A collection of tales from the Arabian Nights, retold for younger readers. Richly illustrated throughout, with bold, bright vignettes and full page plant plates. Includes Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, and the Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor, as well as a short history about the origins of the Arabian Nights.

Growing up on the Wirral and in Germany, Anna wrote plays about talking animals, and stories about naughty children, and drew on every available surface. After school, she did an Art Foundation course, then a degree in German Literature & Philosophy at Oxford University. In 1998 she found her perfect job at Usborne in London, writing about everything from curious penguins to trips to the Moon.