One thousand and one Arabian Nights

Geraldine McCaughrean First published 1982

About this book

King Shahryar kills a new wife every night, because he is afraid she will stop loving him. But his new bride Shahrazad has a clever plan to save herself. Her nightly stories--of Sinbad the Sailor, Ali Baba, and many other heroes and villains--are so engrossing that King Shahryar has to postpone her execution again and again... This illustrated edition brings together all the Arabian Nights tales in an original retelling by award-winning author Geraldine McCaughrean.

Subjects

  • adventure and adventurers, fiction
  • arabs
  • children's fiction
  • fairy tales
  • folklore