When Marco Polo visits the Emperor of China, Kublai Khan, he is given an impossible task.

Marco Polo and the Roc tells the story of his journey to find a mythical bird, the Roc, and bring back one of its eggs to the Great Khan. These highly motivating, action-packed visual texts will excite young readers.

TreeTops Graphic Novels offer a different kind of reading challenge to engage 7-11 year olds.

These historically-themed stories contain links to real events and non-fiction pages to give context and purpose to reading.

The thought-provoking topics make these stories ideal for encouraging discussion and drama.

Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading.

Help with children's reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk. The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.