Eyewitness Workbooks: Ancient Egypt (DK Eyewitness Books) [Paperback]

Jen Green (Author)

Book Description

Grade Level: P and up | Series: DK Eyewitness Books

Perfect for getting ahead at school or just stimulating children's interest, this groundbreaking series of workbooks leaves the competition in the dust, with exciting subjects, 8 full-color pages, a turn-and-learn info wheel, and special carrying folders. Never before have there been workbooks with so many opportunities for fun and interactive learning!

This book helps kids take their knowledge of Ancient Egypt to the next level, from hieroglyphs to pyramids.

Product Details

• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: DK CHILDREN; Workbook edition (August 4, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0756637813
• ISBN-13: 978-0756637811
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #529,383 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #12 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > History & Historical Fiction > Africa
  • #20 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > History > Africa
  • #30 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > History > Middle East > Egypt

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not a "workbook", July 7, 2009

By 

Jennifer Smith "Star Trek Fan" (Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eyewitness Workbooks: Ancient Egypt (DK Eyewitness Books) (Paperback)

I bought a number of workbooks from several series for my children to work with over the summer. DK workbooks (which were inferior in every way and I returned all 4), the Complete Book series, the Scholastic Success series (which are really intended for in-school supplementation but were okay for use over the summer), and the Spectrum series. The Spectrum and Complete Book Of series were superior in every way to the other workbooks and I will order from them again next summer.

I bought this book to supplement the summer curriculum for my children, thinking Egypt would be a fun topic for them to study. This book is INFORMATIONAL OVERLOAD! In an attempt to follow the DK factoid style, this book has crammed so much information into its 20 or so pages that my eyes started to water. The workbook questions did not require analysis or writing complete sentences. Instead, the questions were usually regurgitative: When was King Tut pharoah? (go to the spinner, look up the answer, regurgitate). For me personally, questions like "Your crops are failing, so you pray to _____" were disturbing. I returned it to Amazon, and we'll check out real books from the library to learn about Egypt.