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Who Was Marco Polo

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Who Was Marco Polo

Contributors:

By (Author) Joan Holub
By (author) Who HQ
Illustrated by John O'Brien

ISBN:

9780448445403

Series:
Publisher:

Grosset and Dunlap

Imprint:

Grosset and Dunlap

Publication Date:

5th July 2007

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

Children

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Dewey:

910.92

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

112

Dimensions:

Width 135mm, Height 193mm, Spine 5mm

Weight:

119g

Description

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 OBrien.

Author Bio

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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