Egyptian Gods and Goddesses (Penguin Young Readers, Level 4)

I'm a Devotee of Susan Wise Bauer and my kindergartner has a huge thirst for history due in no small part to Bauer's books: The Well Trained Mind, and The Story Of The World. My 6 year old has been on fire for Egyptology for about two years now. She asked specifically for more books about Egypt and I was pleased to find this as she is able to read it herself. This is the sort of book that will lead your child to ask many questions, but that means your kid is thinking! Be bold! Pass up the potato chip brain food and introduce your small children to history and science and art and math. You will be amazed and delighted by the pleasure they find in it when you make it regularly available to them.

I like it

While there are a lot of sight-words in this book, it is very accessible for novice readers. I got this book alone with easy readers on the Nile and King Tut for a unit we did on Egypt. It could also be useful for a unit on ancient mythology (when paired with books on Ancient Roman and Greek myths).

Ok, if you are teaching little kids about Ancient Egypt, you must have this book. I was homeschooling my older children but looking for something that my kindergartner and first grader could read too, and this book was perfect. It is easy enough for your first/second grader to read, it is only $3.99, and it is a great introduction to Egyptian religion without being too weird.I confess I am super picky and conservative about my resource choices... I don't want my kids freaked out by pictures of dead Tut or lured into the "mummy's curse" type garbage. I was surprised that the book, despite the title, was not an introduction to the whole Egyptian pantheon. If you want that, you need another book. Rather, it walks the reader through the story or process of the dead person and their soul. The surprisingly simple text was helpful even for me, to think through the connections to my own faith. I was able to interpret the ancient practices in a more helpful light than usual.I think the main strength of the book is its information, which is non-fiction but not dry, even for a little kid. IT doesn't regurgitate the common facts about how to make a mummy, but rather explores the religious reasons underneath such practices. The illustrations are good and the author presents the polytheism without making it seem overly intriguing, spooky, or confusing... high praise for a little kids' book on Egypt.After going through a mini-library on the subject of ancient Egypt, I keep coming back to this one because it is so level-headed. Even my older readers benefited from "the basics" given here.

My young daughter has gotten into mythology and ancient religion and this is one of the few books I've found geared towards the young reader. It contains a lot of good beginner information about the Gods/Goddesses of Egypt. I highly recommend this book for the Level 2 reader.

I bought this book for my daughter who is studying Ancient Egypt, and is fascinated with their mythology. Unfortunately, this book is far too simplistic for a "Level 4" reader, and talks more about burial traditions than about the stories of their gods. There were over 1,000 Egyptian gods ... this book names 8, and goes into minimal (if any) detail about them. At the end, the book actually takes time to reassure us that modern Egyptians don't actually worship these gods anymore and that now most Egyptians are Muslims who worship Allah. I have no idea why that was necessary. My daughter's only positive comment was that the art work was interesting.

I bought this for my 1st and 3rd grader. It was very simplistic which is fine for a K-1 but the concept is a little abstract for a K-1. It was fine but I passed it on as soon as we finished it.

The level, detail, and illustrations are fine, but it’s more about mummies than gods and goddesses.