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Sheherazade
Well hello there Story Seekers, Fable Finders & Legend Lovers I am your guide, your storyteller, your friend, Sheherazade (Zade for short), the weaver of one thousand and one tales. Which shall I tell you today? Ah, yes, Aladdin and The Stolen Stories. Let me start at the very beginning.
Thousands of years ago, a powerful King of the Ancient World decided to hide five stories which each held a lesson, a clue or a secret – “The Stolen Stories”. The King cast a spell to ensure these stories would only reveal themselves to the most honourable, worthy and true, at a moment when they needed them most. They were lost for centuries. Until one day, many years later, not far from where we are now, they would be found. So, here’s where you come in - use this booklet to journey with Aladdin and his friends on a magical adventure. Along the way, complete the puzzles and tasks to help them find The Stolen Stories. If you have access to the internet and a mobile device, scan the QR codes at the top of each page to watch the adventure unfold on screen or visit www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk. To watch The Stolen Stories, download one of our ‘Story Maps’ and explore your local park to discover the QR codes hidden there - there are six Bradford parks to choose from. If you’re isolating - don’t worry! You can use the ‘Stay at Home Story Map’ at the back of this booklet.
Now, let’s begin...
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our story with an unlikely hero, the mischievous Aladdin, whose sticky fingers have got him into trouble again. Aladdin has stolen a loaf of bread from the market in Bradford and is being chased all over the city, everywhere he goes people shout after him in angry voices
“Aladdin!”.
But Aladdin
has
more to worry about than just angry shop keepers, the villain Margo and her apprentice Lupe are looking for him too…
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Help Aladdin get to safety! Find your way through the maze to reach Lister Park where Aladdin can eat his loaf of bread in peace.
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Aladdin has struck a deal with Margo to help recover all five of the mysterious Stolen Stories. The first story, which was baked inside Aladdin’s loaf of bread, was Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and hidden in the story was a secret password to open The Cave of Curiosity. Aladdin, Margo and Lupe have travelled to the cave to search for treasure and a very special magical lamp. As he searches the cave, Aladdin makes a new friend and begins to wonder whether joining up with Margo was really the best idea …
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Genie
Jewels
Spyglass
Gold Apple
Treasure Spell Book
Magic Carpet Lamp
Can you help Aladdin find all the treasures in The Cave of Curiosity? Don’t forget to mark them with a pen or pencil as you go.
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Aladdin and Genie have used the second Stolen Story, The Jinn and the Fisherman, to trap Margo and escape from The Cave of Curiosity, arriving home in Bradford just in time for Coronation day. They watch as Princess Zade greets her people and Aladdin immediately falls in love, declaring that he will make himself the richest Prince in the world so that she will marry him. But is that really what the princess wants? Princess Zade gives Aladdin the third Stolen Story, hoping that it will teach him a lesson, but Aladdin isn’t listening and with Margo and Lupe close on his heels, our hero might be getting himself into trouble again.
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What has to be broken before you can use it?
Can you listen closely
good listener so Princess Zade wants to test your listening skills.
RI DDL E
and solve her riddles?
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What is always in front ofyou, but can’t be seen?
Read them out loud, listen carefully and use all your brain power!
R I DDLE
Aladdin isn’t a very
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What has aface and two hands, but can’t hold anything or smile?
S 1. An egg 2. The future 3. A clock
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The third Stolen Story, The Three Princes, is fresh in Aladdin’s mind as he sets out to become a Prince to impress the Princess Zade. But has Aladdin really understood the story? Genie doesn’t think so. Never-theless Genie and Aladdin set off to give Aladdin a royal makeover with the help of two mysterious assistants who, if it wasn’t for
their
luxurious
moustaches,
would look a lot like Margo and Lupe…
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No Prince would be complete without some very special items, fill in the blanks to name each royal accessory.
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Crown, Robe, Rinb, Sceptre
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Aladdin has been kidnapped and trapped in Margo’s secret dungeon! Lupe, Genie and Princess Zade hatch a plan to rescue him using clues from the final Stolen Stories: The Monkey Poet and Sinbad the Sailor. There is a mighty battle, with magic flying through the air, and Margo offers Aladdin all sorts of treasure if he will help her to win. But in the end Aladdin learns that true riches come from friendship, not from gold and jewels, and proves himself to be the hero we all knew he could be. Thanks to our group of brave friends, all five of the Stolen Stories have now been found and set free for everyone in the world to enjoy.
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Help us to defeat the evil Margo by filling in the letters to reveal the magic word. Scattered throughout this booklet are magic lamps, each of which contains a letter. Find each of the letters and put them together in order to discover the spell which will free Aladdin. We’ve found a couple of the letters for you already.
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Once you’ve revealed the spell stand up tall and shout it loud to win the battle and save our friends! A: Open sesame
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STORY MAP Here is your Stay at Home Story Map which will reveal the five Found Stories. Scan the QR codes next to each of the famous Bradford locations and watch the Found Stories come to life. Can you name all these places and spot them in the films? Trace a line between each location to the matching Found Story QR code. The first one has been done for you...
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Aladdin and the Stolen Stories was brought to you byBradford Literature Festival and Wrongsemble as part of Bradford Inspired. Bradford Inspired is funded by Building A Stronger Britain Together, with additional support for Aladdin and the Stolen Stories provided by Better Start Bradford.