On the run in ancient China / Linda Bailey ; illustrated by Bill Slavin.
Material type:
TextSeries: Bailey, Linda, Time travel guides ; 3.Publisher: Toronto : Kids Can Press, 2019Description: 56 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781525301520
- 1525301527
- 9781525301124
- 1525301128
- Adventures in ancient China
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | Children's Graphic Novel | Time Travel | Available | 33111009156809 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
It's the tantalizing smell of Chinese food that's enticed the Binkerton children back into the creepy Good Times Travel Agency. Sure, the fried noodles are delicious, but then the shop owner pulls another one of his mysterious guidebooks off his shelf and before they can stop him, he's sent the children hurtling back in time once again. This time they land in first-century China, where little Libby quickly manages to slip away from Josh and Emma in an official carriage headed to the capital city. But while she's living the ancient China high life with nobility, the twins get mistaken for barbarian spies and soon they're being chased by imperial guards! Will the twins manage to find Libby, and their way back home, before the guards catch up to them?This graphic novel from the critically acclaimed time-travel series by award-winning duo Linda Bailey and Bill Slavin offers a fun read with a terrific historical overview of ancient China. Bailey's fast-paced narrative is quirky and funny. The fun device of featuring excerpts from an engagingly-written guidebook on every page keeps the key historical facts and figures easy to digest. Slavin's detailed and humorous illustrations are pitch perfect for the story. Thoroughly researched, this book would be an excellent companion to social studies and history lessons, encompassing politics and government, philosophy, science and technology, travel and trade, civic rights and responsibilities, community and traditions. The back matter includes an index, further resources and six pages of additional information about ancient China.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Previously published under title: Adventures in ancient China.
Originally published: 2003.
"In this third book in the Time Travel Guides series, the three Binkerton siblings go back in time to 1st century CE China! Amid the chaos of their arrival, little Libby slips away, hitching a ride to the capital city. Soon she is dining with nobility and rubbing elbows with the emperor himself! The twins, Josh and Emma, on the other hand, are mistaken for barbarian spies and are pursued through the countryside by imperial guards. Can Josh and Emma evade the guards long enough to find their sister, finish the guidebook and get home? Fact boxes in the form of an engagingly written guidebook provide key historical facts and figures that have been vetted by experts. The back matter includes an index, resources for further reading and research and six pages of additional information about ancient China. Kids will love in this all-inclusive tour of an ancient civilization!"-- Provided by publisher.