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The Thousand Nights and One Night (Hardcover)

by Jan Pienkowski (Author), David Walser (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Puffin (4 Oct 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0141382880
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141382883
  • Product Dimensions: 24.6 x 20.4 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 10,386 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A stunningly illustrated selection of tales from the Arabian Nights by Jan Pienkowski, retold by David Walser


About the Author

Jan Pienkowski is a celebrated illustrator of children's books. He has won the Greenaway Medal twice for his illustration of Joan Aiken's The Kingdom Under the Sea and for Haunted House. Jan Lives in London.David Walser is a writer, translator, artist and musician. His first book for Puffin was The Fairy Tales, also in collaboration with Jan Pienkowski.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Turkish delight: A feast of Arabian story-telling and an Aladdin's cave of illustrations, 16 Nov 2007
By ELH Browning "Esther-Lou" (Kingston Bagpuize, Oxon) - See all my reviews
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This is a sumptuous book, truly glittering with its gilt-edged pages, and on opening my daughter and I discovered a world of Arabian riches.
The exotic adventures include those of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Aladdin and his Lamp, and Sinbad the Sailor as well as tales of the Birds, the Beast and the Carpenter; The Fox and the Cock; and the Fisherman and the Genie. All are set into the context of Shahrazade's own story: that she tells tales night after night for a thousand and one nights to try and prevent her own untimely demise.
The narrative is well-written, cleverly transforming an epic Victorian translation of ancient Oriental stories into straightforward English suitable for reading aloud to twenty-first century junior school children. Perhaps more importantly there is about a fifty:fifty split of words and illustrations throughout the whole book, so there are dozens of wonderful images are full of dancing light, glowing bright colours contrasted with soft silver and black. These striking silhouettes are truly enchanting. Bold yet detailed, they are overlaid over fiery illuminated backgrounds, many of which are richly patterned.
This whole book is a clever mix of classic and modern -there's a hint of humour in the pictures which lifts the dark nature of these old tales with their bloodthirsty sultans, wicked sorcerors, fantastical beasts and so on. It's a brilliant way to introduce ancient stories to a new generation and I'm enjoying revisiting these old tales with my children.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Stunning, 11 Sep 2008
By H. Wilson "fickle_witch" (uk) - See all my reviews
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I bought this book as i had owed the necklace of raindrops, illustrated by Jan Pienkowski, when i was a child. The stories are fantasically retold, the pictures bringing them to life in a contemporary way. My children now enjoy this book and i believe that santa is on to Fairy Tales and the Nutcracker for Christmas.
Looking forward to these books, but will be looking back over this one for many years to come.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Ali baba and the forty thives by jibril, 6 Oct 2008
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This a great collection of stories the one i have chose is the one about ali baba and the forty thives. This is a fascinating story about a man who sees thieves
and gets there money his brother is very rich because he married a women who's father was rich. Ali barber or because he married a women with a poor dad when kasim had heard about this he wanted to get more gold like his brother he threatened him to show were the gold was or he would tell everyone. This book is very good the part I like best is the part when kasim forgets words and gets killed. The part I didn't like was the part when the chief ran away I wanted for the story to carry on.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Thousand and One Night, Pienkowski/Walser
This is a 'classic'. It could become a treasured book in any family, adored by adults and children. The cuttings are imaginative, yet easily understandable. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mrs. Erika A. Bulow-osborne

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The opportunity to introduce our children to traditional stories is always welcome in our house. Our son has really enjoyed the stories (Aladdin, Ali Baba etc), but be warned,... Read more
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This book is gorgeous. The stories are varied and interesting and the silhouette illustrations are beautiful and fascinating. Read more
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