Author: Stewart Ross
Title: Curse of the Crocodile God
Publisher: DK Publishing, 2007.
Grade Level: 3rd & up
Summary: The story of Methen and Madja and their discovery of tomb raiders in Ancient Egypt.
Strengths: This book is exciting, informative, and entertaining. Proficient readers will truly enjoy reading this book on their own. The story is exciting and includes secrecy, friendship, murder, and thievery all in Ancient Egypt. The book is also full of information on Ancient Egypt. On each page there is a small blurb giving a fact about Ancient Egypt that is pertinent to information on that page. In the back of the book there is an illustrated glossary giving definitions and pictures to words found in the story such as Sobek Temple, coffin, pyramid, etc. Not only is this book interesting, but it is full of fun facts about Egypt.
Classroom Use: This book would be a great addition to any library. I particularly like that it is a historical fiction graphic novel. This book may also inspire teachers to read other graphic novels about historic places and events or have students create a comic depicting people and events they are learning about in social studies. It is the perfect example of blending the arts with not only literature, but across the curriculum into other subjects, such as social studies.
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