Stories from Ancient Egypt
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (877 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 184217505X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 112 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Great retellings for younger children I got this book to read to my sons for our homeschooling unit on ancient Egypt, and it was a hit. While it's not great literature (rich, subtle language and such), the author has made these stories very accessible for kids. If you'd like more highbow stories from ancient Egypt, I'd recommend Tales of Ancient Egypt by Roger Lancelyn Green. These stores are more sophisticated and complex, but Tyldesley's versions got bigger laughs from my boys, though they enjoyed both.It was important to me to have this book as a resource so I could teach my children about the. Barb Luongo said Lessons from ancient Egypt. The stories in this book came from ancient Egypt! I was a little disappointed that it didn't have the story of the Eye of Horus, because I have explained that to my kids before. At the end of each story, the author has a brief explanation, and a few questions about the story.This is a nice little book for kids to know a little more about ancient Egypt, and how they viewed life.Some of these stories will seem very familiar to modern times. It's amazing how long they have been around!. Ancient Egypt for kids Fantastic stories! Many of ancient Egypt's mythological stories written for children. The stories are written in a manner children will enjoy, illustrations are fabulous. The explainations from the author add to the richness of the stories.Young children will enjoy this book.
Some of the most interesting and entertaining myths and legends from Ancient Egypt are given a lively re-telling by Joyce Tyldesley. Fairy stories and incredible adventures are represented by The Story of the Shipwrecked Sailor, The Adventures of Sinuhe and The Prince, the Dog, the Snake and the Crocodile, while good and bad behaviour are to be found in Three Magical Stories and The Story of Truth and Falsehood. The book is illustrated with imaginative and amusing line-drawings by Julian Heath, and each of the stories has a question and answer section for budding young Egyptologists. King Ramesses II himself tells us about The Battle of Kadesh. These include stories about the gods, such as The Creation of the World, Hathor and the Red Beer, and the myths about Osiris, Isis and Horus. It is a new edition of a title previously published by Rutherford Press. STORIES FROM ANCIENT EGYPT is aimed at children between the ages of 7-11,