Your Life as a Pharaoh in Ancient Egypt (The Way It Was) - Softcover

Gunderson, Jessica

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1404877444 ISBN 13: 9781404877443

Publisher: Picture Window Books, 2012

Synopsis

You just tried out for the school play. And who wants the lead part more than anyone? YOU! Imagine wearing the finest jewels. Having a pyramid built just for you. Being bowed to and pampered wherever you go. It’s quite a life when you're treated like a god. But that’s the way it was for a pharaoh in ancient Egypt.

About this title

About the Author:

Jessica Gunderson grew up in the small town of Washburn, North Dakota. She has a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Dakota and an MFA in Creative Writing from Minnesota State University, Mankato. She has written more than fifty books for young readers. Her book Ropes of Revolution won the 2008 Moonbeam Award for best graphic novel. She currently lives in Madison, Wisconsin, with her husband and cat.

From Booklist:

The titles in the Way It Was series offer role-playing (in the form of a school play) as an entry point to history. A narrator, who appears on most spreads, speaks directly to the reader, telling him or her how to feel (“you’re not scared”) and providing commentary as each crisis—mosquitoes! frostbite!—presents itself. Sidebars on each page supply the hard facts, while cartoonlike images reflect the playful tone of the main narration. In Your Life as a Pharaoh in Ancient Egypt, kids become Pharaoh Nebibi, living in 2401 BCE, who needs to supervise the construction of a pyramid. From there, readers wend through life in ancient Egypt, encountering tomb robbers and war. A ton of fun and the closest kids can get (so far) to a time machine. Grades 3-5. --Ann Kelley

About this edition

• Publisher: Picture Window Books
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1404877444
• ISBN 13: 9781404877443
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Ebbeler Jeff