Nation Studies: Egypt

Written by Janet Palazzo-Craig and illustrated by Charles Reasoner. During a magical boat ride on the Nile, Mutemwia proves that her love for the Pharaoh is a gift of the heart and needs no cage to hold it.

Written and illustrated by Gerald McDermott. This illustrated book retells the ancient Egyptian myth of Osiris, who was a pharaoh and the husband of Isis. According to the story, Osiris was murdered by his brother Set, who was envious of his power. Set killed Osiris, dismembered his body, and scattered the pieces across Egypt. Isis, Osiris's wife and sister, searched for the pieces and reassembled them, allowing Osiris to be resurrected, though he could no longer live on Earth. Instead, he became the ruler of the underworld.

Written by Dianne Hofmeyr and illustrated by Jude Daly. A creation myth from Ancient Egypt that tells the story of how the world came to be from darkness and light.

Written and illustrated by Aliki. The story provides an engaging and educational overview of the mummification process in ancient Egypt. The book explains the techniques used by the ancient Egyptians to preserve bodies, as well as the religious and cultural reasons behind mummification.

Retold by Amany Hassanein and illustrated by Valeri Gorbachev. The story revolves around Goha and his attempts to satisfy the opinions of others while traveling with his son and their donkey.

Written by Florence Parry Heide and Judith Heide Gilliland and illustrated by Ted Lewin. As young Ahmed delivers butane gas to customers all over the city of Cairo, he thinks, I have a secret. All day long, as he manoeuvres his donkey cart through streets crowded with cars and camels, down alleys filled with merchants' stalls, and past buildings a thousand years old, Ahmed keeps his secret safe inside. It is so special, so wonderful, that he can reveal it only to his family, only when he returns home, only at the end of the day.

Written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola. Little William Everett Crocodile and his friend Pete take a class trip to a Cairo museum where they encounter a jewel thief.

Written and illustrated by Roy Gerrard. The book is described as a story set in ancient Egypt, involving a brother and sister who stow away on a ship and encounter a baby crocodile.

Written and illustrated by Deborah Nourse Lattimore. This is a tale about a young girl named Merit and a greedy high priest named Waha, who are ordered by the pharaoh to make a journey to the underworld to determine who is telling the truth about the death of a sacred cat. Merit is able to pass through the twelve gates by "reading".

Written and illustrated by James Rumford. To a child, the future is a magnificent dream. For Jean-Francois Champollion, the dream was to sail up the Nile in Egypt and uncover the secrets of the past. In 1802, when Champollion was eleven years old, he vowed to be the first person to read Egypt's ancient hieroglyphs. He faced great challenges over the next twenty years as he searched for the elusive key to the mysterious writing—and the fulfilment of his dreams.