Sindbad: From the Tales of the Thousand and One Nights — Ludmila Zeman

Perhaps the best known of the Tales of the Thousand and One Nights are those about Sindbad the Sailor. For centuries, people have been fascinated by the stories of a simple, sometimes confused, sailor who mistakes a giant whale for a lovely island and the egg of the Roc (a bird so huge that she can carry an elephant in her talons) for a mountain. Sindbad encounters many dangers, but he prevails in this irresistible trilogy, thanks to nothing but his own wits. Ludmila Zeman's exciting text and lavish illustrations have made Sindbad, Sindbad in the Land of Giants, and Sindbad's Secret an international and critical success.