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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. The Tale Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves was a great read. This story was new to me but I think it's quickly become a new favorite of mine. It begins with the classic "once upon a time" and I think it suites it. I've always thought that phrase is a great way to get readers to sink into the story and it really works here. Although it gets a bit wordy at times, it is entertaining and switches between action/suspense to really funny moments. This is a lot more violent than classic fairy tales so I would recommend it for an older audience like grades 2 and up. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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This is one of the best-known of the stories to come from the One Thousand and One Nights (often also known in the west as The Arabian Nights), and I have encountered it in various forms elsewhere. In picture-book form, I have enjoyed the retelling done by Walter McVitty and Margaret Early, but Kimmel and Hillenbrand's version is also very appealing. The story is exciting, and will have the young reader rooting for Ali Baba, and also for Marghana. It's quite violent, but no more so than any number of tales from other traditions, from the Brothers Grimm to Asbjørnsen and Moe. The artwork, done in watercolor, plaka and oil pastel, is colorful and appealing, with its stylized figures. I appreciated the inclusion of an afterword from the author, discussing the possible historical origins of the story of the forty thieves, in the Persian mountain leader, Hasan-i Sabbah. Recommended to young folklore lovers, and to fans of Kimmel and/or Hillenbrand. ( )