Wikipedia Trail: From Sindbad the Sailor to Peter and the Wolf

Since I read the story of Sindbad this week, I thought I would start out with some history on him. It's commonly known as part of The Book of One Thousand and One Nights" but it actually wasn't added until the 14th-century manuscript which I thought was crazy! The book had been going for over 1300 years, and it was still being rewritten and modified. As it is a popular tale, I found out that it was one of the aliases of Edmond Dantes in The Count of Monte Cristo. I remembered liking this book when I was a child, but not so much that I actually remembered the reference, of course. It has such an interesting plotline; I would highly recommend it to anyone who is willing to read through some dense wording! Wikipedia said that the book is as much of a classic as the tale of Little Red Riding Hood. It has been interpreted and retold in so many different ways, some of which included an ogre or vampire took the place of the wolf. The theme of the wolf has been adopted in a few stories including the Russian tale, Peter and the Wolf. It's actually a musical composition, which surprised me, about a boy who rescues his grandfather from a wolf. It's the most popular of Sergei Prokofiev, the author.

A coloring book cover from 1947. Image: Wikipedia