World Fables & Tales - Alibaba And The Forty Thieves
from Culture Voyagers
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Alibaba and the Forty Thieves is a story CD-ROM that tells this very famous tale from the Arabian nights. Scheherazade the new queen manages to stay alive for 1001 nights by telling her husband a tale so exciting and interesting that he has to keep listening to the tale. By the end of the story he has fallen in love with his queen and cannot have her executed.
Children can listen to the very good retelling of this story over 12 chapters. There is a useful bookmark function that allows children to return to their place at any time. Children can watch as Alibaba discovers the cave that the 40 thieves are using to store their gold and escapes death as the chief thief tries to seek his revenge. There is a very good glossary function that children can use if they want to have a word explained to them. It is a shame that the text for the story is not shown as well.
There is also an option to play three games, which involve children having to move squares to the correct places to form a picture of a treasure chest. They can also try to find the correct combination of keys to open a treasure chest. The last game involves spotting the bad man and zapping him into a good one. The people move more quickly across the screen as the game progresses and points are awarded.
Alibaba and the Forty Thieves would be a good buy for children who enjoy listening to stories and are aged eight to 11 years old.--Amanda York
