The Literature Network - The Summer of the Marco Polo.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)

The Summer of the Marco Polo.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)

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From: Children's Bookwatch
Date: 20070601
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The Summer of the Marco Polo

Lynn Manuel, author

Kasia Charko, illustrator

Orca Book Publishers

PO Box 468, Custer, WA 98240-0468

1551433303, $17.95 www.orcabook'.com 1-800-210-5277

Beautifully illustrated in watercolor and colored pencil by Kasia Charko, The Summer of the Marco Polo is a charming historical picturebook set in the summer of 1883, when a a famous clipper ship ran aground off the coast of Prince Edward Island, near the home of Lucy Maud Montgomery, a young girl who would grow up to become one of Canada's most cherished writers and the ...

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