num_pages: 32
description: Ali Baba learns the special words to open a secret lair filled with the loot of the forty thieves, but when he tells his brother, Qasim, greed takes over and Qasim is found dead, leaving Ali Baba to wonder if he had been better off not knowing the words at all.
language: English
title: The Tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves: A Story from the Arabian Nights
titlecomplete: The Tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves: A Story from the Arabian Nights
genres: Short Stories, Mythology, Childrens, Picture Books, Classics, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Adventure, Fiction
ratings_count: 565
publisher: Holiday House