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The seven voyages of Sinbad the sailor

by Riordan, James, 1936-2012.

Format: Print Book 2007
Availability: Available at 3 Libraries 3 of 3 copies

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Brentwood Library Juvenile Non-fiction JUV 398.2 Riordan
Location  Brentwood Library
 
Collection  Juvenile Non-fiction
 
Call Number  JUV 398.2 Riordan
 
 
CLP - Main Library First Floor Children's Department - Non-Fiction Collection qj PZ8.R45 Sev 2007x
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Collection  First Floor Children's Department - Non-Fiction Collection
 
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Mt. Lebanon Public Library Children's Non-Fiction j 398.2 ARAB Rio
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Call Number  j 398.2 ARAB Rio
 
 

Summary

Sinbad's adventures are the most fantastic of the stories in The Thousand and One Nights . During his twenty years as a merchant adventurer, Sinbad encounters a Rookh's egg, a valley of diamonds, streams of amber, a terrifying sea-monster, an ogre's feast, the Cave of the Dead, the Old Man of the Sea and much, much more... For this vibrant retelling, James Riordan has drawn particularly on Sir Richard Burton's remarkable translation. Shelley Fowles tackles the illustrations with gusto and her comic touch gives these classic stories a highly contemporary feel.

Published Reviews
Booklist Review: "Riordan, reteller of classic tales such as Jason and the Golden Fleece and The Twelve Labours of Hercules, here abbreviates Scheherazade's Arabian Nights' tale of Sinbad, sailor, adventurer, and occasional scalawag. The book is divided into seven parts, one for each of Sinbad's seven voyages, and each voyage is further subdivided by two or three adventures. From a valley of diamonds to the cave of the dead to an escape from the old man of the sea, Sinbad sails through each potentially fatal adventure without permanent damage. Riordan's contemporary language is essentially unadorned, and, despite a syntactic hiccup or two, accessible. Fowles' pen-and-ink and acrylic illustrations, though not obviously based in any specific cultural tradition, have an airy, fantastical quality reminiscent of Giselle Potter's art. Images on every spread help move the stories forward, and the varying compositions keep the eye interested. Riordan includes a note explaining the tale's origins and a brief glossary of possibly unfamiliar terms.--Del Negro, Janice Copyright 2008 Booklist"
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Additional Information
Subjects Sindbad, -- the Sailor (Legendary character) -- Legends.
Arabs -- Folklore.
Fairy tales.
Folklore -- Arab countries.
Publisher London :Frances Lincoln Children's Books,2007
Other Titles Sindbad the sailor.
Sinbad the sailor
7 voyages of Sinbad the sailor
Contributors Fowles, Shelley.
Language English
Notes Map on lining papers.
Description 61 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm
ISBN 9781845075316
1845075315
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