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Age range 6 to 12 How do we remember history? What are the truths and lies we tell? When Marco Polo first told his tales of adventure, it was to a truly captive audience — for he was in prison. He dictated his story to a fellow inmate, an author named Rustichello, and from there, other scribes copied, translated, and customised the story to suit their purposes. Variations ran wild, and doubts as to what was true and what was exaggerated set in. In keeping with that tradition of mythic legend based on historical fact, The Million Stories of Marco Polo is told by a fictitious scribe who himself participated in creating a Polo manuscript. Journey along as he relates selected episodes from Polo’s life to a curious young visitor who is eager to commit the tales to her own memory so that she, too, can be a storyteller.

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Michael J. Rosen is an author, illustrator, and photographer who has created more than 90 books for children and adults. He holds degrees in zoology and poetry and served for nearly 20 years as literary director of the Thurber House, a cultural center in the boyhood home of renowned author James Thurber in Columbus, Ohio. He lives on a farm in the Appalachian foothills of eastern Ohio. Maria Cristina Pritelli is a self-taught Italian artist who began illustrating children's books after being inspired by the work of artist Giacinto Gaudenzi. Her work has been published internationally and selected three times for the Illustrators Exhibition at the Bologna Children's Book Fair.

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