One Thousand and One Arabian Nights
| AUTHOR | McCaughrean, Geraldine; Fowler, Rosamund |
| PUBLISHER | Oxford University Press (01/06/2000) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
Description
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. (paperback reissue of ISBN 0-19-274500-X)
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ISBN-13:
9780192750136
ISBN-10:
0192750135
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
288
Carton Quantity:
40
Product Dimensions:
5.28 x 0.76 x 7.64 inches
Weight:
0.47 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Price on Product,
Ikids,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
GB
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Juvenile Fiction | Places - Asia
Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - Anthologies
Juvenile Fiction | Classics
Grade Level:
5th Grade
- 8th Grade
Dewey Decimal:
398.22
Library of Congress Control Number:
2001268381
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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. (paperback reissue of ISBN 0-19-274500-X)
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Author:
McCaughrean, Geraldine
Geraldine McCaughrean is the Printz Award-winning author of The White Darkness. She has been honored with England's most prestigious children's book award, the Carnegie Medal, and is the only three-time winner ever of the Whitbread Children's Book Award. She also wrote Peter Pan in Scarlet, the first official sequel to the treasured masterpiece Peter Pan, and the critically acclaimed The Death-Defying Pepper Roux. Geraldine lives in Berkshire, England, with her husband and actress daughter.
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