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The Very Hungry Mummy establishes itself as a book of humor not to be taken too seriously in the opening pages when it keeps guessing which pyramid our mummy emerges from. The mummy has been asleep a long time and is very hungry. The lack of food and company has made her voice a bit loud scaring all but Nessa away. They form a fast friendship and Andages helps Nessa find her mothers. This makes for a silly story that also normalizes LBGTQ+ families and nongendered presentations of self without making the story about that topic. Overall, this is a light-hearted story that presents a non-scary mummy as a Halloween reading option and exposes readers to alternate family forms without being preachy.