Mummies

The All Aboard Reading series features stories that capture beginning readers' imagination while developing their vocabulary and reading comprehension. The Picture Readers, appropriate for preschoolers, combine a very simple text with rebuses. Flash cards bound in the book help make the transition from the rebus to the printed word. As the levels progress, the stories get longer, and the print size gets smaller, preparing readers for longer books with chapters. All the books are illustrated in full color, and engage a child's curiosity with a range of topics from science to sports, history, and fantasy. Grades 1 - Grade 3.

Explains the Egyptian pharaohs' beliefs about life after death, details the technique of mummification, and describes pyramids as burial places.

The All Aboard Reading series features stories that capture beginning readers' imagination while developing their vocabulary and reading comprehension. The Picture Readers, appropriate for preschoolers, combine a very simple text with rebuses. Flash cards bound in the book help make the transition from the rebus to the printed word. As the levels progress, the stories get longer, and the print size gets smaller, preparing readers for longer books with chapters. All the books are illustrated in full color, and engage a child's curiosity with a range of topics from science to sports, history, and fantasy. Grades 1 - Grade 3.

Children's Literature

Milton looks at mummies and ancient Egypt by studying the burial of Pharaoh Khufu. She begins with a description of pyramids-when and how they were built. What follows is a detailed account of the process of taking a corpse and turning it into a mummy. The events of the burial ceremony are recounted. Its illustrations are based on 3-D cut-paper models. Death and dead bodies are handled in a very matter-of-fact way that should not deter children's natural interest in mummies. Part of the "All Aboard Reading" series Level 2.