Books with title Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp

'Written with masterly ease from the reigning master of children's literature' - The Daily Telegraph 'Wonderful story ...illustrations add terrific atmosphere and drama' - Booktrusted News 'Perfect' - Guardian A cut well above other fairy-tale books. Philip Pullman's wry wit and award-winning talent brings much to this rich, dark and uplifting story. Prestigious illustrator, Sophy Williams, creates a detailed and vibrant world in this special rendition of the classic tale 'Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp'.

The original story of Aladdin is a Middle-Eastern folk tale. It concerns an impoverished young man named Aladdin. He is recruited by a sorcerer from the Maghreb, who passes himself off as the brother of Aladdin's late father and convinces Aladdin and his mother of his goodness by making arrangements to set up the lad as a wealthy merchant. His real motive is to persuade young Aladdin to retrieve a wonderful oil lamp from a booby-trapped magic cave.

Aladdin is one of the best-known tales from The Arabian Nights, in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights. Aladdin is a young lad dwelling in ancient China; his parents are in despair, as he is a never do well and won't ever do anything. A sorcerer from the Maghreb persuades him to retrieve a wonderful oil lamp from a magic cave. But then, the socerer attempts to double-cross Aladdin, who resists only to find himself trapped in the cave. Luckily, he has kept the magical object and a world of adventures opens before him.

The Whitbread Award-winning author of THE GOLDEN COMPASS turns on an enchanted lamp of a story -- brilliantly written, sparklingly funny, and guaranteed to reveal wonders.Philip Pullman garnered every accolade around with the breathtaking His Dark Materials trilogy. Now he turns his storytelling gifts to one of the most famous of the Arabian Nights tales, "Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp." Aladdin is a shiftless good-for-nothing boy until he unwittingly acquires a magic lamp inhabited by a genie -- and the adventure that follows both makes his fortune and makes him a man. Pullman tells the tale with his trademark crisp writing and fast-paced action, while Sophy Williams's pastels shimmer with the heat and beauty of the Far East. Terrific for reading aloud!

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'Written with masterly ease from the reigning master of children's literature' - "The Daily Telegraph". 'Wonderful story ...illustrations add terrific atmosphere and drama' - "Booktrusted News". 'Perfect' - "Guardian". A cut well above other fairy-tale books. Philip Pullman's wry wit and award-winning talent brings much to this rich, dark and uplfting story. Prestigious illustrator, Sophy Williams, creates a detailed and vibrant world in this special rendition of the classic tale "Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp".