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Ancient Egypt Design Coloring Book
• Ed Sibbet
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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39 Authentic pictures of sights from ancient Egyptian sights are presented in this coloring book for young children.
(EGY59, $3.95)
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Ancient Egypt Scratch and Sketch
• Suzanne Beilenson
• Martha Day Zschock
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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A spiral-bound art and activity book.
(EGY192, $12.99)
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The Egyptology Handbook, A Course in the Wonders of Egypt
• Dugald Steer
• ARCHAEOLOGY
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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Like Steer's clever Egyptology, this companion book features foldout panels and facts, hundreds of illustrations, maps, activities, and good information on life and culture in ancient Egypt.
(EGY161, $12.99)
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Ancient Egypt, Cultural Atlas for Young People
• Geraldine Harris
• HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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This illustrated survey of the history and culture of ancient Egypt for middle schoolers features excellent maps, color drawings and photographs.
(EGY36, $35.00)
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Cleopatra VII, Daughter of the Nile
• Kristiana Gregory
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Twelve-year-old Princess Cleopatra engagingly narrates this first book in "The Royal Diaries" series, depicting important historical events, royal intrigue and everyday life in the Egyptian court.
(EGY70, $10.95)
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Curse of the Pharaohs, My Adventures with Mummies
• Zahi Hawass
• ARCHAEOLOGY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A noted Egyptologist recounts his own experiences as an archaeologist working with ancient tombs in this book for young readers.
(EGY114, $19.95)
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Egypt, In Spectacular Cross-section
• Stephen Biesty
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Biesty shows life on the ancient Nile in a series of fantastically detailed double-page spreads. He follows 11-year-old Dedia and his father as they stop at the Temple of Karnak, the Valley of the Kings, Elephant harbor and other spots along the busy river during the reign of Ramses the Great in 1230 B.C.
(EGY164, $18.99)
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Egyptology, Search for the Tomb of Osiris
• Emily Sands
• Dugald Steer
• ARCHAEOLOGY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A fun-filled scrapbook of Egyptian archaeology for young and middle readers. This oversized book is the fictional lost journal of a 1920s amateur Egyptologist and includes photographs, a game of Egyptian checkers, ticket stubs, and more.
(EGY139, $19.99)
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Eyewitness Africa
• Yvonne Ayo
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Discover the traditional lifestyles, beliefs, skills and crafts of the peoples of this vast and ancient continent with this thoroughly illustrated overview. Each two-page spread is devoted to a specific aspect of African life, such as home-building, medicine and religion.
(AFR59, $15.99)
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Eyewitness: Ancient Egypt
• George Hart
• ARCHAEOLOGY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Jam-packed with photographs and facts covering topics that range from religion to art to daily life in Egypt, this is a terrific introduction for ages 9-12 that the whole family will enjoy.
(EGY56, $16.99)
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Great Ancient Egypt Projects You Can Build Yourself
• Carmella Van Vleet
• EXPLORATION
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Thirty fun, Egypt-themed crafts projects, related to topics like mummies, the Pyramids, farming and hieroglyphs.
(EGY191, $14.95)
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How the Amazon Queen Fought the Prince of Egypt
• Tamara Bower
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A lively adventure tale based on an actual Egyptian scroll. The Queen Serpot takes on the Egyptian and Assyrian army when they challenge her Amazon women to combat.
(EGY140, $17.99)
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Red Sea Sharks
• Herge
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Drug smuggling, slavery and revolution feature in this 19th tale in which Herge's intrepid boy reporter investigates the overthrow of the Emir of Khemed.
(MDE16, $10.99)
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Saladin, Noble Prince of Islam
• Diane Stanley
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A child's biography of the influential Muslim warrior and Sultan during the time of the crusades.
(ISL24, $17.99)
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The Egypt Game
• Zilpha Keatley Snyder
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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An excellent introduction to hieroglyphs, pharaohs, gods and goddesses. Strange things happen when two amateur Egyptologists (and reluctant middle-school students) transform an abandoned shed in Southern California into a simulacrum of Ancient Egypt.
(EGY91, $6.99)
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Traveling Man, The Journey of Ibn Battuta, 1325-1354
• James Rumford
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Ibn Battuta's famous peregrinations throughout the Muslim world -- retold for kids.
(MDE65, $7.99)
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Voices of Ancient Egypt
• Kay Winters
• Barry Moser
• HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Accompanied by Barry Moser's illustrations, members of an Egyptian village introduce themselves with lively free-verse poems.
(EGY116, $6.95)
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Falcon of Abydos, Oracle of the Nile
• Richard Trout
• MYSTERY
• YOUNG ADULTS
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This time the family is in Egypt where the kids dig up sinister plans in the Sahara sands in this third novel in the action-packed, fact-filled, techno-thriller MacGregor Family Adventure Series.
(EGY179, $15.95)
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Mara, Daughter of the Nile
• Eloise Jarvis McGraw
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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This classic young-adult story of love and espionage during the reign of Hatshepsut is irresistible. Eloise Jarvis McGraw brings the palace at Thebes brilliantly to life.
(EGY92, $6.99)
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The Pocket Timeline of Ancient Egypt
• Helen Strudwick
• HISTORY
• YOUNG ADULTS
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A colorful pocket-sized history of Ancient Egypt for young adults, featuring a (twelve page!) pull-out timeline. Each chapter provides a quick but rewarding account of a different period of Egypt's history.
(EGY158, $19.99)
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The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, A Key to Ancient Egypt
• James Cross Giblin
• HISTORY
• YOUNG ADULTS
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This engrossing history of the Rosetta Stone traces its discovery and its use as a deciphering tool. For young adults.
(EGY69, $7.99)
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