Who Was King Tut?

We bought this book because my son needed it for his 3rd grade class. His teacher had books and we accidentally left his copy outside during the rain! We ordered this as a replacement, and I found the story very informative and yet interesting for my kid. It's hard to get kids interested in non-fiction and The Who was series is great for that. Like I said, this was for school, so it is also utilized by teachers. It's a great series and the King Tut story is of interest to kids. Worth the buy for sure!

This is a great overview of ancient Egyptian life and Egyptian archeological history. The book uses the discovery of King Tut's tomb by Howard Carter to discuss these wider issues. Not enough is known about Tutankhamun to really write a full biography book for children about his life. Thus, I'd say only about a third of the book actually talks about him while he was alive. The rest discusses his father Amenhotep, everyday ancient Egyptian life, Egyptian religion, Howard Carter, the Rosetta Stone and Hieroglyphics, papyrus, and the genesis of the modern King Tut's curse myth. My 8 year old daughter is reading through this now for Ancient Egypt study. This whole series is a wonderful resource for advanced second graders through fifth graders. The official reading level for this book is 3.4.They are cheap to buy and pack in loads of information in a conversational style of text that children will enjoy. Elementary school libraries usually carry many of these books now. The more of these Grosset & Dunlap produce the better!

Great book and quality was good

These books are excellent my grandson is reading at a fifth grade level in the second grade, so I have bought a few of these, they hold his interest and he has read a couple in an hour or so he likes them so much...would recommend them...very educational and true to life facts....

I used this book with a small group of fifth graders. It was a great tool for introducing not only Egypt, but also the bio of King Tut.

I love ancient Egyptian history. The picture pictured lol isn't king tut but Renewed ii. But I went to the museum and it did mention that king tut was an amazing pharoah like Ramses but wasn't as long as rameses. So I wanted to learn more about tut, and these books are perfect. So buy them now they are great and makes history easy to learn.

This is a great book for children who like to learn. I brought it for my nephew. He had a lot of questions about King Tut. This book helped answer them all. Excellent product, well worth the price.

Granddaughter LOVES these books! She is in 2nd grade, but is an advanced reader.

Very well written books, bought them for my 13 and 8yr old daughters as i wanted them to learn about black history. I myself learnt so much as they read to me, have recommended to friends who have gone on to purchase.

My 8 year kid is fascinated reading this book, its simplistic language making the book fun to read and yet so informative.

I love this series! They are great, easy-to-read, fact based biographies that my children have grown up with. Sacagawea was our first book because of my daughter's obsession and from there we moved to other strong historical women, such as Helen Keller and Amelia Earhart. Then we would find subjects to correspond with whatever my kids were studying at school. Really, really recommend this series!!!

We love the Who Was/Who Is/Where Is series! Great stories, even I like to read them along with my daughter. So happy to have found books my 9 year old will read!

Who was?シリーズは簡単な英語で書かれているため、多読用には最適です。 ツタンカーメンの伝記というより、下記の古代エジプト文明全般について書かれています。 ツタンカーメンの父 エジプトの神々 ツタンカーメンの死因 ロゼッタストーンによる象形文字の解読 ミイラの作り方 エジプトの墓荒し 盗賊対策のためのトラップ 墓の見取り図 この本のクライマックスは何と言っても、Howard Carterによる発掘のシーンです。Howardはツタンカーメンの墓を発見しますが、抜け駆けはフェアーでないとして、イギリスに帰っていたLord Carnarvonを呼び寄せるまで、2週間も待ち続けます。Howardがこのような誠実な人でなかったら、財宝は過去の盗賊同様に私物化されていたでしょう。 紀元前1336年に亡くなったツタンカーメンの財宝が完全な状態で見つかるシーンには、何ともいえないロマンを感じました。 豊富に記載されているイラストは、なかなか味があって、古代エジプトのイマジネーションを膨らませてくれます。 ツタンカーメンの呪い