In the Footsteps of the Mummy - Softcover

Roden, Katie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761304665 ISBN 13: 9780761304661

Publisher: Copper Beech Books, 1996

Synopsis

Explores the world of hidden tombs, the art of embalming, terrible curses, and the living dead

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Grade 3-6?Information on mummies interspersed with a horror story based on the superstitions that originated with the discovery of King Tut's tomb. While interweaving fact and fiction works as an attention-getter, it's not always made clear that the fictional parts?straight out of late-night horror flicks?and their characters are not real. The factual material is good, even if the story is cliched. The focus is mainly on the Egyptian practices of mummification and on the past European crazes for mummies for medicinal and ornamental use. Roden also covers topics like "Mummies in the Movies" and "Mummies of the Future." The full-color illustrations capture a sense of both the desert and spooky Victorian streets through lots of blacks and oranges. The full-color photographs are basically good, though not on a par with, or as numerous as, those in James Putnam's Mummy (Knopf, 1993). Much of what's here is equally well?or better?presented in James M. Deem's How to Make a Mummy Talk (Houghton, 1995) and Nathaniel Harris's Mummies (Watts, 1995). There's nothing new in Roden's title, but it is an acceptable addition if you need to beef up your mummy files.?Cathryn A. Camper, Minneapolis Public Library
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Copper Beech Books
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0761304665
• ISBN 13: 9780761304661
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 40