National Geographic Kids Everything Ancient Egypt: Dig Into a Treasure Trove of Facts, Photos, and Fun

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!)

I love the facts, photos, and fun that this item provided for me to discuss with my grandkids. I traveled to Cairo, Egypt a few weeks ago and wish that I had purchased this prior to my trip. However, it is still timely and perfectly compliments the photos that I took while there. It is very educational for my grandkids and other kids that I discuss Ancient Egypt with. I highly recommend this book/magazine.

Love it for our homeschool study.

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.

Good book

brilliant colors, interesting factoids and can be read on a surface level for younger kids (mine is 3) or more in depth for kids who are a lil older and have more patience. Very informative and told in a fun way. Images are very well done, quality print. We bought it for my son's 4th bday party - he chose an Egyptian theme.

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

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

This is a great book. I bought it as a gift so have only flicked through it, but it's very well laid out with pictures, facts, etc. My daughter wanted to keep it and not give it to her friend! Has a nice, well made feel to it too.

Nice book exactly what I expected

genial

Una muy buena opciónpara los niños de la casa. En especial si les llama la atención las pirámidaes, faraones y jeroglificos

My 7 year old son needed a booked regarding Ancient Egypt. After searching many types I found this to be the most informative. He currently subscribes to the NG Kids monthly magazine, so hoped the book would be just as informative & relevant for a 7 year old to understand. He was happy with the book, it presented the information in an interesting format. Would definitely recommend.