Ancient Egypt in Fiction for Children

ANCIENT EGYPT

FICTION

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CHILDREN

Picture books and chapter books for budding Egyptophiles.

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Last updated: 1 July 2008

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The following picture books and easy readers feature significant elements drawn from ancient, and most especially pharaonic, Egypt.

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ANCIENT MYTHS & TALES

HISTORICAL

BIBLICAL

CONTEMPORARY

FANTASY & ANIMAL TALES- ANCIENT SETTING

FANTASY & ANIMAL TALES- MODERN SETTING

TIME TRAVEL

HUMOR

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Fiction for Young Adults

**ANCIENT MYTHS & TALES**
Bower, Tamara *How the Amazon Queen Fought the Prince of Egypt* 2005: New York: Atheneum The Amazons are attacked by the Egyptian and Assyrian arm. Based oon an ancient text. *The Shipwrecked Sailor: an Egyptian tale with hieroglyphs* 2000: New York: Atheneum A retelling of the ancient Egyptian story of a sailor cast upon a magical island ruled by a giant snake.
Cashford, Jules *The Myth of Isis and Osiris* 1993: Barefoot Books Cashford, Jules A retelling of the ancient myth, illustrated with historical pieces.
Climo, Shirley (text) & Heller, Ruth (illustrations) *The Egyptian Cinderella* HarperCollins A hawk steals the slippers of a Greek slave girl in 6th-century BC Egypt.
Foster, John & Brock, Lyla Pinch *The Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor: A Tale of Ancient Egypt* 1998: Cairo: American University in Cairo Press Retelling of this Middle Kingdom tale in which a sailor finds himself stranded on an island inhabited by a magical serpent.
Greger, C. Shana *Cry of the Benu Bird: An Egyptian Creation Story* 1996: Houghton Mifflin The story of the god Atum and his divine children.
Hawes, Louise Muti's Necklace: The Oldest Story in the World 2006: Houghton Mifflin (illus. Rebecca Guay) When she turns 13, Muti goes to work for King Snefru, for whom she works as the leader of a group of women who row the royal pleasure boat. Inspired by a story from the Westcar Papyrus.
Hoffmeyr, Dianne (text) & Daly, Jude (illustrator) *The Star-bearer* 2002: Frances Lincoln The story of the separation of the earth-god Geb from the sky-goddess Nut, and the creation of the universe by Atum.
Hull, R. (text) & Loftus, Barbara & Bateman, Noel (illustrations) *Egyptian Stories* 1993: Thomson Learning/Wayland A collection of retold myths and legends including the creation of the world by Ptah, the story of the theft of the Book of Thoth, and others.
Manniche, Lise *How Djadja-em-ankh Saved the Day* 1977: Thomas Y. Crowell Translation of "The Boating Party" tale from the Papyrus Westcar. *The Prince Who Knew His Fate* 1981: New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art/Philomel Translation of an ancient story in which a prince runs away, trying to escape the fate foretold for him.
McDermott, Gerald *Voyage of Osiris: A Myth of Ancient Egypt* Caldecott Medal 1977: Windmill The myth of Osiris retold.
Mike, Jan M. (text) & Reasoner, Charles (illustrations) *Gift of the Nile: an ancient Egyptian legend* 1992 1996: New York: Troll During a magical boat trip down the Nile, Mutemwia proves her love to King Sneferu.
Mozley, Charles *The First Book of Tales of Ancient Egypt* 1960
Palazzo-Craig, Janet *The Golden Flower* First Start Legends 1996: New York: Troll
Schofield, Lily *The Story of Isis and Osiris, an Egyptian Wonder-tale* 1907: Cairo: W. Wilson Barker The myth of Osiris retold.

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**HISTORICAL**
Bunting, Eve (text) & Christiana, David (illustrations) *I Am the Mummy Heb-Nefert* 1997: New York: Harcourt Brace The mummy of a princess on display in a museum reflects back upon her life.
Dolan, Ellen M. (adapted from a text by Onclincx, George) & Wabbes, Marie (illustrations) *Nefrou the Scribe* Children of Other Times 1968: St. Louis: McGraw-Hill
Hall, Lynn (text) & Oughton, Taylor (illustrations) *Flash, Dog of Old Egypt* 1973: Garrard Publishing Company A prince adopts a puppy doomed to die and raises him to be a champion, only to lose him to his father the king.
Himes, Vera C. (text) & Dewey, Katharine (illlus.) *Pepi and the Golden Hawk: a tale of Old Egypt* 1932: Crowell A story set during the Old Kingdom, featuring Pepi II, who became king while still a young boy.
Holub, Joan YOUNG PRINCESSES AROUND THE WORLD Cleopatra and the King's Enemies: Based on a True Story of Cleopatra in Egypt NEW 7/08 2007: New York: Aladdin/Ready-to-Read Cleopatra uses her brains, rather than her beauty, to save her family when the Egyptian peasantry becomes a danger.
Lawrence, Robert (text); Bart, Barry (illus) *Aida* 1938: New York: Grosset & Dunlap A retelling of Verdi's opera about an enslaved Ethiopian princess and the soldier who comes to love her.
Lumpkin, Beatrice (text) & Nickens, Linda (illustrations) *Senefer: A Young Genius in Old Egypt* 1997: Africa World Press During the reign of Hatshepsut, a carpenter's son becomes a royal engineer and mathematician.
Platt, Richard (text) & Parkins, Dvaid (illustrations) *Egyptian Diary: The Journal of Nakht* Diary series 2005: New York: Candlewick A boy in training to be a scribe has just moved to Memphis with his family. He and his sister discover a tomb-robber's plot. Set during the reign of Hatshepsut.
Price, Leontyne (text) & Dillon, Leo and Dillon, Diane (illustrations) *Aïda* 1990: Harcourt Brace Retelling of Verdi's opera about an enslaved Ethiopian princess and the soldier who comes to love her.
Rockwell, Anne F. *Seba the Scribe: A Story of Ancient Egypt* Forthcoming (2003): New York: HarperCollins Children's Books
Ross, Stewart (text) & Shields, Sue (illustrations) *Coming Alive: The Finest Pharaoh of All* 1999: Evans Brothers The story of the female pharaoh, Hatshepsut.
Sabuda, Robert *Tutankhamen's Gift* 1994: New York: Atheneum The story of Tutankhamen's boyhood.
Schlein, Miriam (text) & Hilgerdt, Erik (illustrations) *I, Tut: The Boy Who Became Pharaoh* 1979: Four Winds
Stolz, Mary *Zekmet, the Stone Carver: A Tale of Ancient Egypt* 1995: Houghton Mifflin How a sculptor came to carve the Great Sphinx at Giza.

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**BIBLICAL**
Adler, David A. *Brothers in Egypt* Prince of Egypt 1998: Dreamworks The story of Moses and his Egyptian brother Ramesses, based on the animated film.
Adler, David A. (text) & Heller, Linda (illustrations) *A Picture Book of Passover* 1982: New York: Scholastic The story of Moses.
Bash, Ewald J. *To Egypt and Back: the lives of Joseph and Moses* 1981: Twin Book of Bible People/Augsburg Publishing House (illus. Reed Merrill)
Bostrom, Kathleen Long (text) & McKinsey, Dennis (illus.) *Green Plagues and Lamb: The Story of Moses and Pharaoh* forthcoming: Westminster John Knox Press
Bulla, Clyde Robert (text) & Laite, Gordon (illus.) *Joseph the Dreamer* 1971: Thomas Y. Crowell A retelling of the Biblical story of Joseph.
Carlstrom, Nancy White (text) & McElrath-Eslick, Lori (illustrations) *I Am Christmas* 1995: Eerdmans The story of the Flight into Egypt.
Cohen, Barbara (text) & Mikolaycak, Charles (illustrations) *I Am Joseph* 1980: New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard The Biblical story of Joseph in Egypt.
Diamond, Lucy (text) & Inns, Kenneth (illus.) *Moses, Prince and Shepherd* 1955: Loughborough: Wills & Hepworth/Ladybird 1955: Fort Washington, Pennsylvania: Christian Literature Crusade
Doane, Pelagie (text & illustrations) *The Boy Jesus* 1953: New York: Oxford University Press 1961: London: Collins The story of the life of young Jesus until the day he talks to the teachers in the temple, including the flight into Egypt and his life there.
Dowley, Tim (text) & Deverell, Richard (illustrations) *Moses and the Great Escape* Giant Picture Book The story of the Exodus with "can you find" questions about the illustrations.
Frank, Penny *Joseph and the King of Egypt* Lion Story Bible 8 2002: Lion
Fries, Tess (text) & Mendenhall, Cheryl Franklin (illus.) *Moses, Baby in the Bulrushes* 1999: Franklin, Tennessee: Dalmation Press
Geller, Norman *Farfel, the Cat That Left Egypt* 1987: Newton Centre, MA: Norman Geller Publishers
Hartman, Bob *The Edge of the River* 1993: Wheaton, IL: Victor The story of baby Moses and his sister.
Hernandez, David *Land of the Pharaohs* The Adventures of Toby Digz 1 2003: Tommy Nelson Four children travel back to ancient Egypt, where they witness the biblical plagues.
Hutton, Warwick *Moses in the Bulrushes* 1986
Jones, Mary Alice *The Story of Joseph* 1965: Rand McNally
Lepon, Shoshana (text) & Friedman, Aaron (illus.) *The Ten Plagues of Egypt* 1988: Brooklyn: Judaica Press
Kramer, Janice (text) & Matthews, Sally (illustrations) *The Princess and the Baby: Exodus 1:8-2:10 for Children* 1969: St. Louis, Missouri: Arch Books/Concordia Publishing House
Lashbrook, Marilyn *Get Lost, Little Brother* 1988: Faithworks/Me Too! The story of Joseph.
Nodel, Maxine (text); Nodel, Norman (illus.) *Joseph in Egypt* Great Bible Stories 1993: New York: Baronet Books
Petersham, Maud & Petersham, Miska *Joseph and His Brothers* 1938: New York: Macmillan The story of how Joseph becomes an important man who saves the brothers who sold him into slavery. *Moses* 1938: New York: Macmillan
Rector, Andy *Moses and Derek the Dragonfly* 1996: Ashland, Ohio: Landoll Derek watches the infant Moses float down the Nile.
Rouss, Sylvia A. The Littlest Frog 2001: Pitspopany Press A story of the ten plagues of Egypt.
Storr, Catherine *Joseph the Dream Teller* 1984: Milwaukee: Raintree Children's Books (illus. Chris Molan)
Taylor, T. William (text) & Brooks, Andrea (illustrations) *The Christmas Donkey* 1984: Racine, Wisconsin: Western Publishing/Little Golden Book About a donkey from Egypt.
Vance, Marguerite *While Shepherds Watched* 1946: New York: E.P. Dutton and Co. The tale of young Obed and his donkey Cephus, who carried Mary and the Christ child to Egypt.
Westall, Robert *The Witness* New York: Dutton A pregnant Egyptian royal cat, lost in Bethlehem, finds another mother about to have a child of her own.
Wildsmith, Brian *Joseph* 1997: Eerdmans The story of the boy who was sold into slavery by his brothers.
Williams, Marica *Joseph and His Magnificent Coat of Many Colors* 1994: Candlewick Press Joseph is sold into slavery by his envious brothers.
Willson, Sarah (text) & Goldberg, Barry (illustrations) *Let My Babies Go!* Rugrats 1998: New York: Simon Spotlight When the babies get stuck in the attic while visiting Grandpa Boris for Passover, they stage their own exodus, with Angelica imagining herself as the first female pharaoh.
Yolen, Jane (text) & Koelsch, Michael & Navarro, Larry (illustrations) *The Prince of Egypt* 1998: New York: Dutton Children's Books Adaptation of the animated film of the story of Moses.

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**CONTEMPORARY**
Cianos, Elizabeth Ann & Cianos, Mary Elizabeth (text) & Valla, Victor (illustrations) *Peter and The Pyramid* 1977: Vantage Press Peter and his mother visit Egypt.
Kline, Suzy Weaver (text) & Sims, Blanch *Mary Marony, Mummy Girl* 1996: New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers A girl struggles with an idea for a Halloween costume.
Lantz, Francess *The Case of the Missing Mummy* New Adventures of Mary Kate and Ashley 1998: New York: Scholastic A mummy is missing from an exhibition.
Marriott, Janice The Curse of Being Pharaoh 1999: Learning Media (illus. David Elliot) A substitute teacher has her class "learn through living" about ancient Egypt, and the class bully tries to take advantage of the situation.
Preller, James (text) & Speirs, John (illustrations) & Alley, R. W. (illustrations) *The Case of the Mummy Mystery* 1999: New York: Scholastic Jigsaw Jones and Mila must unwrap the mystery of the mummy at the class Halloween party.

