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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

(The Forty Thieves)

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves” (1873) by Walter Crane.jpg book cover

Details

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.

Other Editions

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.

Publisher: George Routledge & Sons
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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.

Publisher: John Lane Co.
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Puss in Boots and The Forty Thieves (1914)

This is a small format reprint of the two Toy Books.

Publisher: John Lane Co.
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