Diary of a Princess: A Tale from Marco Polos Travels - Softcover

Heather Maisner

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1422353028 ISBN 13: 9781422353028

Verlag: Frances Lincoln, 2003

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Kubla Khan, emperior of China, has decided that Princess Kokachin is to be the new wife of the Khan of Persia. Her escort on the long journey is to be none other than the great Venetian traveller, Marco Polo. In her diary, Kokachin describes the journey to Zaiton and her perilous sea voyage, beset by storms, disease and pirate attacks. But when eventually she arrives at Hormuz, surprising news awaits her...

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About the Author:

HEATHER MAISNER's books for children include Yummy Yuk!, Ghost School and the Magic books. The Magic Hourglass and The Magic Globe won the 1996 YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, Young Adult Library Services Association. She has also recently produced a range of interactive puzzle books (Walker Books). SHEILA MOXLEY's books include The Christmas Story, How the World Began, The Orchard Book of Stories from the Seven Seas, Laurence Anholt's Stone Girl, Bone Girl, A Child's Year of Stories and Poems, and The Arabian Nights - described by the T.E.S. as "sophisticated and beautiful design". Skip Across the Ocean, by Floella Benjamin, was her first book for Frances Lincoln, followed by Saviour Pirotta's Joy to the World.

Review:

"The illustrations in both titles are bright and appealing, and the language ... is clear and understandable ... both will fly off the shelves and into the arms of children looking for recreational equiptment."

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• Verlag: Frances Lincoln
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1422353028
• ISBN 13: 9781422353028
• Einband: Paperback
• Anzahl der Seiten: 26