| Mummies, Tombs, and Treasure: Secrets of Ancient Egypt Contributor(s): Yerkow, Lila Perl (Author), Weihs, Erika (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0395547962 ISBN-13: 9780395547960 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 1990 Annotation: A fascinating and thorough account of the Egyptian process of mummification and efforts to safeguard places of burial against thieves. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Science - Customs, Traditions, Anthropology - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Ancient - Juvenile Nonfiction | Architecture |
| Dewey: 932 |
| LCCN: 86017646 |
| Lexile Measure: 1090 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.9" W x 8.9" (0.75 lbs) 120 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - North Africa |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 44144 Reading Level: 7.9 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 3.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Contributor Bio(s): Yerkow, Lila Perl: - Lila Perl Yerkow (1921-2013) received a B. A. from Brooklyn College and studied at both Columbia University and New York University. She began writing children's books when her children started elementary school. Yerkow wrote more than 60 books in her lifetime, including the Fat Glenda series, The Great Ancestor Hunt: The Fun of Finding Out Who You Are, and Behind Barbed Wire: The Story of Japanese Internment During World War II. In 1996, she co-authored Marion Blumenthal Lazan's memoir, Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story. |