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How The Sphinx Got To The Museum (2010)

by Jessie Hartland(Favorite Author)

3.8 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1609050320 (ISBN13: 9781609050320)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Blue Apple Books

review 1: Now this is an amazingly cool book. There's a cunning little cumulative tale about the building, finding, restoration of the sphinx, which will probably please quite young children. And then there's the explanation of all the people involved, all the specialized jobs, and that's appealing to adults as well as older kids. By a happy coincidence, we read this the weekend that some channel was saturated with sphinx-related shows for a total plate-o'-shrimp experience.
review 2: I really, really liked this cumulative story about how a sphinx got to New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art. The book introduces the creation, destruction, uncovering, restoring, and display of the sphinx one simple step at a time. The illustrations are charming, quirky, and supp... moreort the text. This is a great story to read as part of a unit on Egypt or before students visit a museum. Recommended for grades 2 - 4, though older students may benefit from exposure to the information as well. less

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