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Who Was Marco Polo? by Joan Holub

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Who Was Marco Polo?

Paperback – Illustrated, July 5, 2007

Joan Holub

Penguin Young Readers Group · Paperback · July 5, 2007

Reading lane: Renaissance for Kids

Marco Polo was seventeen when he set out for China . . . and forty-one when he came back!

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Travel and Testimony

A readable biography pairs Marco Polo’s far-reaching travels with a question about how much to believe.

Come here for

  • A young traveler crossing from Venice toward Kublai Khan’s China
  • The curious gap between reported wonders and what may have happened

Expect

  • An entertaining, highly readable biography for young readers
  • Black-and-white artwork alongside the account

Book Details

Authors
Joan Holub
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Published
July 5, 2007
Format
Paperback
Theme
Renaissance for Kids · Asian History for Kids
Reading lane
Renaissance for Kids

Affinity

Publisher Categories

  • Historical Biographies for Kids

  • Asian History for Kids

  • Exploration & Discovery

About This Book

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 . . ....

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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.

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