Pharaohs and Pyramids (Usborne Time Traveler) [Paperback]

Philippa Wingate (Author), Tony Allan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2004 | Age Level: 8 and up | Series: Usborne Time Traveler

-- Takes readers back in time to illustrate the exciting happenings of daily life

-- Imaginary characters help recreate daily events

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Usborne Books (January 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0794503608
• ISBN-13: 978-0794503604
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 7.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,681,721 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Compilation available of Pharaohs, Knights, Vikings and Roma, February 18, 2003

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A. R. Wyman (NYC, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pharaohs and Pyramids (Time Traveler Series) (Paperback)

I would recommend also looking at the compiliation called "Time Traveler" which includes all the four books: Pharoahs and Pyramids, Rome and Romans, Viking Raiders and Knights and Castles.

Overall the Usborne books contain fairly detailed drawings and provide overhead views and maps. For instance a typical Viking eating hall, will have captions that points out who the people are, what food is cooked and how.

The narrative line of the Time Traveler is burdensome. A character goes back in time!! Whoo-hoo. But you can ignore it easy enough. In the Pharoh book I lost track of who was related to who and what they did in that family. I just skip a lot of these more nuanced particulars as I am reading the book to a 4 year old. That said I and my son have enjoyed them and learned.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific Presentation!, June 17, 2002

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BeachReader (Delaware) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Time Traveller Book of Pharaohs and Pyramids (Paperback)

Like all of the Usborne books of this type, the learning possiblities are great and encourage further investigation of the topics in the book.

This book is set in the time of the New Kingdom, which was the height of prosperity and power in ancient Egypt.

The book, through its simple text and drawings, explains daily life at that time, as well as agriculture, religion, and war.

Long-fascinated by the Egyptian belief in the spirit world and their burial rites, I found these topics well-explained. I myself learned a lot from this book.

It also explains hieroglyphics and the construction of the famous pyramids. Detailed drawings of every new concept makes learning painless --these illustrations show the amount and quality of the research that is done by the Usborne writers.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An illustrated glimpse of Egypt, October 4, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Pharaohs and Pyramids (Time Traveler Series) (Paperback)

Are your children or students researching Egypt? This is a great book to add to their collection. Pharaohs and Pyramids touches every part of Egyptian life - religion, government, leisure, Pharaohs, pyramids, burial, etc. The information is presented in narrative form with scenes from the life of an Egyptian boy named Nakht. You go where Nakht goes, and see what Nakht sees, and you get an glimpse of Ancient Egypt along the way. The illustrations are great. My only criticism is that some of the illustrations are inappropriate -skimpy outifts and the like, but I solved the problem with a permanent magic marker!