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**FANTASY & ANIMAL TALES: Ancient Setting**
Adinolfi, JoAnn *The Egyptian Polar Bear* 1994: Boston: Houghton Mifflin A lonely polar bear hitches a ride on an iceberg and finds himself in Egypt, where he befriends a lonely young king.
Clements, Andrew (text) & Kiesler, Kate A. (illustrations) *Temple Cat* 1996: Clarion A sacred cat seeks the life of an ordinary cat with a fisherman's family.
Damjan, Mischa (story) & Buchi, Werner (illustrations) *Mau: King of Cats* 1963: New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons (adapted from the Swiss by Ann McGovern) The King of Cats, who worries how to feed his people fish without becoming indebted to humans, aids the Pharaoh.
Gerrard, Roy *Croco'Nile* 1994: New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux An Egyptian girl and boy travel with their pet crocodile, becoming talented artists whose skill catches the attention of the king -- and others.
Grant, Joan M. (text); Day, Alexandra (illustrations) "The Blue Faience Hippopotamus" *1942: The Scarlet Fish and Other Stories, by Joan Grant: London: Methuen* *1984: La Jolla, CA: Green Tiger Press (as The Blue Faience Hippopotamus)* A hippopotamus falls in love with a princess, and asks a magician to turn him into something the princess will love.
Howard, Alace Woodward (text) & Kubiny, Coleman (illustration) *Sokar and the Crocodile: An Egyptian Fairy Story* 1928: New York: MacMillan A potter's son is condemned to build a pyramid after he is caught stealing a lotus.
Lattimore, Deborah Nourse *The Winged Cat: A Tale of Ancient Egypt* 1995: HarperTrophy *2002: The Winged Cat and Other Tales of Ancient Civilizations, by Deborah Nourse Lattimore: New York: HarperTrophy* A girl and a wicked priest journey through the Netherworld to prove which of them is innocent of murdering a sacred cat.
Mathur-Kamat, Ambika (text) & Crawford, K. Michael (illustrator) *Miss Panda in Egypt* Miss Panda 2001: Little Blue Works The globe-trotting panda and her cousin Mr. Koala visit Egypt.
McCrady, Lady *Mildred and the Mummy* 1980: New York: Holiday House Mildred brings home a mummy from a library display.
Outhwaite, Ida Rentoul *The Sentry and the Shell Fairy* Shell Oil Fairy booklet 1922: Shell Oil Company How the Shell Fairies helped to build the pyramids of Egypt.
Schofield, Lily *Tom Catapus and Potiphar* 1903: Frederick Warne & Co. The story of an Egyptian boy and his cat, told in verse.
Turnbull, Ann (text) & Lewis, Jan (illustrations) *The Queen Cat* 1992: New York: Dell The search for a goddess incarnated in a cat.
Updike, John (text) & Chappell, Warren (illustrations) *Mozart's The Magic Flute* 1962 An adaptation of Mozart's last opera, in which Tamino goes off to rescue Princess Pamina from a wizard.
Walsh, Jill Paton (text) & French, Fiona (illustrations) *Pepi and the Secret Names* 1995: Lothrop Lee & Shepard A boy helps his father, an artist, find living models of animals to paint in a prince's tomb.

