One Thousand and One Arabian Nights
Geraldine McCaughrean
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.
Publication Year: 2000
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These stories were a lot of fun to read, and it was interesting to see how they have been incorporated into popular culture in various ways. I also really enjoyed this version, because I felt that it did a good job representing the culture while also making it accessible to the modern reader.
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