is so absorbed she doesnt notice the crowd of hungry tigers gathered around her. But a wise old frog diverts them on the promise of the funny book. The tigers all end up dead and the book proves too heavy for the frog so 'Quasha gave him a saucer of milk which he liked much better.'

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My mixed-race daughter loves this book, October 6, 2005

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Bachelier ""1004"" (Ile de France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Story of Little Black Quasha (Hardcover)

This is an excellent book. Cretins have deprived children of the works of Helen Bannerman for too long. Her classic story of "Little Black Sambo" is improved upon here, this time our heroine is Little Quasha, a kind, intelligent girl who loves to read and whose unselfish assistance to an unfortunate person is rewarded. Hungry tigers disrupt our scholar while she reads her books, but with the help of a friend she devises a way to escape. The illustrations are charming and simplistic, with bright high-contrast colors, like a child' view of the world.

I suppose the US government and the Census would classify us as a mixed race household, but my children, wife, and I are only reminded of it (and offended by it) when we come across the increasingly rare person who can't get past thinking of people first and foremost as colors, rather than using color only to help in a person's description, as is the case with the characters and narrative in this book.

And our children love it, this is a top pick when they choose a book themselves. We've never had any "black" or "white" questions from any of our kids from reading it, they simply want Quasah to get her book and beat those tigers and make a new friend. Our whole family could not be more charmed by this delightful world.