One Thousand and One Arabian Nights
$30.71
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
31 August 1999
Summary
An original version of the “Arabian Nights” stories from award-winning author Geraldine McCaughrean. In order to delay her inevitable execution, Queen Shaharazad tells her murdering husband, King Shahryar, a wonderfully exciting story every night. The King is used to a new wife every day, only to put her to death the following day, but finds himself so intrigued in the magical stories Shaharazad tells, he can’t bring himself to kill her. Night after night she tells her wonderful stories until…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780192750136 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0192750135 |
| Author: | Geraldine McCaughrean, Rosamund Fowler |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 31 August 1999 |
| Weight: | 201g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 130mm x 19mm |
| Series: | Oxford Story Collections |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“McCaughrean could probably weave a mesmerizing tale from the copy on the back of a cereal box.”–Publishers Weekly
“Teachers and librarians will find this version a wonderful addition to school programs focusing on world literature.” – Territorial TattlerAbout The Author
Geraldine McCaughrean
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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