Hatshepsut of Egypt (The Thinking Girl's Treasury of Real Princesses) - Hardcover

Yim Bridges, Shirin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0984509801 ISBN 13: 9780984509805

Publisher: Goosebottom Books, 2010

Synopsis

Combining the romance and enchantment of princesses with a message of youthful female empowerment, these books are about girls who didn’t just sit around waiting to be rescued. Against great odds, they changed their own lives—and their worlds. Stories of princesses from different cultures and different epochs in history are richly illustrated with photographs, maps, and lovely pen-and-watercolor paintings that help bring these fascinating females to life. Bringing to life the story of a woman who boldly declared herself pharaoh, this book tells of Hatshepsut, who lived in ancient Egypt. When explorers first chipped a hole through a wall and shined a light into Tutankhamun's tomb, everything it touched glinted with gold and gleamed with silver. The boy-king so surrounded by this treasure would become one of the most famous names in history. But the less-famous princess Hatshepsut had accumulated much of the wealth that was buried in the tomb. Answering such questions as How did she make Egypt so rich? and How did she come to be buried, like Tutankhamun, in the Valley of the Kings?, this book also has sections on the clothes Hatshepsut wore, the foods she ate, and why she is remembered today.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

When explorers first chipped a hole through a wall and shined a light into Tutankhamun’s tomb, everything it touched glinted with gold and gleamed with silver. The boy-king so surrounded by this treasure would become one of the most famous names in history. But it was a less-famous princess who had accumulated a lot of the wealth that was buried in that tomb. Her name was Hatshepsut. How did she make Egypt so rich? And how did she come to be buried, like Tutankhamun, in the Valley of the Kings? .

About the Author:

Shirin Yim Bridges is the award-winning author of Mary Wrightly So Politely, Ruby's Wish, and The Umbrella Queen. She lives in Foster City, California. Albert Nguyen holds an MFA from the Academy of Art. He lives in San Francisco. They have collaborated on all the books in the Thinking Girl's Treasury of Real Princesses series.

About this edition

• Publisher: Goosebottom Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0984509801
• ISBN 13: 9780984509805
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 24
• Illustrator: Nguyen Albert