Treasury of Egyptian Mythology: Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Monsters & Mortals (National Geographic Kids)

Amazing, amazing book!!! The text is well written so children can understand and be entertained. The pictures are beautiful and evocative. My two girls love it. Educational and eye opening, and a great compliment to Bible stories, or 1001 nights, etc.

I am a 7th grade language arts teacher and I could not wait for this book to arrive. I already own Napoli's Treasury of Greek Mythology, and her Egyptian storybook is equally as wonderful as the Greek one. Napoli writes with such a compelling sense of voice that readers are pulled into the stories. Egyptian mythology is complicated, especially to young readers, but Napoli is a masterful storyteller and she is able to create such beautiful, accessible stories from a complex, ancient set of stories. She has clearly done her research, as there is a really helpful section explaining information such as the origins of names, the variations of details over time and her decision process as she wrote, how the Greeks influenced the stories and names. The stories also have inset boxes with nonfiction information about details related to the stories -- funeral practices, mummification, hieroglyphs, building of pyramids, legally accepted practices at the time, desert life, etc). The illustrations are gorgeous. I would say this book is geared for middle school and above readers, but would be well suited for read-alouds with younger children. It's a must-have for anyone teaching about ancient Egyptian society and mythology. Love, love, LOVE this book!!!

This book was wonderfully put together! The illustrations are amazing and my 6 year old was thrilled about the book! I was not disappointed!

I enjoyed the most that this book has all the most reconized God deities. It gives rich stories about each deity and goes by order of which might've come first.The least liked part about the book is that some information might make you feel like the author isn't so well educated on all the versions of a story for the deities. But thats not enough to pass this book off. I recommend it if you're looking for short encyclopedia on the Egyptian God's.

This book is a great introduction to Egyptian mythology, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It includes different stories, each about a different god, that tell the story from the gods' point a view (meaning that the author "liked" what that particular god liked, and "hated" what that particular god hated in that chapter). The illustrations are beautiful, and only add to it. Unfortunately, the author added feelings and thoughts that weren't felt or thought in the original stories as the Egyptians told them, and only included stories about the most interesting or main gods; Ra and Tefnut (completely leaving out her brother Shu), Aset, Set, Usir, Nebet Hut, Heru Sa Aset, Inpu, Tehuti, Heru Wer, Hut Heru, Sekhmet, Nit, Khnum, Imhotep, Sobek, and Bastet (leaving out the other animal gods Maftet, Taweret, Hapu, and Heket). She also left out Nut and Geb, but that's fine as they never do anything (they're the sky and the earth), and Satet. And my final opinion: this is a great book that I highly recommend, and even though she left out quite a few gods, I think the ones she left out aren't completely needed. Also, the added feelings and thoughts give more life to the story, making it more engaging for older readers. I think that you'll love this book.

My daughter loved this! She would beg to "do her reading." I purchased the audio book with it so that she could listen while she read along, especially since it has lots of Egyptian names that I had no idea how to pronounce. She read it through once with the audio and now likes to go back and read her favorite parts on her own. Very educational for both of us!

Our 9 year old daughter got into Mythology having read Edith Wharton's "Mythology." We bought her several of these books, which were cheaper on Amazon than at Costco. The pictures which fill full pages throughout the entire book on every page are beautiful. This book is not only for reading about mythology but teaches children to examine the art as well as the written word, something we have lost sight of.

Lots of information along with lots of pictures. Details about everything related to ancient Egypt.

My daughter told me they started Mythology topic at school and she was very interested. She asked for detailed books. So I bought her Egyptian Mythology and she loved it. It's very interesting with lots of pictures and encourages her to learn more. As always, great with National Geographic. Beautiful book, many information, and high-quality printing.

Worth it is price. Got for my daughter and she loves it. Great quality of book, pictures.

Pretty, but was looking for less a description of the Egyptian gods and more a rendering of them that is interesting and exciting for kids (and me).

Given to my grand daughter as a gift along with two other books on mythology. She is reading them, hugging them and already preparing a school project on Ancient Egypt. She knows the subject is part of the curriculum thanks to her older sister. It is sometimes difficult to get books written in English where we live in Canada without having to wait eons for an order to come in. I am very grateful to Amazon for the service they provide since I would never be able to find these locally...well written, accurate and illustrated...

Absolutely amazing👍👍 book!Well, From the starting I have been crazy for mythologlical books. I had read about Indian, Greek as well as Roman mythology and so on. But my favorite mythology book is only one......... "Egyptian mythology".Well finding facts about🔍 Greek🇬🇷, Roman, and Indian mythology is easy😎 but...... Finding out Egyptian🇪🇬 🔱 is rare. But thanks to National Geographic, my dream came true. Reviews of other readers say that this is an amazing book👍👍!! As to other things the script is amazing and the drawings are awesome👍👍👏👏😊😊 I am also looking forward of buy other books in this series. All thanks🙏🙏 to National Geographic, to the author as well as to the artist👨‍🎨 for these mind bowling books and recommend it to be the best👍💯 mythology 🔱 collection.Regards..Yug6th Class student, Delhi, India.