Explorers Guide - Egyptian Mummies
Author/Illustrator: J.M. artworks
Original language: English
Published: June 2007
Publisher: The Five Mile Press
ISBN13: 9781741789188
Price: € only 2nd-hand (HC)
Age: from 9 years and up
Today we are looking at the book Egyptian Mummy, which we bought some time ago. As you can read on the cover of this book, this is a discovery guide as well as a book and cardboard model. The small chapters provide a lot of information. About the Pharaohs, what Egyptologists do, about mummies (duh!), about the Egyptian Gods and much more.
There are many crafts in the book, which are well explained and easy to make at home. There is a glossary and space for your own notes on the last page. Everything has been thought of and almost everything we like to do we find in this book. The building model is an easy to make Sarcophagus it says on the cover, that sounds good!
If you open the 'book' you will see a booklet on the left and the kit of a sarcophagus on the right. The space in which the kit is located is closed with Velcro. You can take out the kit without damaging your book, very nice. The building instructions can be found in the back of the book and glue is not necessary!
Turns out, even with the instructions the kit is impossible to assemble for children, we only more or less manage it. This is a big disappointment for the kids! But despite the somewhat lopsided sarcophagus, we are still happy with this book, a book to read and a DIY book with fun crafts in one. We'll try to make the the other crafts later on.
3 little stars for Discovery Guide - Egyptian Mummies!