Mummies: A Strange Science Book

A guide to all types, natural and man-made, of dried, unrotted corpses, popularly known as mummies. Filled with photographs, illustrations, facts and gruesome details, the book lets the mummies tell their fascinating tales of life in another time.

(School Library Journal, November 2000) - Patricia Manning

The book is profusely illustrated with photos, soft pastel-toned artwork, and a global-location map/time line.

An accomplished writer and former editor of Owl magazine, Sylvia Funston has a keen sense of what young readers want to read about. She explored the science of fear in Scary Science (1996), which has been shortlisted for the 1999 Red Cedar Book Award, and co-authored A Kid's Guide to the Brain (1994) with Jay Ingram, which won the Children's Book Award from the Canadian Science Writers' Association of Canada. Her most recent books include explorations into animal behavior in Animal Feelings (1998,) and Animal Smarts (1997).