Description
A fictionalized account of the travels of Benjamin, a Jewish man from Tudela, Spain, who, in 1159, set out on a fourteen-year-long journey that took him to Italy, Greece, Palestine, Persia, China, Egypt, and Sicily.
Awards
Sydney Taylor Book Award (Winner — 2006)
National Jewish Book Award (Winner — Illustrated Children's Book — 2005)
Middle East Book Award (Honorable Mention — Picture Book — 2005)