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This is a completely new version of the Arabian Nights-many of the stories have never appeared before in a collection for children. They include fables, romances, narrative jokes, and fairy tales. It is written in a style that is clear, gripping and poetic-one which conveys the flavor of the original and preserves the context of a magical, cruel, desert world.

Twenty of the traditional tales told by Scheherazade in an attempt to save her life, including The Merchant and the Genie, The Forty Thieves, The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor, and Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp.

Retells some of the magical adventures with Arabic, Persian, and Indian origins, framed by the tale of Shaharazad who tells the king a story for 1001 nights. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.

Aladdin outwits an evil magician who first tries to trick him into handing over an old lamp with a genie inside and later steals Aladdin's wife and possessions.

Illustrated retellings of ten stories of Scheherazade, along with the legend of how they came to be told.

A retelling of three tales from the "Arabian Nights" including "Aladdin," "The Queen of the Serpents," and "The Lost city of Ubar."

A collection of tales from the Arabian nights telling of birds, genies, kings, princes, and magicians.

Shahrazade saves herself from execution by distracting King Shahriyar with stories.

A collection of bedtime stories told by Shahrazad to her husband the king in an effort to keep him from having her killed as he had done with all his other wives after a single night of marriage.