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The Sixth Voyage

From The Arabian Nights retold by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith

This story comes from The Arabian Nights: Their Best-known Tales, retold by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith and illustrated by Maxfield Parrish in the early twentieth century. The Arabian Nights are tales told over a thousand and one nights, and Sinbad the sailor is one of the most famous storytellers in them. In this sixth voyage, Sinbad faces shipwreck, despair, and darkness—but his courage and cleverness bring him through. This text reflects its era; a few period terms have been modernised. Children meet a character who does not give up, even when hope seems lost.

Band

Yellow · Emerging readersTypical starting range: ages 6–8

Length

medium · about 509 words in 6 sections · 4 pictures

Source

The Arabian Nights: Their Best-known Tales, Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, Nora Archibald Smith and Maxfield Parrish

First published

see the About page in the reader

Regions

Canada · United States

Included formats

• · Web reader and PDF
• · EPUB for e-readers
• · Home-print sheet
• · Folded booklet
• · Binder edition (8.5 × 11)
• · Worksheet
• · Quick Check (8 questions) with answer key
• · Read-aloud script
• · Colouring page
• · Teacher’s Edition (members)

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