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Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
A retelling of the adventures of Aladdin who, with the aid of two genies, fights an evil wizard and wins the hand of a beautiful princess.
- GenresChildrens
24 pages, Paperback
Published September 1, 1992
About the author
Shogo Hirata
136 books11 followersShogo Hirata (平田昭吾) is a picture book author and translator born in Manchuria (now Shenyang, northeastern China). He grew up in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
A pioneer of Japanese animated picture book culture, he has published 300 volumes (330 in total). He is also highly regarded outside of Japan, with the total number of volumes published overseas exceeding 300 million by 2005.
A pioneer of Japanese animated picture book culture, he has published 300 volumes (330 in total). He is also highly regarded outside of Japan, with the total number of volumes published overseas exceeding 300 million by 2005.
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August 12, 2023
Part of a collection of fairy tale adaptations done by Shogo Hirata. The style of these books is quite unique and stand out from most other ones from around the time since they are more brightly colored, cartoonish and with rather seemingly young characters even as adults.
Unfortunately the plot for Aladdin and the Magic Lamp is kind of anemic at least to me after the second half of the book with almost a bare bones type of telling. Where it should have seemed to have ended was just a pause until they chose well let's add a second half that is seamlessly attached to the original telling of the story. And still Aladdin and even the Sultan's daughter look way too young to be getting married. Furthermore there are no restrictions on any of the genies either nor the genie of the ring giving deference to the genie of the lamp as being the one with the most power.
Other artistic notes to take heed are that on the pages that have a full colored illustration, some other illustrative detail is added to the corner of the page of text on the other side. Some seem to have some link to the story but others don't like the little kangaroo mouse or snake.
Altogether thought it does make for a nice starter fairy tale for Aladdin and one that is much more kid-friendly than some of the adaptations that are out there.
Unfortunately the plot for Aladdin and the Magic Lamp is kind of anemic at least to me after the second half of the book with almost a bare bones type of telling. Where it should have seemed to have ended was just a pause until they chose well let's add a second half that is seamlessly attached to the original telling of the story. And still Aladdin and even the Sultan's daughter look way too young to be getting married. Furthermore there are no restrictions on any of the genies either nor the genie of the ring giving deference to the genie of the lamp as being the one with the most power.
Other artistic notes to take heed are that on the pages that have a full colored illustration, some other illustrative detail is added to the corner of the page of text on the other side. Some seem to have some link to the story but others don't like the little kangaroo mouse or snake.
Altogether thought it does make for a nice starter fairy tale for Aladdin and one that is much more kid-friendly than some of the adaptations that are out there.
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