Egyptian Mummies: A Pop-Up Book [Hardcover]

Milbry Polk (Author), Roger Stewart (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1997 | Age Level: 7 and up

Few things are more intriguing to children than mummies, and any reader interested in ancient Egypt will find this pop-up book completely engrossing. From the mysteries of the pyramids to the rites of a god's temple, this book explores one of the most fascinating periods of history. Full color.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 2-5. Though no mummies actually rear up, fans of the thoroughly bandaged ones will be delighted with this four-spread, pop-up look at a pharaoh's death rites, as it allows them to help an embalmer sloooooowly pull out the corpse's intestines, peer beneath several layers of linen wrapping, lift lids on coffins, and watch funerary goods being arranged in the burial chamber deep within a pyramid. The text goes a step beyond simply captioning the pictures, including, for instance, the specific deity to which each of this pharaoh's major organs was dedicated, the significance of several amulet symbols, and a capsule version of the story of Seth and Osiris. Stewart's paintings are realistic but toned down, so that organs look like generic blobs of pink silly putty. The special effects are clever, simple, and, expectedly, not very sturdy; nonetheless, Polk's tone is more serious than sensationalistic, and either the burial chamber scene or the 3-D pyramid would make eye-catching centerpieces in a topical display.?John Peters, New York Public Library
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Hardcover: 8 pages
• Publisher: Dutton Juvenile; 1st edition (November 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0525458395
• ISBN-13: 978-0525458395
• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 8.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #283,087 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars magnificent mummies, May 9, 2000

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This review is from: Egyptian Mummies: A Pop-Up Book (Hardcover)

this book was ver facutal and illustrated step-by-sep information on how mummies were made and how the process worked. There were many spells and religious activities that were involved with all of this and I thought that it was a very good book. A professor advised this and said it was reliable in its source.