The Awesome Egyptians

by Terry Deary, Peter Hepplewhite, Terry Deary and Peter Hepplewhite

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590031686
• ISBN13: 9780590031684
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 127 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Awesome Egyptians - Awesome Book!

The Awesome Egyptians tells you about the people who lived an awesome two thousand years before the Greeks and Romans! It tells you fearful facts about the mighty Mummys' experiences. Did you know that King Pepy II ruled from age 9 to age over 100 - longer than any other Egyptian king? Did you know that King Sneferu invited twenty of his wives to row along the palace lake and entertain him? It was going well when one wife dropped her hair clip in the water. She sulked and refused to go on. The King pleaded. She refused. Finally King Sneferu had to order the court magician to find it. An ancient story says that he folded one half of the lake on top of the other, and found the hair clip. Awesome story, huh? Anyway, I give this book an awesome FIVE star rating - that's as high as I can get! I recommend you buy this book. William Cuddy - age 8 years

This is a great book!

I love the whole series of this "horrible histories" books. Ever since I got the first one, I can't wait to find more!! This is a great book! The book is full of pitures, like comic books. It makes the reader easy to understand and hard to forget!! Highly recommended for any one who's interested in history!

Entertaingly Educating

I was introduced to these books in my late teens. While they are intended for a younger crowd, those who might not be so keen on idea of schooling and learning about "boring `ole history" ... this defiantly lightens up anyones attitude on the subject. It's humorous, factual, and provides critical thinking/understanding to a culture form long ago. The cartoon companions are highly entertaining! As well as the, this-is-how-it-was-there-is-no-point-lying-to-you attitude of the writing. Of course, once you've become addicted to one, the others will somehow find they way onto your bookshelf...

Great Book for Children

This book, as well as all other books in the Horrible Histories series, are excellent books for children that are interested in learning about Ancient cultures. The book features several comics, pictures, and activities that refer the the life of Egyptians. For example, it contains recipes for Egyptian bread as well as games that Egyptian children played. The book makes learning fun and easy, and I highly recommend it for any child's reference shelf or for history teachers.

If you like Egypt, read it. If you don't like Egypt, read it

My sister likes history and Egypt. I don't. Once I was really bored, so I took this book off my sister's bed and started reading it. I LOVED IT! The author makes the book so interusting! It has little things that are like comics in it, and they are halarious! Great book for anyone!