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**FANTASY & ANIMAL TALES: Modern Setting**
Acey, Mark & Kraft, Jim (text); Fentz, Mike (illus.) "The Haunted Pyramid" Garfield the Cat 1992: New York: Grosset & Dunlap The lasagna-eating feline meets a phantom pharaoh.
Ball, Duncan *Emily Eyefinger and the Lost Treasure* Emily Eyefinger Aladdin After saving the reputation of artist Pierre Paintswell and looking for new rodent species, Emily goes off to the upside-down pyramid of King Inverticheops.
Baumann, Hans (text; trans. from German by Katherine Potts) & Schramm, Ulrik (illus.) *The Crotchety Crocodile* 1960: London: Oxford Children rescue a crocodile from the Cairo Museum.
Butler, Philippa (text) & Smith, George (illustrations) *Pawprints in Time* New York: Viking Press Each night Anna's cat tells stories of his past lives, including one in Egypt.
Dubowski, Mark *The King of Cats* Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch/Salem's Tales 4 1999: New York: Pocket Books Salem the cat tries to solve a riddle on an Egyptian vase.
Farber, Erica (text) & Sansevere, J. R. (illustrations) *The Mummy's Curse* LC and the Critter Kids 1994: Western Publishing
Gelsey, James *Scooby-Doo and the Mummy's Curse* Scooby-Doo 1998: New York: Scholastic A real mummy and its treasure are being used on a movie set, and Scooby and the gang must find out whether there is really a curse.
Gilmour, H. B. *The Curse of Katana* Real Monsters First Chapter Book 1996: New York: Simon & Schuster Three young monsters run into trouble in a museum.
Gray, Paul R. & Burtless, Matthew J. & Holt, Delecia A. & Harris, Whittney N. *Tyco's Search for the Ark Of The Covenant* Chocolate Covered Adventures 1 1999: Van Buren California Publishing A Nile cruise becomes a quest for the Ark of The Covenant when two young brothers and their pet monkey meet a Shaman high priest.
Goldin, Diana & Heckel, Inge *A Tale of Two Williams* 1977: New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art William and his blue stuffed hippopotamus take a fanciful trip through the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Kalman, Maira *Hey Willy, See the Pyramids* 1988: New York: Viking Children's 1989: Toronto: Penguin Books Canada A young boy pleads his sister to tell him bedtime stories.
Kruss, James (text) & Quinn, Stich, Lisl; adapted from an original by Quinn, Kerri *Seven Frogs Go Traveling* 1966: Milliken Publishing Frogs leave their home in the woods to visit Egypt.
Lever, Anita *Khufu the Wonder Cat* 1975: Blackfish Press 1992: Siren A cat has adventures in Egypt.
Long, Jack *The Secret of the Nile* Inspector Otter O'Reilly 1987: Yardley, Pennsylvania: Checkerboard Press (illus. Doug Cushman) The inspector and his assistant, L. Pinkerton, try to stop Mack the Cat from stealing the golden mask from King Tut-Tut's mummy.
Marcellino, Fred *I, Crocodile* 1999: New York: HarperCollins Napoleon returns from Egypt to Paris with Egyptian artifacts, and a wily crocodile.
McMullan, Kate H. (text) & Spackman, Jeff (illustrations) *The Mummy's Gold* 1996: New York: Putnam Is Jake's pursuer in the movie theater another of his big brother's tricks?
Pene du Bois, William *Otto in Africa* Otto the Giant Dog 1961: New York: Viking Press An enormous puppy named Otto (along the lines of Clifford the Big Red Dog) has adventures in Egypt.
Rettino, Ernie & Kerner, Debby (text); Wehlacz, Dale (illus.) *Psalty in Egypt* 1991: Dallas: Word Publishing Robbers hide ancient jewels in the headdresses of some camels and kidnap Rhythm, Harmony, and Melody, who pray for them.
Saunders, Susan (text) & Manning, Jane (illustrations) *The Curse of the Cat Mummy* Black Cat Club #3 1997: HarperCollins A cat mummy disappears from the museum and one of the girl's cats begins to act strangely.
Smith, Parker (text) & Mones, Isidre (illustrations) *The Mummy's Curse* Young Indiana Jones Chronicles 1992: Western Publishing Co./Golden Books Based on the "Egypt, May 1908" segment of the television episode "The Curse of the Jackal."
Talley, Linda (text) & Maeno, Itoko (illustrations) *Bastet* 2001: Marsh Media Two street-cats living in Cairo long to see the golden mask of Tutankhamen in the Egyptian Museum. A pampered house-cat offers to help only one of them.
Vaughan, Carolyn *William and His Friends* 1998: New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art William, the blue faience hippopotamus, and other animals in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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**TIME TRAVEL**
Angeletti, Roberta *Nefertari: Princess of Egypt* 2000: Oxford: Oxford University Press A modern child visits Nefertari's tomb and meets the queen.
Bailey, Linda (text) & Slavin, Bill (illustrations) *Adventures in Ancient Egypt* The Good Times Travel Agency 2000: Kids Can Press A glance at a book on ancient Egypt sends the Binkerton twins back to 2500 BC, and they can't get home until they finish reading the book (and escape angry guards and hungry crocodiles).
Balducci, Rita *Barbie: The Pyramid Adventure* Barbie 1998: Grolier Enterprises While touring an Egyptian tomb, Barbie and Christie find themselves living as Egyptian princesses in ancient times.
Cole, Joanna (text) & Degen, Bruce (illustrations) *Mrs. Frizzle's Adventures in Ancient Egypt* Ms. Frizzle's Adventures 2001: New York: Scholastic Traveling with a tour group, Mrs. Frizzle lands in Cairo -- but everybody else lands in ancient Egypt!
Hammond, Andy *The Ancient Egyptians: Alfie's adventure in ancient Egypt* Alfie 2000: Tesco/Brillian Books Alfie goes back in time to ancient Egypt, where he finds himself chased through secret tunnels in the Great Pyramid.
Howard, Annabelle The Great Wonder 1996: Soundprints (illus. Stephen Wells) On a trip to the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History, a boy travels back in his imagination to the days when the Great Pyramid was almost finished.
Lancaster, Peggy *Abby and the Golden Goddess* Adventures of Abby Smith Through Time & Place 3 1997: Hobby House Abby goes back to the time of Cleopatra.
May, Scott *The Egyptian Adventure* Sten Gizzle -- Time Traveller 1 2000: Short Mountains Sten is having trouble with history class, so he and his neighbor take off in a time machine to visit the past.
Wynne-Jones, Tim (text) & Beddows, Eric (illustrations) *Zoom Upstream* 1994: New York: HarperTrade Zoom the cat and Maria travel back to ancient Egypt.

