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Mummified pet searches for his queen in lively tomb tale.
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What's the Story?
The mummified pet of an Egyptian queen comes to life in their shared tomb and looks for the queen he loved. As the cat passes the detailed murals, he recalls the happy life the two shared, playing on a boat on the Nile and napping together by a pool, until a scorpion stung and killed them and priests wrapped their lifeless bodies. Will the MUMMY CAT find "the queen of his heart"?
Is It Any Good?
This highly original introduction to Egyptology offers an engaging fictional story told in lively rhyming text embedded in nonfiction detail. The murals on the walls, skillfully rendered in the style of Egyptian tomb art, illustrate the life the cat and his queen shared and show that the scorpion sting that killed them was not accidental. A four-page afterword describes the mummification process in some graphic detail and offers information about the real Queen Hatshepsut, the importance of cats in ancient Egypt, and hieroglyphs.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about ancient Egyptians and their beliefs about death and the afterlife. What did they believe? What do you believe?
How did the Egyptians mummify bodies? What do Americans do with bodies after death?
Look carefully at the illustrations. Is there more story in the art than the text? Where did the scorpion come from? What do you think happened?
Book Details
- Author :
- Illustrator : Lisa Brown
- Genre : Picture Book
- Topics : Animals , Friendship , History , STEM
- Book type : Fiction
- Publisher : Clarion Books
- Publication date : June 27, 2015
- Publisher's recommended age(s) : 6 - 9
- Number of pages : 48
- Available on : Nook, Hardback, Kindle
- Last updated : September 30, 2025
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