Marco Polo

[a:Demi 435477 Shel Silverstein http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1201029128p2/435477.jpg]'s works are imbued with a vivid depth, grace, and warmth, with illustrations both magically exotic and familiar, and they are well written, informative and engaging. I adore these biographies.

I'm not surprised that I love this book. Demi's illustrations are so unique to me and provide so much to look at. While at this time this is much longer than what I'd read at one sitting with my girls, it's fun to come back and pick it up again and let everything soak in. We are planning to homeschool and after reading this one on Marco Polo, I went on to find several on the bargain section of Amazon and just doubled our Demi section in our personal home library. I think I'm going to have to try to own them all.