Tales of the Dead Ancient Egypt

Two additional titles take readers into the ancient civilization along the Nile. In Tales of the Dead: Ancient Egypt by Stuart Ross, illus. by Inklink and Richard Bonson, a graphic novel unfolds in panels around the border of each page, telling of a scribe and a serving girl who witness a crime committed by the powerful Chief Embalmer. Interesting facts and cross-sections complementing the story fill out the balance of the page-including pyramids and other tombs; the house of the dead, where mummies were made; and the temple of the crocodile god, Sobek.