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

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.

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!)

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.

Good book

My daughter loves Egypt & learning about ancient thing so I knew she would love this book! We got it for her for Christmas & of course she loves it! It's very educational & teaches a lot! Today she brought it to school for sharing to show others about the Nile River. It's a great book at a great price! I was a bit disappointed however in that the binding of the book broke off & I had to glue it back on but for the book & her joy, it was worth it!

Love it for our homeschool study.

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

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