Full name: Kubla Khan: The Emperor of Everything

Author: Kathleen Krull Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Children, Picture books, Biographies, History, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780670011148 0670011142

Always cast in a supporting role in the many books about Marco Polo, the great Kubla Khan now takes center stage in a splendid picture-book biography. He is a wonderful subject-a man who liked to live large, building the imperial city of Beijing from scratch, siring a hundred children, throwing birthday bashes for 40,000 guests. He ruled over the greatest empire of the time, one that was lightyears ahead of Western civilization in terms of the arts, sciences, and technology. With astonishingly beautiful and detailed illustrations by Robert Byrd and a clever text by Kathleen Krull, this portrait finally gives Kubla Khan his due. Similar books: A Woman for President by Kathleen Krull Fartiste by Kathleen Krull The Boy Who Invented TV by Kathleen Krull She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton I Dissent by Debbie Levy Rosa by Nikki Giovanni Separate Is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh She Persisted Around the World by Chelsea Clinton The Oldest Student by Rita Lorraine Hubbard The Youngest Marcher by Cynthia Levinson The Librarian of Basra by Jeanette Winter Planting Stories by Anika Aldamuy Denise Elizabeth Leads the Way by Tanya Lee Stone The Case for Loving by Selina Alko Our Children Can Soar by Michelle Cook Mama Miti by Donna Jo Napoli Fifty Cents and a Dream by Jabari Asim Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Jonah Winter The Book Itch by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson Magic Ramen by Andrea Wang