National Geographic Kids Everything Ancient Egypt: Dig Into a Treasure Trove of Facts, Photos, and Fun Paperback – Picture Book, February 14, 2012

Good book

I bought this for my classroom (6th grade ancient history), but I literally had to smuggle it out of my house under the dark of night (ok, 6am darkness) so my own kids (aged 4 and 6) wouldn't know it was gone. They LOVE this book. We used to spend nights reading Fancy Nancy and Skippyjon Jones, but now they repeatedly request the "Egypt book" - and so we look at the amazing color photos, the incredible artist renderings, and the interesting collage-style facts that this book is filled with. Even the gruesome photos of the mummies (and there are several!) aren't too disgusting for my kids, and they are nicely arranged by brightly colored images of death masks and what the Pharaohs may have dressed like in life so they aren't too overpowering. There are so many interesting facts in this book that even I learned a lot - and I teach an entire unit on Ancient Egyptian history! Yes, this is a fabulous book, and I can't wait to get the Castle book in the same series. Will this book work as a single source for an Egyptian history project - no, probably not, but it's format makes it kid friendly and easy to read a few pages, glean some cool information, and hit the sack without feeling like you've filled your head with too much fluff. (The one downside was that it started falling apart WAY too quickly - the binding just wasn't put together very well - but I imagine this is probably a solitary issue and not something that happens across the board with all of these books. It would have been nicer in hardcover, but I'm a hardcover book snob!)

My grandson is studying Egypt and this is a great way to learn. =National Geographic is a great learning tool.

I got this book for my daughter, because she loves reading about ancient Egypt. She loved this book, didn't have anything negative to say about it. However, like another reviewer, we had the experience that the binding fell apart pretty fast, within the first couple of days she was using it. Now I'm fine busting out the packing tape if I have to, but no matter how much she liked something, I can't give it a full 5 star rating if I have to tape it together that quickly. I think the manufacturer definitely needs to do a better job of putting these together, because when you pay for a new book, you expect it's going to hold together for a bit of time. I would rate it lower because of the binding falling apart so fast, but she really, really enjoyed this book and I think she'd probably object to me taking any stars off, but on principal, I feel like it's an issue that needs to be addressed.

2nd grader loves it! Lots of good info. Font is pretty small, so hard to read in low light, but it's geared for a bit older kids anyway.

It fulfills keeping the interest of a three year old boy with a fascination with pyramids and mummies. At this point we are looking at the photos, and not reading the text.

My nephew loved it. Great information. National Geographic never disappoints!

My 3 1/2 year old is Egyptology obsessed and this book only made it better. He loves it. We read it about 278 times a day. He loves mummies and can now tell you how mummies are made, about hieroglyphics and how they stored mummies organs and valuables. The first book did fall apart, the glue binding it together gave way separating the cover from the insides but Amazon quickly sent a new one for n two days and I returned the damaged item. Recommended