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HUMOR

Anonymous (for Pathfinder Productions)
Curse of the Pharaoh
Inspector Gadget
1983
The Inspector, Penny, and Brain must protect the ancient treasures of Pharaoh Poot-Ta-Toot.

Anonymous (for the Pillsbury Co.)
A Trip to Egypt by the Dreamland Babies
Sunbonnet Babies / Dreamland Babies
c. 1900
The Sunbonnet Babies travel to the land of the Nile, where they find the Pillsbury "Vitos" pyramid. A promotional booklet for Pillsbury. ("Then a mummy old they spied, / Long ago he must have died, / He was such an ugly thing / Who would guess have been a king.")

Anonymous (for the Walt Disney Company)
The Pyramid Caper: an adventure in Egypt
Disney's Small World Library
Donald Duck gets wrapped up in an adventure with Huey, Dewey, and Louie.
"Sphinx for the Memories"
Disney's Duck Tales
1989: Sphinx for the Memories and Sir Gyro Gearloose: Greenwich, Connecticut: Twin Books/Mallard (Walt Disney)

translations:
Finnish:
Aku faaraona
1991

Mistaken for the incarnation of "The Garbled One," Donald Duck is and kidnapped and crowned pharaoh.

Bott, Elizabeth (text) & Frosini, Guido & Cechetti, Alessandra (illustrators)
Vinnie in Egypt
2000
The travels of a crazy cat in Egypt.

Bradman, Tony (text) & Chatterton, Martin (illustrations)
The Magnificent Mummies
1997: London: London Bridge
Mummy Mummy, Daddy Mummy, Tut, and Sis get a visitor to their pyramid.

Christian, Mary Blount (text) & McCue, Lisa (illustrations)
Sebastian (Super Sleuth) and the Egyptian Connection
Sebastian, Super Sleuth
1988: New York: Macmillan

Ciddor, Anna
A Trip on the Nile
2000: New York: Troll/ Momentum Literacy Program Step 5
Young Tia and Poppo, her pet monkey, have a busy day, runninge errands in town and then coming home for a big party.

Cushman, Doug
The Mystery of King Karfu
1998: HarperCollins
A world-famous wombat detective and his mouse sidekick search for the pharaoh's lost Stone Chicken.

de Paola, Tomie
Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile
1987: New York: Putnam
Bill the crocodile and his bird buddy Pete must thwart the Bad Guy, who wants to steal the Sacred Eye of Isis.

Gantos, Jack (text) & Rubel, Nicole (illustrations)
Rotten Ralph Helps Out
Rotten Ralph Reader
2001: New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux
When Ralph the cat tries to help Sarah with her school project about ancient Egypt, can anything turn out right?

Greenburg, Dan (text) & Davis, Jack E. (illustrations)
Evil Queen Tut and the Great Ant Pyramids
Zack Files 16
1999: New York: Putnam
Shrunk down to ant-size, Zack meets a wicked Egyptianesque ant queen.
Me and My Mummy
The Zack Files 26
Zack has a new friend. His name is Icky, and he's three thousand years old.
Never Trust a Cat Who Wears Earrings
Zack Files
1997: Price Stern Sloan
After a cat wearing an earring scratches him, Zack is suddenly afraid of the vacuum and enjoys chasing birds.

