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Ice Mummy (Step-Into-Reading, Step 4)

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I was extremely impressed with the way this book dealt with the subject matter. Unlike a previous review, I thought it included enough detail to be understood by young readers and so the significance of this find could be appreciated. I also disagree that the photos were "morbid". The major strength of this book is it's remarkable photographs. My nine-year old was fascinated by both the photos and the story. Seeing how well preserved the mummy is makes this story even more amazing. This is a well-written book that can be enjoyed by all ages.

My son brought this book home from school, and we both enjoyed reading it. It was a good reading level for him (he's a precocious 6 1/2). It's an endlessly fascinating topic, one of the most significant finds ever in the field of archeology, it would seem.

But there is a large and surprising omission from the story of the Iceman, which is that he died not from hypothermia as "Ice Mummy" claims, but from being shot by an arrow. The flint arrowhead is embedded in his shoulder, but its existence was overlooked (incredibly) for two whole years after his discovery. "Ice Mummy", however, was published seven years after the discovery, so one wonders why this information is not included.

Except for this big hole, it's a great book, and even *with* the hole, I still recommend it, especially if you can fill in the remaining part of the story yourself (it's easy to find more information on the net).

This book is excellent. As a librarian, I purchased this book for my juvenile readers, however, I have found that adults enjoy it just as much. The writing is easy to understand and the photographes are wonderful. It makes you wonder what the man was like when he was alive and what happen up to the time of his death.-

I Think the 5,000 year old Mummy is very good discovery. I never knew that there could be a Mummy in the alps or any other extremely cold moutain area. (I was just plain dumb about that).
I Think that this book about the Ice Mummy is very good to learn
about. (Besides King Tutankahamun). The Mummy, i realized can be almost anywhere, but not the USA. You can learn from this
discovery, many of you.

the ice mummy
my favorite chapter in ice mummy is chapter 6, time traveler. i savor that chapter because it tells about how he died and where he died .
i believe the age group is 9 and up. one reason i think that is because it shows stuff little kids should not be able to see or read about.
i enjoyed the book because it was interesting to read about. it also had the tools that the ice mummy had with him when he died. the people in the book tried to figure out how the ice mummy was killed in the book.
the ice mummy is not up to date because the book was made in 1998. the ice mummy video was made in 2001. the book says that the ice mummy died from freezing to death. in the movie it says that he was shot in the back by a man who must have been mad at him.

Ice Mummy by : Mark Dubowski
The Ice Mummy is an excellent book . It is appropriate for everyone at all ages 3 and up because it is good that kids can learn about mummy. I like chapter 2 because it has really good and it has great pictures . It is a superior book i f you like any kind of mummy. I like the book use it is good and I like any kind of mummy. Yes the movie of the Ice mummy is up to date, but the book Ice Mummy is not up to date So the movie is but the book is not.

I bought this book for my son when he became fascinated by mummies at the age of 4. He enjoyed my reading it to him and now (at age 7) can read the book by himself. It is interesting to learn about mummies outside Egypt and that there are alternative forms of mummification from embalming. It is thought provoking for a child to imagine what life was like for this person before he died and was mummified, and to learn about the scientific process of discover.

The Ice Mummy

(...) I think that it is a very good book for 8 to 10 years old. I think that they would understand it a lot better than younger kids because it is not as simple as some book are. I really like this book a lot it was better than i though it would be. They have found out a little bit more information about the ice mummy.(...) The movie is more up to date because they have found out more information since the book has been produced.

Two people hiking through the Alps find a dead body, lying face down, half-buried in a sheet of ice. The hikers call the police. The police call scientists and the scientists discover through many different tests that the man half-buried in the ice is over 5,000 years old. The book Ice Mummy not only discusses how the body was discovered, but it also goes into some speculation of how the man lived, what he looked like, and how he died. Science plays a major role in our everyday lives. However, Ice Mummy seems a little advanced scientifically and the photographs seem to be a little too graphic for this book's intended audience. The scientific wording in the book Ice Mummy appears to be intended for an older audience. The authors Mark Dubowski and Cathy East Dubowski write about certain scientific terms in very simple sentences, as in this passage: " A scientific test called carbon-14 dating can tell the age of almost anything that ever lived- dead animals, dead people, plants, or things like cloth, which comes from living matter." The authors discuss why it is used, but they neglect to talk about how it is used or works. The first time I ever even heard the term carbon-14 dating was in fifth grade, and I did not fully understand this term until I took biology in tenth grade. Therefore, I would not expect a student in second or third grade to understand this particular term. However, this term isn't the only the way the authors try to tell the story of the man found frozen in the ice. Another term is used here, " Finally the mummy is examined by an archaeologist- an expert in ancient people." The term "archaeologist" is used, but explained so simply and briefly that, even as a college student if I did not know what an archaeologist was I would probably have to look it up even after reading this passage. As advanced as this book is, is in no comparison to how graphic the photographs that are used are. The photographs the authors used in this book are morbid and somewhat scary to say the least. Within the first few pages, the authors use pictures of a body lying face down in a sheet of half-melted ice. Later, the authors show the body lying on an autopsy table dried out and crippled. At first look, the photographs seem to scare the reader enough to forget about actually reading the words. Even though the scientific terms are not the only thing that make this book difficult to read for children in second or third grade, I think as grotesque as the pictures are, they should have been saved for an older, more mature audience.

-Barbarajean Hartos-Hord