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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
(The Forty Thieves)
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| Author(s): | Anonymous |
| Illustrator(s): | Walter Crane |
| Publisher(s): | George Routledge |
| Year Published: | 1873 |
| Type: | Board Book Softcover |
| Genre: | Fairy Tales - Classic |
| Age Range: | Ages 5-7: Early Reader Books |
| Pages: | 16 |
| This is an | All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB) |
| OCLC: | 314612691 |
Description
A boy is cutting firewood in the forest. He overhears some thieves open the way into a cave with the words “open sesame.” This is one of the best-known tales from the Arabian Nights. Read for free online at Internet Archive and at the University of Florida.
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Walter Crane’s New Toy Book (1873)
Omnibus containing One, Two Buckle My Shoe, The Adventures of Puffy, This Little Pig Went to Market, Noah’s Ark Alphabet, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Cinderella, My Mother, and The Three Bears.
Read for free online at the Toronto Public Library. NOTE: this link downloads a very large file.
Red Riding Hood’s Picture Book (1898)
An omnibus containing The Forty Thieves, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Little Red Riding Hood. Read for free online at Toronto Public Library. NOTE: that link downloads a very large file.
Puss in Boots and The Forty Thieves (1914)
This is a small format reprint of the two Toy Books.
Recommended Books
The Rose Fairy Book (1948)
A selection of tales from the Brown, Grey, Lilac, Orange and Pink Fairy Books.
Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes (1876)
Uses some at least of the material from Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales. Read online at Toronto Public Library. Note: that link opens very slowly.
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