Sindbad's Secret

Sindbad the Sailor has escaped death many times and is planning to live the rest of his life on dry land. But the sea beckons, and he sets out for one final adventure. As he sails from a beautiful far-off land where people drink scented tea, a storm destroys the ship. Sindbad finds refuge on an island, but it holds little safety for him. Ivory traders make him their slave. It seems that he will live out his days in servitude. But the power of love, and his compassion for a baby elephant, give him the strength he needs for survival. His voyage offers him the answer to life’s greatest secret, and finally he can rest.

Ludmila Zeman has retold these beloved adventures from the Thousand and One Nights in her gorgeous trilogy, Sindbad, Sindbad in the Land of the Giants, and Sindbad’s Secret, incorporating design details and maps that place the stories into their historical context


From the Hardcover edition.

Ludmila Zeman has written and illustrated several acclaimed picture books, including a trilogy about the ancient hero Gilgamesh. The final book in the trilogy, The Last Quest of Gilgamesh, received the Governor General’s Award for Illustration. Born in the former Czechoslovakia, Ludmila Zeman now lives in Montreal.


From the Hardcover edition.