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Who Was Marco Polo?
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Who Was Marco Polo? Paperback - 2007

by Joan Holub; Who Hq; John O'Brien (Illustrator)

Marco Polo was seventeen when he set out for China . . . and forty-onewhen he came back! More than seven hundred years ago, Marco Polotraveled from the medieval city of Venice to the fabled kingdom of thegreat Kublai Khan, seeing new sights and riches that no Westernerhad ever before witnessed. But did Marco Polo experience the thingshe wrote about . . . or was it all made-up? Young readers are presentedwith the facts in this entertaining, highly readable Who Was . . . ? biographywith black-and-white artwork by John O'Brien.


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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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  • Title Who Was Marco Polo?
  • Author Joan Holub; Who Hq; John O'Brien (Illustrator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 112
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Workshop, USA
  • Date 2007-07-05
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780448445403 / 0448445409
  • Weight 0.26 lbs (0.12 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.63 x 5.38 x 0.25 in (19.38 x 13.67 x 0.64 cm)
  • Ages 08 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 3 - 7
  • Reading level 780
  • Library of Congress subjects Asia - Description and travel, Polo, Marco
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006038243
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Joan Holub is the author and/or illustrator of many books for children. She lives in North Carolina, where the famous groundhog Sir Walter Wally helps watch the weather at the Museum of Natural Sciences. You can visit Joan at www.joanholub.com.

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