Q: I have a poor condition book published by Henry Altemus Company Philadelphia ..the back of the first page says copyright 1930 by Howard E. Altemus Printed in the United States …it is called The Little Black Sambo Story Book by Helen Bannerman and Frank Ver Beck with illustrations by the authors…I have searched and cannot find the book with the title most that I have found are the story of Little Black Sambo I hope you have some more information.

A: This book is part of Series #70, the Colorful Story Books Series. It was published in 1930.

The six books in this series are each comprised of four or five abridged stories (books) from the various Wee Books for Wee Folks’ Series. Each volume was published with a colorful dust jacket. See below.

Platt and Munk later reprinted all the titles.