The Magnificent Mummies (Blue Bananas) [Paperback]

Tony Bradman (Author), Martin Chatterton (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1997 | Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: Blue Bananas

A new exciting line of stories for beginner readers with clear type and bright color pictures on every page. Fresh and imaginative stories with speech bubbles create a unique and fun reading experience.

Introducing Daddy mummy, Mummy mummy and the mummy kids, Tut and Sis. Tony Bradman's hilarious text, follows the mummies on their first adventure, which involves an archaeologist called Sir Digby Digger, two sheiks called Rattle and Roll and their Used Camel Lot, and a whale called Moby Dick.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 1-2-Three books for fluent beginning readers. Mummies is an implausible story about Mommy, Daddy, Tut, and Sis Mummy, who live in a pyramid "in the Land of Sand." Archaeologist Sir Digby Digger is shocked to discover the Mummies, but they give him dinner and lots of artifacts, and help him obtain a used camel when his car won't start, and he helps them relieve the distress of a whale that is trapped in the river. Children will need the help of patient adults and Chatterton's cartoons to make sense of the twisted plot and mixed historical references. In Shoot, Mayfield describes the soccer game between Jamie Crocker and his team and Ricky's Rockets. Jamie's teammates are introduced via poems that have some choppy lines and rhymes, but a smoother narrative is achieved once the game begins, and soccer fans will revel in the drama, descriptions, and clever ending. Cox's bold cartoons of the action provide wonderful contextual clues, foreshadowing, and additional laughs. In Haircut, Lucy agrees to let mom cut her long, tangled hair with the condition that she can cut her mother's hair if she is not pleased with the result. Obviously, mom gets a haircut. Humor, hair gel, and spiky hairdos save the day. Newsham's colorful illustrations give the characters life with movement, emotion, and supportive contextual clues. Pass on the first reader; consider the other two additional.
Laura Scott, Baldwin Public Library, Birmingham, MI
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Reed International Books (May 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0749727675
• ISBN-13: 978-0749727673
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,587,976 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars You must read this book, February 14, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Magnificent Mummies (Blue Bananas) (Paperback)

Title: Magnificent Mummies
Author :Tony bradman
Reading Level:second
I like this book because it makes kids not to be afraid of Mummies.
It makes kids imagination brighter
The magnificent mummies is a good book and funny book.
If a kid likes mummies they shooed read this book.