I Am the Mummy Heb-Nefert

By Eve Bunting

Book Overview

Clad in flowing linen robes, adorned with jewels, pampered by servants, Heb-Nefert led a life of leisure and joy with her royal husband on the banks of the Nile. Now she lies, a mummy, encased in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0152004793
• ISBN13: 9780152004798
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.9" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Looking Back

This is a beautiful and poignant remembrance of a woman who lived many years ago, looking back on her past as an egypitian queen as she lies on display in a museum. A really fantastic children's book with gorgeous illustrations.

Why do Kids love this stuff?

My 4 year old pulled this off the library shelf, I worried it might be scary but he loved it. His fist Mummy book of now many. Kids are just fansinated with this kind of thing. It is creepy but they take it so matter of factly that it doesn't bother them. I thought the poetry was magical.

not for children

I can't easily picture a kid who would appreciate even a quarter of all the subtlety packed into this thin book, and I'm not sure I'd want to meet a kid who did. But Oh! For adults, what a haunting, utterly unforgettable treat! This is a book full of color and joy, and yet it's one of the single saddest books I've read in English - and the entire spectrum presented with no fanfare or folderol whatsoever. When you read it out loud - and I feel pretty sure you will - be sure to pause a little extra for the last page.

A new twist on an old mummy!

Shows the fascination we have with the ancient through magical watercolor illustrations. Interesting story line, reminding us that each one from the past has a history, a mom and a dad and things they loved.