Mummy Cat
by Marcus Ewert (Author), Lisa Brown (Illustrator)
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"Mummy Cat prowls his pyramid home, longing for his beloved owner. As he roams the tomb, lavish murals above his head display scenes of the cat with his young Egyptian queen. Hidden hieroglyphs deepen the tale and are explained in an informative author's note"--Tags
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A story about Hatshepsut's cat, who misses her even after 3000 years. He roams her tomb in his mummy wrappings, hoping that she will return to him. Four pages at the end of the book give factual information on mummies, ancient Egyptians' fond relationship with cats, Queen Hatshepsut, and hieroglyphics.
This won the Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award for 2017. It's an interesting story about a cat in Egypt that happens to be the cat of the queen. Her story is told in hieroglyphs and wall paintings as the cat journeys through her tomb hoping to find her.
Clever but morbid.
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- Original publication date
- 2015
- People/Characters
- Hatshepsut
- Important places
- Ancient Egypt
- First words
- The winds hiss over desert sand.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)He'll wait, he'll wait, till his friend appears: the queen of his heart... for three thousand years.
- Original language
- English
Classifications
- Genre
- Children's Books
- DDC/MDS
- 808.83872 — Literature & rhetoric Literature, rhetoric & criticism Composition Literature Collections Collections of fiction Genre fiction Adventure fiction Mystery and suspense
- LCC
- PZ8.3 .E964 .M — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- 102
- Popularity
- 316,738
- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (3.59)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 3
- ASINs
- 1
