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Jul 05, 2007 | ISBN 9780448445403 | Middle Grade (8-12) Buy *This format is not eligible to earn points towards the Reader Rewards program
Jul 05, 2007 | ISBN 9781101639894 | Middle Grade (8-12) Buy
Mar 26, 2019 | 52 Minutes | Middle Grade (8-12) Buy
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Jul 05, 2007 | ISBN 9780448445403 | Middle Grade (8-12)
Jul 05, 2007 | ISBN 9781101639894 | Middle Grade (8-12)
Mar 26, 2019 | ISBN 9780525629177 | Middle Grade (8-12)
52 Minutes
A boy who lived in Venice, ItalyA teenager who traveled to China – and came back twenty-four years laterThe author of a travel book that inspired Christopher Columbus
Marco Polo was seventeen when he set out for China . . . and forty-one when he came back! More than seven hundred years ago, Marco Polo traveled from the medieval city of Venice to the fabled kingdom of the great Kublai Khan, seeing new sights and riches that no Westerner had ever before witnessed. But did Marco Polo experience the things he wrote about . . . or was it all made-up? Young readers are presented with the facts in this entertaining, highly readable Who Was . . . ? biography with black-and-white artwork by John O?Brien.
Marco Polo was seventeen when he set out for China . . . and forty-one when he came back! More than seven hundred years ago, Marco Polo traveled from the medieval city of Venice to the fabled kingdom of the great Kublai Khan, seeing new sights and riches that no Westerner had ever before witnessed. But did Marco Polo experience the things he wrote about . . . or was it all made-up? Young listeners are presented with the facts in this entertaining Who Was . . . ? biography.
Joan Holub is the New York Times–bestselling author and illustrator of more than 140 children’s books, including Breakout at the Bug Lab,… More about Joan Holub
Who HQ is your headquarters for history. The Who HQ team is always working to provide simple and clear answers to… More about Who HQ
Joan Holub is the New York Times–bestselling author and illustrator of more than 140 children’s books, including Breakout at the Bug Lab, Who Was Babe Ruth?, and the Goddess Girls series. Prior to publishing her first title in 1992, she was an… More about Joan Holub
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