Aliki has written many fabulous nonfiction books, and I chose Mummies Made in Egypt for 6th graders to help introduce Ancient Egypt, their next social studies unit. Ancient Egypt and Greece are very popular with middle school students, especially since the publication of Rick Riordan's series such as Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Heroes of Olympus, and the Kane Chronicles. Students know so much about the gods and goddesses they have read about in these series. And what's not cool about mummies? I can always count on a few groans and "ick!"s when they describe how the deceased's brain is removed through the nostrils, and when it describes how the person's bodily fluids are drained into a container as the body dries out. Good stuff. And they are horrified to learn that people would rob the tombs, since the chambers were full of gold and jewels. Very cool indeed!
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