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CENTRAL ASIA & THE SILK ROAD
For Kids
How I Learned Geography
• Uri Shulevitz
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2008 •
HARD COVER
• 28 PAGES
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
• NEW
Having fled from war in their troubled homeland, a boy and his family are living in poverty in a strange country. Food is scarce, so when the boy's father brings home a map instead of bread for supper, at first the boy is furious. But when the map is hung on the wall, the boy eventually comes to realize that the map feeds him in a way that bread never could. A 2009 Caldecott Honor Book.
(GEN506, $16.95) |
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Adventures on the Ancient Silk Road
• Priscilla Galloway
HISTORY •
2009 •
PAPER
• 168 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
Galloway introduces middle schoolers to Chinese Buddhist Xuanzang, the fearsome Genghis Khan and Italian merchant Marco Polo, three great travelers on the Silk Road. With photographs, informative sidebars, maps and illustrations.
(CAS177, $14.95) |
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Chengli and the Silk Road Caravan
• Hildi Kang
LITERATURE •
2011 •
HARD COVER
• 200 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
Called to follow the wind and search for information about his father who disappeared many years ago, thirteen-year-old Chengli, joins a caravan on the dangerous Silk Road in 630 A.D.
(CAS201, $14.95) |
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Looking for Marco Polo
• Alan Armstrong
LITERATURE •
2011 •
PAPER
• 304 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
When news arrives from the Gobi desert that his father has gone missing while researching Marco Polo's expeditions, eleven-year-old Mark falls ill and takes to his bed. Mark finds some solace from his anxiety in hearing about Marco Polo's thrilling, probable adventures on the Silk Road.
(ASA85, $6.99) |
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You Wouldn't Want to Explore With Marco Polo!
• Jacqueline Morley
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2009 •
PAPER
• 32 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
Amusing illustrations and fun presentation of facts make this installment in one of our favorite children's series a great introduction for kids aged 7-10
(TVL490, $9.95) |
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