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MAGICAL MUSEUM: ANCIENT EGYPT is an illustrated nonfiction book that takes the reader through what we know about Ancient Egypt. There is a light plot throughout of the things in the museum coming to life due to the magical golden scarab, which must be caught to put things right. A mummified cat helps the reader to chase it through the pages.

What I loved: This is a pretty thorough and informative read, targeted at middle to older elementary school aged readers. The level of information and phrasing works well for this age. While the majority of the book focuses on what is known about mummies, pyramids, and related rituals, the book also includes information about what we know about the language/hieroglyphs, games people played, and how they structured their towns/societies. This was really interesting information, and the accompanying illustrations helped to bring it all to life visually for the reader.

Final verdict: With a conversational tone and wide breadth of information, MAGICAL MUSEUM: ANCIENT EGYPT takes the reader on quite the ride through what we know about Ancient Egypt in an approachable and colorful way.