'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".
There are 72 pages in this book. This book was published 2005 by Scholastic .
Philip Pullman is one of the most highly respected children's authors writing today. He lives in Oxford. Sophy Williams took a degree in graphic art at Kingston. Her first illustrated book, When Grandma Came, was runner-up for the Mother Goose Award.
This book contains the following story:
Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
From A Thousand and One Nights comes the tale of Aladdin, an impoverished young lad in a Chinese town. Persuaded by the evil sorcerer Maghreb to retrieve a magic lamp containing a genie, the tale then follows the escapades of Aladdin and Maghreb as they fight to own the lamp and the magic it contains.
