01413cam a2200289 i 4500 623859010 TxAuBib 20111206120000.0 980825s1999||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780192750136 0192750135 (OCoLC)40754182 UKM eng rda UKM GZD TxAuBib rda McCaughrean, Geraldine. One thousand and one Arabian nights. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999. 280 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Originally published: 1982. 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 topostpone 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.) 20111206. Tales Arabian Peninsula Juvenile literature. Fairy tales Arabian Peninsula. TXKPL