This is a completely original version of the "Arabian Nights Stories" by award-winning author Geraldine McCaughrean. In order to delay her inevitable execution, Queen Shaharazad tells her murdering husband, King Shahryar, a wonderfully exciting story every night. The King is used to a new wife every day, only to put her to death the following day, but finds himself so intrigued in the magical stories Shaharazad tells, he can't bring himself to kill her. Night after night she tells her wonderful stories until the King starts to realize that he won't be able to live without them...

 

This book is part of a book series called Oxford Stories Collection .

There are 288 pages in this book. This book was published 1999 by Oxford University Press .

Brenda Williams, a former elementary school English teacher, is now a highly regarded children's poet. Her other books for Barefoot Books include The Real Princess, Outdoor Opposites and Lin Yi's Lantern. Rosamund Fowler trained in design and illustration at Harriet Watt University and at the Edinburgh College of Art. She has created original illustrations for corporate design, advertising and packaging, and has been shortlisted for the Glenfiddich Awards for Illustration multiple times. She lives in West Sussex, England. Geraldine McCaughrean is the author of The Odyssey and other titles in the acclaimed Oxford Illustrated Classics series.