Description

Collected nearly a millennium ago, these folktales are presented as stories that crafty Scheherazade tells her husband, King Shahryar, over a thousand-and-one consecutive nights, to pique his interest for the next evening s entertainment . . . and save her life. They include  Sinbad the Sailor, Aladdin and His Magic Lamp, and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. Color illustrations by René Bull.