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冲着插画买的，每张都挺美，只是英文的看不懂哈哈
I am a 7th grade language arts teacher and I could not wait for this book to arrive. I already own Napoli's Treasury of Greek Mythology, and her Egyptian storybook is equally as wonderful as the Greek one. Napoli writes with such a compelling sense of voice that readers are pulled into the stories. Egyptian mythology is complicated, especially to young readers, but Napoli is a masterful storyteller and she is able to create such beautiful, accessible stories from a complex, ancient set of stories. She has clearly done her research, as there is a really helpful section explaining information such as the origins of names, the variations of details over time and her decision process as she wrote, how the Greeks influenced the stories and names. The stories also have inset boxes with nonfiction information about details related to the stories -- funeral practices, mummification, hieroglyphs, building of pyramids, legally accepted practices at the time, desert life, etc). The illustrations are gorgeous. I would say this book is geared for middle school and above readers, but would be well suited for read-alouds with younger children. It's a must-have for anyone teaching about ancient Egyptian society and mythology. Love, love, LOVE this book!!!
I purchased this book as part of a study requested by my 3rd grader for homeschooling. We read this book together, and I'm glad we do, because I am learning right along with her. The way the book is written is really cool. It is written like a story, but yet broken into sections of the different Gods/Goddesses. It is fun to read the Egyptian Myths of creation, and also learn about each deity individually. Since this book was suggested when I was searching for Egyptian Mythology for kids, I assumed it would be written for kids to read themselves. However, the way it is written is a bit too advanced for a grade school-aged child to read on his/her own. There are some advanced concepts and language used that I often have to describe to my daughter. That aside, we both enjoy this book. It is a beautiful hard cover, with many pictures and descriptions. It is most definitely not a one-time read for us, either. We will continue to enjoy this book in future studies, as well.
Five stars for the illustrations, two stars for the writing. I started reading this book out loud to my 4th grade and 2nd grade sons two nights ago, and tonight, after page 32, we all agreed to quit and read something else. Both boys are avid readers with above-average vocabularies, but we struggled on every page with both the word choices and the strange flow of the language. Examples: "He was a benevolent god, bringing robustness to the sheep..." ("Mommy what's 'benevolent'? What's 'robustness'?"). I'm fine with teaching some good vocabulary, but not in every single paragraph. More examples: "Their brother god Set watched them gaze at each other, this Aset and this Usir, eavesdropping on their fond murmurings" ("Mommy, what's a "fond murmuring?"). In describing why Ra was excited about the number nine: "Nine was three squared. A nine-pointed star could be formed by superimposing three identical equilateral triangles, so that each was rotated precisely 40 degrees over from the next lower one." ("...um...what?"). The thing that makes me sad is that the illustrations in this book are FABULOUS. And these classic stories COULD be good. SHOULD be good. If only it weren't for the hyperbolic oratory that emanates in an enigmatic miasma of prose throughout the chronicle.
This book is a great introduction to Egyptian mythology, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It includes different stories, each about a different god, that tell the story from the gods' point a view (meaning that the author "liked" what that particular god liked, and "hated" what that particular god hated in that chapter). The illustrations are beautiful, and only add to it.
Unfortunately, the author added feelings and thoughts that weren't felt or thought in the original stories as the Egyptians told them, and only included stories about the most interesting or main gods; Ra and Tefnut (completely leaving out her brother Shu), Aset, Set, Usir, Nebet Hut, Heru Sa Aset, Inpu, Tehuti, Heru Wer, Hut Heru, Sekhmet, Nit, Khnum, Imhotep, Sobek, and Bastet (leaving out the other animal gods Maftet, Taweret, Hapu, and Heket). She also left out Nut and Geb, but that's fine as they never do anything (they're the sky and the earth), and Satet.
And my final opinion: this is a great book that I highly recommend, and even though she left out quite a few gods, I think the ones she left out aren't completely needed. Also, the added feelings and thoughts give more life to the story, making it more engaging for older readers. I think that you'll love this book.
WE bought these books all 3 the Norse, Greek and Egyptian at Christmas for our daughter. They are beautiful books. Graphics story line ect. These will definitely be books that she passes down to her children. I highly recommend these as a set . We read a story form one each night and will probably reread them when we are done ! But that will be sometime yet ! These are just what National Geographic is ! Education made fun !
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