Review: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves by Anonymous
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

The Thousand and One Nights is one of the important and influential piece of cultural heritage. And I believe that acquaintance of young readers with this book plays an important role in personal development. Despite all the violence in this story, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, I don't remember it being traumatic all those years ago, so I decided that a children's edition should be a good choice for my son's first encounter with it. But my, I was wrong. And not because of the violence. All the violence is still there, while the story itself changed quite a lot to my surprise. So no, I didn't like this particular version.

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