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Africa (Eyewitness Books)
• Yvonne Ayo
• Geoff Dann
• Ray Moller
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A thoroughly illustrated overview of traditional ways of life throughout Africa in the highly visual Eyewitness series. Each two-page spread is devoted to a specific aspect of African life.
(AFR59, $15.99)
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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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Ancient Egypt, Cultural Atlas for Young People
• Geraldine Harris
• HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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An illustrated survey of the history and culture of ancient Egypt for middle schoolers, featuring excellent maps, color drawings and photographs.
(EGY36, $35.00)
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Cleopatra VII, Daughter of the Nile
• Kristiana Gregory
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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Told through journal entries, this first book in "The Royal Diaries" series shows how twelve-year-old Cleopatra may have viewed the world.
(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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Don't Know Much About Mummies
• Kenneth C. Davis
• HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A fact-filled question and answer book about mummies for middle readers. While the focus is on Egypt, Davis also includes mummies found in Europe, South America and China.
(EGY141, $15.99)
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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, $6.50)
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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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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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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 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: Ancient Egypt
• George Hart
• Peter Hayman
• ARCHAEOLOGY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A visually rich survey, this book in the excellent Eyewitness series explores daily life and history in Ancient Egypt. Geared for kids ages 9-12.
(EGY56, $15.99)
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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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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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The Great Pyramid
• Elizabeth Mann
• ARCHAEOLOGY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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An enthusiastic boy leaves home to help with the construction of the Great Pyramid. Full-page paintings and color photographs of artifacts bring the scale and history of the monument to life.
(EGY194, $12.95)
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Hatshepsut, The Princess Who Became King
• Ellen Galford
• HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A lively, illustrated biography for middle schoolers in the National Geographic World History series.
(EGY218, $6.95)
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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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Inside the Tomb of Tutankhamun
• Jacqueline Morley
• John James
• HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Morley places the young King Tut in his historical and cultural context, discusses traditional burial ceremonies, and tells the exciting story of the discovery Tutankhamun's tomb. A highly engaging account for young readers 8 and up.
(EGY197, $19.95)
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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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Pharaoh's Daughter, A Novel of Ancient Egypt
• Julius Lester
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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(EGY216, $5.99)
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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.
(EGY158, $17.95)
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Pyramids
• Joyce Filer
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Plentiful colorful photographs and a clean design characterize this introduction to the Egyptian pyramids, including a history of the pharaohs and diagrams of pyramid interiors. An engaging account for young readers 8 and up.
(EGY199, $18.95)
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Ramesses II, Ruler of Ancient Egypt
• Don Nardo
• HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A lively, fact-filled biography for grades 6-9.
(EGY217, $27.93)
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Red Sea Sharks, The Adventures of Tintin
• Herge
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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For those who appreciate the rascally French cartoon character Tintin, here are his underwater adventures in the Red Sea. Said to be for children.
(MDE16, $10.99)
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Riddle of the Nile
• Deborah Nash
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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Baby Crocodile must solve a baffling riddle in order to become King of the Nile. His quest for an answer takes young readers through history, myth and famous locations like the Sphinx and the New Library of Alexandria.
(EGY208, $15.95)
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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.
(EGY69, $7.99)
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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, $17.00)
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Scooby-Doo! And the Mummy's Curse
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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While working for an Egyptologist, the Scooby gang uncovers an ancient curse.
(EGY212, $3.50)
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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, $16.00)
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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, $16.95)
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What Makes the Grand Canyon Grand? The World's Most Awe-Inspiring Natural Wonders
• Spencer Christian
• Antonia Felix
• NATURAL HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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An entertaining grand tour of seven natural wonders of the world, for young scientists ages 9-12. With maps, illustrations and hands-on activities. Parents, get ready to be peppered with fascinating facts.
(SWU05, $12.95)
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