Jasmine by the Palace Fountain coloring page

About this coloring page

Jasmine in the garden of her palace is the princess from Aladdin, Disney's 1992 hit. She lives in Agrabah, a made up desert city, and she is tired of having every part of her life decided for her. So one day she sneaks out in disguise to the marketplace, where she meets Aladdin.

The tale of Aladdin and the magic lamp is very old. It is tied to the Thousand and One Nights, also called the Arabian Nights, a collection of stories from the Middle East and Asia. In the frame story, a young woman named Scheherazade tells the king a new tale every night and stops at the most exciting part so he will want to hear the ending.

Here is a surprise: the Aladdin story does not appear in the oldest Arabic manuscripts of the collection. It reached European readers in the early 1700s, when a French scholar added it to his translation of the collection. It has been retold in books, plays and movies ever since.

Disney's version added unforgettable characters like the Genie, Abu the monkey, the Magic Carpet and the villain Jafar. Jasmine, with her strong will, became one of the most beloved princesses of all.

• aladdin
• jasmine
• disney princess
• palace