Marco Polo

by Alexander Zelenyj

Published 1 January 2005
Ages 8 to 14 years. Relive Italian voyager Marco Polo's adventures in China in 1275, including his legendary meeting with Kublai Khan, emperor of the powerful Mongol Empire. This exciting book separates fact from myth using excerpts from Polo's actual journals.

Marquette and Jolliet

by Alexander Zelenyj

Published 1 January 2006
Ages 9 to 12 years. This exciting new book outlines how Marquette and Jolliet laid the groundwork for further French colonisation of the New World, which led to the claiming of the huge territory of Louisiana.