An abridged and illustrated chapter book retelling of Arabian Nights , part of the bestselling Classic Starts series that has sold more than 8 million copies! Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Aladdin, Sinbad the Sailor : these are just some of the strange and amazing stories that clever Scheherazade tells to captivate her husband, King Shahryar.and to save her own life. Each one is filled with demons and dervishes, caliphs and genies, men transformed into dogs and monsters with eyes that glow. Like the king, children will find themselves enchanted by every tale.