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Arabian Nights

Enter the magical world of the Arabian Nights with our collection of 29 tales from this legendary anthology. Also known as One Thousand and One Nights, this masterpiece of world literature brings together stories from the Middle East, South Asia, and North Africa within the famous frame tale of Scheherazade.

Our collection includes the most celebrated Arabian Nights tales: the adventures of Sinbad the Sailor, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, and other stories of genies, flying carpets, hidden treasures, and enchanted cities. These tales blend adventure, romance, humor, and moral wisdom in narratives that have captivated audiences for over a thousand years.

Each story is retold for modern readers with vivid illustrations in the Amar Chitra Katha style. Perfect for bedtime reading, classroom use, and anyone who loves classic adventure stories with moral depth.

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Hassan of Basra and the Bird Maiden Arabian Nights Ages 9-12

Hassan of Basra and the Bird Maiden

Hassan of Basra and the Bird Maiden: In the city of Basra, there lived a young merchant named Hassan ibn Ibrahim, known throughout the marketplace for his

The Barber’s Tale of His Sixth Brother Arabian Nights Ages 9-12

The Barber’s Tale of His Sixth Brother

Shakashik the starving beggar of Baghdad accepts an imaginary feast from a Barmecide nobleman, plays through the cruel charade with patience, and wins both real food and a place in the great house - the Arabian Nights tale that gave English the word 'Barmecide.'

Scheherazade and the Sultan Arabian Nights Ages 9-12

Scheherazade and the Sultan

Scheherazade and the Sultan: In the great city of Baghdad, there lived a Sultan named Shahriar who had been betrayed by his first wife. In his grief and rage

The Enchanted Garden of Iram Arabian Nights Ages 9-12

The Enchanted Garden of Iram

The Enchanted Garden of Iram: On the edge of the great desert that stretches eastward from Damascus, there lived a poor merchant named Zaid. He had once been

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The Seven Voyages of Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage Arabian Nights Ages 9-12

The Seven Voyages of Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage

Sinbad outfits his own ship and sails to an uninhabited isle where his crew breaks the egg of the roc. The parent birds destroy the ship with boulders. Shipwrecked alone, Sinbad meets the Old Man of the Sea and escapes only by patient cunning; in the City of Apes he refills his fortune with coconuts and returns to Baghdad.

The Fourth Voyage of Sinbad: Escape from the Cannibals Arabian Nights Ages 9-12

The Fourth Voyage of Sinbad: Escape from the Cannibals

The Fourth Voyage of Sinbad: Escape from the Cannibals: I have told you of my three great voyages, my friends, but the fourth was perhaps the most terrible and

The Enchanted Horse and the Princess of Bengal: Love Across the Skies Arabian Nights Ages 9-12

The Enchanted Horse and the Princess of Bengal: Love Across the Skies

The Galland-Lang version of the Arabian Nights tale of the ebony horse (ATU 575): Prince Firuz Shah of Persia rescues the Princess of Bengal in a love story that crosses the widest geography in world folklore.

The Ebony Horse: A Tale of Love and Deception Arabian Nights Ages 9-12

The Ebony Horse: A Tale of Love and Deception

The Ebony Horse, the canonical Arabian Nights tale of al-Faras al-Abnus (Nights 357-371), retold as a study of love and deception: a Persian prince, the princess of Sanaa, an old Indian sage who lies to steal her, a Kashmiri king who calls coercion love, and a feigned madness that wins her freedom back.

The City of Brass: A Lesson in the Vanity of Power Arabian Nights Ages 9-12

The City of Brass: A Lesson in the Vanity of Power

The City of Brass: A Lesson in the Vanity of Power: In the great halls of Damascus, Caliph Muawiyah sat upon his throne, disturbed by troubling dreams. joins a

The Wise Girl of Turkey Arabian Nights Ages 9-12

The Wise Girl of Turkey

The Turkish telling of the clever-girl tale (ATU 875): a poor weaver's daughter answers a padishah's impossible riddles, performs his paradoxical tasks, and at the last carries off the sleeping king himself as the one thing she holds most dear.

The Enchanted Horse Arabian Nights Ages 9-12

The Enchanted Horse

The Enchanted Horse, or Ebony Horse, from the Thousand and One Nights - a Persian prince masters a flying mechanical horse, wins a princess, and outwits the inventor who steals her away.

The Prince and the Sphinx Arabian Nights Ages 9-12

The Prince and the Sphinx

The Prince and the Sphinx: In ancient Egypt, when the pyramids were still bright with polished limestone and reflected the sun like beacons to the gods, there

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