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Amazon. Traveling Man : The Journey of Ibn Battuta 1325-1354 by James Rumford (Houghton Mifflin, 2004), also in hardcover.

"14th Century Traveller Inspires Author," by Meredith Moss, Dayton Daily News (9/30/2001). Includes interview with Rumford.

Amazon. The Amazing Adventures of Ibn Battuta by Noura Durkee. Children's book. The series continues with the Ibn Battuta in the Valley of Doom, and a few others.

Web Archive: GORP: Who Is This Global Wanderer? During his travles Battuta "reigned as a religious leader and high court official." Word-choice police!

Who is this Ibn Battuta? A kids site? Unfortunately, you can't really call him "Good old Ibn."

A Visit to Mali. Kids exercise on a passage of Ibn Battuta relative to Mali, from Education Place, Houghton Mifflin's K-8 website.

For Teachers

To Timbuktu--A Journey with Ibn Battuta. Lesson plan for third-graders, apparently by Sue LeBeau, a California teacher.

National Geographic Lesson Plan: The Travels of Ibn Battuta Grade (3-5 grade), by four teachers at the Key School in Annapolis, MD.

Summary of Calliope's Ibn Battuta issue (April 1999). The table of contents looks good, but you'll have to shell out to get your students the magazine.

"Sample" Ibn Battuta worksheet from EdHelper.com. Pay money for the real thing.