For all those who have always shied away from the sheer length of the original Urs Widmer has carefully abridged the wonderful Tales From the Arabian Nights while preserving their oriental flavour. Highly vivid and amusing, he recounts the six most famous tales of the immortal Sheherazade: The Fisherman and the Jinni, Alibaba and the Forty Thieves, Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, The Magic Horse, The Adventures of Haroun-al-Raschid, and Sinbad the Sailor.
As Hermann Hesse pointed out, the original of this great collection of fairytales is »a source of infinite pleasures and the most opulent picture book in the world«. To ensure that this holds true, Tatjana Hauptmann has richly illustrated this work, conveying Oriental lavishness and subtlety.

One of the greatest stories for children has now been illustrated by the great artist and renowned illustrator Tatjana Hauptmann. Everyone knows Peter Pan and Wendy, the fairy Tinkerbell and the Lost Boys, Captain Hook with his pirate ship the Jolly Roger. But you have never seen the story of the boy who refused to grow up like this: With her dreamlike playful illustrations in magnificent full colour, Tatjana Hauptmann has created an opulent masterpiece, a delight for the eyes, the perfect depiction of a land inhabited by fairies and home to the cheekiest boy in the world. More than 50 mainly colour illustrations by Tatjana Hauptmann.