Marco Polo (Hardcover)

from SMLawrence

A detailed and exotic picture book of Marco Polo's journey through Turkey, Armenia, and the Middle East, before finally reaching China. Marco traveled with his father, Niccolo, and his uncle, Maffeo. This book tells about the three men traveling through Hormuz, on the Persian Gulf, the Rudbar Pla...

from Jmmott

I have to own this book. The sumptuous design and and layout of the book is reminiscent of a book of hours from the Italian renaissance. The design is integral to the presentation of the life of Marco Polo as he travelled to places others had never been and returned with tales of lavish palaces, ...

from ImperfectCJ

For myself, I'd give this three stars, but since my kids liked it so much, I'm giving it four. The parts they liked best involved Marco Polo's descriptions of animals. Their especial favorite was the description of a rhinoceros: "a very ugly unicorn that looked like a pig."I'm not certain my kids...

from kmmoore

Demi tells her readers about the life of one of the world's greatest explorers, Marco Polo. Polo is known for brining Eastern culture and goods to the West in the late 13th early 14th centuries. Many are familiar with his story and his importance. Demi manages to tell his story in a way that is n...

from jraley

Demi's Marco Polo is a excellent book for children: the beautiful and exotic illustrations surrounded by gold ink and the simplistic details (loosely based on Polo's own writings) of the foreign animals and cultures encountered by Polo can hold one's attention. His travels through Constantinople,...