Title: Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp
Author: Philip Pullman (1946 – Present) — Acclaimed Author of His Dark Materials
Illustrator: Sophy Williams — Award-winning British children's illustrator
Genre: Children’s Folklore / Middle Eastern & Persian Mythology / Classic Literary Retellings
Edition: True First US Edition, First Printing (2005)
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books — An Imprint of Scholastic, Inc., New York
Aesthetics: Green cloth cover boards in a matching pictorial dust jacket; pastel and colored pencil artwork throughout.
In this masterful, rhythmically paced volume, master storyteller Philip Pullman rescues the timeless tale of Aladdin from modern theatrical caricatures and returns the narrative to its original, ancient setting: China. The text opens upon a bustling marketplace, introducing Aladdin as a fiercely independent, lazy, and mischievous tailor's son who runs with a band of local rogues. When a sinister, power-hungry Moorish sorcerer poses as a long-lost uncle, Aladdin is seduced into descending into a subterranean garden to retrieve an ancient, un-trimmed oil lantern—setting the stage for a high-stakes duel of wits, magic, and ultimate betrayal.
The depth of this 2005 first edition relies on the illustrations of Sophy Williams. Williams visualizes Pullman's rich text through a lens of soft, romantic realism. Utilizing delicate pastels, her artwork bathes the palaces, desert caravans, and marketplace rugs in an ethereal, twilight-tinted glow of deep purples and warm terracotta.
Philip Pullman (1946 – Present) remains celebrated as one of the most intellectually courageous forces in modern British literature. Born in Norwich, England, his childhood as a military stepson took him across Zimbabwe and Australia before he settled in Oxford. Pullman achieved global acclaim with his fantasy trilogy, His Dark Materials (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass), exploring deep, complex themes of morality, consciousness, and parallel worlds. He has captured the world's top literary honors, including the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Book of the Year, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, and a formal British knighthood for services to literature.
Sophy Williams is an acclaimed contemporary British illustrator whose signature pastel technique has illuminated over twenty children's classics. A graduate of Kingston University, her distinctive style prioritizes deep emotional focus, soft focus landscapes, and cinematic lighting patterns. Her debut title, When Grandma Came, was shortlisted for the Mother Goose Award, cementing her stature as a premiere visual storyteller for mythic and traditional folk adaptations.
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Condition: Near Fine/Near Fine. The book is in near-near condition and the dust jacket shows only minor shelf wear.
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