Sindbad From the Tales of the Thousand and One Nights

by Zeman, Ludmila; Zeman, Ludmila

• ISBN13: 9781770492646
• ISBN10: 177049264X
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-05-10
• Publisher: Tundra Books

Summary

Perhaps the best known of theTales of the Thousand and One Nightsare 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 Zemanrs"s exciting text and lavish illustrations have madeSindbad,Sindbad in the Land of Giants, andSindbadrs"s Secretan international and critical success.

Author Biography

Accomplished filmmaker, author, and illustrator LUDMILA ZEMAN was born in the Czech Republic. She is the daughter of well-known Czech film director Karel Zeman. Ludmila worked on major motion pictures early in her career, and she went on to create her own short animated films including the award-winning Lord of the Sky for the National Film Board of Canada. Besides films, Ludmila’s storytelling talent and unique design has been expressed in countless children’s picture books. She’s received numerous awards as the author and illustrator of the Gilgamesh and Sindbad trilogies and The First Red Maple Leaf. Ludmila received a Governor General’s Award for Illustration for her book, The Last Quest of Gilgamesh. Ludmila lives in Montreal, Quebec.