Hauptmann, Tatjana
Le Voyage de Monsieur Dujarret [French: The Voyage of Monsier Dujarret]
1980: Gallimard
A pig visits Egypt.

Kirby, Mansfield (text) & Post, Mance (illustrations)
The Secret of Thut-Mouse III, or Basil Beaudesert's Revenge
1985: New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Basil teaches the cat Pa-Ti-Paw a lesson.

Laskowski, Jerzy (text) & Domaska, Janina (illustrations)
Master of the Royal Cats
1965: New York: Seabury Press
Before cats and dogs were anything but wild, the king of Egypt has a problem with mice, and little Anpu has a solution.

Mathieu, Joe
A Visit to the Sesame Street Museum
Sesame Street
1987: New York: Random House
Bert, Ernie, and Grover visit the museum, where they find on display, among other things, Egyptian mummies.

Mayer, Mercer (text) & Farber, Erica (illustrations)
Mummy Pancakes
Critters of the Night
1997: New York: Random House
Cousin Moose Mummy must be rescued from Queen Mummy.

Sabuda, Robert
Mummy's Tomb

Meggendorfer Award

1994: Artists & Writers Guild
Pop-up book in which a mouse explores Pharaoh's tomb.

Scarry, Richard
"Professor Dig and His Egyptian Mummy"
1965: Richard Scarry's Busy, Busy World, Richard Scarry: Golden Press
The professor hurries to bring his new-found discovery to the museum in Cairo.

Sturges, Philemon (text) & Miglio, Paige (illustrations)
Crocky Dilly
1999: Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Egyptian history from the crocodile's point of view.

Syfret, Anne
Mot, Ybbat and Little Pharaoh
1976: McGraw-Hill
After young King Tut-the-Tenth befriends Mot, both two boys are kidnapped by the wicked U-Rat and must be saved by Mot's cat.

Yates, Philip (text) & Karas, G. Brian (illus.)
Ten Little Mummies
2003: New York: Viking Children's Books
The ten little mummies get tired of being stuck in a room all the time, so they go outside to play.

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**UNCLASSIFIED**
These are books about which I have seen or heard but without enough information for me to determine what they are about, to which category they belong, or in some cases if they belong on this list at all. Help with these would be much appreciated.
Author? Joseph in Egypt. Great Bible Stories. 1993: Baronet Books. 12/02
Author? Momies Moisies [French]. Histoire que pue. A scratch-and-sniff book set in ancient Egypt. Is this a comic-style book or a picture book? 12/03
Author? Moses in Egypt. Superscope Story Teller. 1975. Publisher? Book and audio tapes. 12/02
Brouwer, Sigmund & Davidson, Wayne. Dr. Drabble's Astounding Musical Mesmerizer. Dr. Drabble, Genius Inventor. A moralistic story about forgiveness. Any ancient artifact or site involved? 3/03
Burton, Tim (short story title?). The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy, Tim Burton. One of the stories in verse is about "Mummy Boy" and his mummy dog. 8/03
Morgan, Stacy Towle, Escape from Egypt, Ruby Slippers School #3, A pair of Chrisian home-schooled sisters have an adventure in Egypt with their family. Any ancient sites visited?
Probst, Pierre. Caroline en Égypte. Caroline. 1991: Hachette Jeunesse. Caroline and her animal friends visit Egypt. Do they visit ancient sites? 12/02

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Ancient Egypt in Fiction for Young Adults
Princes, princesses, peasants; mummies, magic cats, and young archaeologists. Stories published for middle-grade and young adult readers, but people of most any age will find something they like here.

Ancient Egypt in Science Fiction & Fantasy
From time travel to sword & sorcery, from aliens to alternate history, and everything in between.

Ancient Egypt in Historical & Mainstream Fiction
The Bronze Age, the Iron Age, and Napoleon, too: scholarly research optional but magic checked at the door.

Ancient Egypt in Biblical Fiction
From Joseph to the Flight into Egypt.

Ancient Egypt in Mysteries & Thrillers
Pharaohs are assassinated, Egyptologists murdered, treasures lost. Whodunnit? In ancient times and modern, there is always a sleuth near at hand.

Ancient Egypt -- Miscellaneous Fiction
All those things that belong elsewhere on the list -- or might belong off the list altogether.