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Hieroglyphs

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I bought this book for my 6 year old son after he expressed some interest in ancient Egypt. He can't read the text himself but enjoyed having it read to him and the text was straightforward and informative, with interesting illustrations that caught his attention and prompted questions. The really great thing about this book is that it contains a stencil so you can trace your own hieroglyphs. My son loves this. The first time he sat down with the book he probably spent 3 solid hours "writing" his name (and everyone else's name) in hieroglyphs - and this is a kid who rarely sits still.

Is a excellent book for any person that wish to understand the ancient egyptian way to write in a basic level, specialy for kids. The stencil is very helpful.

Olivia found this gift, among many, to be the first and last one she was attracted to. For hours she continued to "write" various names and phrases in hieroglyphics easily transferred from the plastic stencil. This child is interested in archeology, and this was a perfect match.

*** I added a photo of a project my son completed using this book. -- check it out! ***

This exciting book was fundamental to week 3 of our homeschool unit on ancient Egypt -- when we studied scribes, papyrus making, and hieroglyphs. The kids got toally carried away, writing each other coded notes and having a blast. We made homemade papyrus and used the stencil inside to write our translated Bible verses in beautiful hieroglyphs. This book is dynamite.

This is a great book to read with educational information and also includes a plastic stencil for creating your own messages in hieroglyphs with it's own storage area.