I Wonder Why Pyramids Were Built and Other Questions About Ancient Egypt

基本信息·出版社：Kingfisher Books Ltd
·页码：32 页
·出版日期：1995年04月
·ISBN：1856973123
·International Standard Book Number：1856973123
·条形码：9781856973120
·EAN：9781856973120
·装帧：平装
·正文语种：英语
·丛书名：I Wonder Why

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Designed to amuse and intrigue the young reader, this book combines cartoons with facts and simple analogies to provide an introduction to the mysteries of Ancient Egypt. Carefully pitched at children aged five and over, the facts in the book are presented in a lively style. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
作者简介 Philip Steele has a passion for writing about history. He is a well-known author of more than one hundred children's books, including Castles, Pirates, Knights, The Best Book of Mummies, The World of Pirates, and The World of Castles. He was a student of medieval French and German literature, and has visited castles in England, France, Germany, Spain, and Poland. He has travelled to the Valley of the Kings and other sites of Ancient Egypt, and has met mummies face to face in the Cairo Museum. Philip now lives near Beaumaris and the other great castles of North Wales. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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All groups of readers will like it, high level and low level readers alike. Teachers of world cultures or geography will also find it useful as a supplemental text. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
专业书评

From School Library Journal Grade 4-6-This question-and-answer book on ancient Egypt is sort of interesting, but it doesn't provide enough information for reports. Also, some of the cartoon illustrations and accompanying quips, while entertaining, skirt answering the questions fully, and the humor often misdirects the factual material. Steels explains that other deities besides Sebek were represented by animals, but that "Osiris and Isis were luckier. They were shown as a great king and queen." "Luckier" is the author's (not the Egyptians') take on the matter, but readers might not make this differentiation. These are subtle biases, but ones that make the book better as a supplement to other resources than a stand-alone reference.
Cathryn A. Camper, Minneapolis Public Library
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.