not as good as 'Mingo' but same kind of story, 28 July 2011
By
sally tarbox (aylesbury bucks uk) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The 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 doesn't notice the crowd of hungry tigers gathering 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 instead which he liked much better'!! ( )

The Story of Little Black Quasha was written and illustrated by Helen Bannerman, who lived for thirty years with her physician Army husbund in India. The tale was published first in England in 1908 and is a classic like the author's other works, the most famous of wich is The Story of Little Black Sambo. Quasha's salient features are bright, colorful pictures on early every page and a riveting plot set in exotic India.
Anne Mudd Cabaniss
Marshal, Virginia ( )

What we have here is a book that is very similar in story format to Little Black Sambo, except the main character is a little girl named Quasha and Frog. Quasha and the Frog outwit all the tigers and the tigers end up as bloody hunks of meat strewn across the pages. No racism here. I have the 1908 edition so I don't know if the newer versions have been changed at all. ( )