Books with title The Story of Little Black Quibba

A DELIGHTFUL OLD-FASHIONED TALE - WITH SOME MODERN TWISTS!A brave little duck saves her flock from the ravages of a fierce wolf, with the help of a philosophical old owl who quotes Dickens. But the wolf isn't necessarily bad, and the owl isn't altogether good. Here's an excerpt, without the full-color pictures, of course, which can't be put into this description:The little duck climbed out of the pond. The moon had just risen above the trees, and it was casting shadows like long grasping claws across the meadow. She fluffed her feathers, and wiggled her tail to give herself courage. Then she waddled slowly through the meadow to the big pine tree standing on the edge of the forest. She could see the owl’s huge orange eyes glowing high up in the tree.“Mr. Owl, sir. Every morning, when we waddle out into the meadow to eat the big crunchy grasshoppers and the fat juicy slugs, the wolf jumps out of the tall grass and carries one of us away into the forest, and we never see that duck again. Can you tell me how we can stop the wolf from eating ducks?”The owl peered down at the little duck. With his huge orange eyes, he could see her quite easily in the dim light.“Look at yourself, little duck. Your bottom is too big, your legs are too short, and you keep tripping over your feet. Now, think about the wolf. He has long legs with strong claws. He runs very fast, and he has wide jaws with big teeth. Don’t you know that wolves are supposed to eat ducks, just like ducks are supposed to eat grasshoppers and slugs?”The little duck bobbed her head up and down. “I know, but isn’t there anything we can do?”

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{Size: 14.34 x 22.59 cms} Lang: - English, Pages 60. Reprinted in 2013 with the help of original edition published long back [1908]. This book is Printed in black & white, Hardcover, sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Complete Title: The story of Little Black Sambo 1908 [Hardcover]. Author: Anonymous

By the Scottish author of a number of children's books, the most famous being Little Black Sambo. She lived for a good proportion of her life in India, where her husband was an officer in the Indian Medical Service. The story takes place in a fairy tale India where a little boy outwits the predators in his world, to return safely home and eat 169 pancakes for his supper. It was a children's favourite for half a century.

Sambo is a South Indian boy who lives with his father and mother, named Black Jumbo and Black Mumbo, respectively. While out walking, Sambo encounters four hungry tigers, and surrenders his colourful new clothes, shoes, and umbrella so they will not eat him. The tigers are vain and each thinks he is better dressed than the others. They chase each other around a tree until they are reduced to a pool of ghee (clarified butter). Sambo then recovers his clothes and collects the ghee, which his mother uses to make pancakes.

A remarkable celebration from the Caldecott Honor-winning artist!A clever young boy outwits a band of voracious tigers and returns home in triumph to a splendid feast of a yard-high stack of pancakes. The story, penned by Helen Brodie Bannerman for her two daughters in 1889, has captured the imagination of readers around the world and across many generations. But the pictures which accompanied her text were crudely stereotypical and hurtful to many. Caldecott Honor-winning artist Christopher Bing has spent almost fifteen years rediscovering the joy and energy of the original story. He respects that Bannerman was writing in an Indian setting and with Indian animals-after all, there are no tigers in Africa-and faithfully adheres to the original text. However, recognizing that the image of Sambo has been used as a symbol of repression of Africans and African-Americans, Christopher Bing celebrates Sambo as proudly African, a child of beauty and joy, wit and resourcefulness. In recreating the illusion of an antique, weathered, tiger-clawed storybook filled with exquisitely detailed paintings that draw upon a lush jungle-inspired palette, Christopher Bings interpretation of Sambos world seamlessly melds a grand sense of wonder with the minutiae of nature, and a story with history.