Mummy Cat

Mummy CatDeep within this maze of stone, a creature wakes up, all alone . . . 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, creating a story within a story about the events of centuries past. Hidden hieroglyphs deepen the tale and are explained in an informative author's note. Marcus Ewert and Lisa Brown's smart, beautiful book is a

Deep within this maze of stone,
a creature wakes up, all alone . . .

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, creating a story-within-a-story about the events of centuries past. Hidden hieroglyphs deepen the tale and are explained in an informative author's note.
Marcus Ewert and Lisa Brown's smart, beautiful book is a marvel of sophisticated simplicity, infinitely engaging to examine in detail, and complete with a sweetly surprising plot twist sure to delight young cat-lovers and budding Egyptologists alike.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 07/21/2015
ISBN: 9780544340824
Pages: 48
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 10.40h x 8.20w x 0.50d

Review Citations: School Library Journal 05/01/2015 pg. 84
Booklist 05/01/2015 pg. 101
Publishers Weekly 05/04/2015
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2015 pg. 113
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2015
New York Review of Books 10/11/2015 pg. 17

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 175012 / Mummy Cat
Reading Level: 3.2 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5