Draw Like an Ancient Egyptian

Children's Book and Media Review Volume 39 | Issue 9 Article 25 2018 Draw Like an Ancient Egyptian Ariel Woodbury Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cbmr BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Woodbury, Ariel (2018) "Draw Like an Ancient Egyptian," Children's Book and Media Review: Vol. 39 : Iss. 9 , Article 25. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cbmr/vol39/iss9/25 This Book Review is brought to you for free and open access by the All Journals at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Children's Book and Media Review by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact , . Woodbury: Draw Like an Ancient Egyptian Book Review Draw Like an Ancient Egyptian Author Joe Gamble Illustrator Joe Gamble Reviewer Ariel Woodbury Rating Outstanding Level Primary Many Egyptian gods are represented by animals and have great powers. The Egyptians would draw people from the front with their heads and legs in profile. What would you look like as an Egyptian god? Their alphabet had thousands of hieroglyphs. Try to write your name using a simplified version of their alphabet. Their canopic jars, death masks, coffins and sarcophagi were all decorated elaborately and works of art. They had many styles, and with this book you can try to design your own! This wonderful book is wholly interactive, from the black-and-white line drawings intended to be colored by the reader to the variety of artistic prompts. The prompts range from blank pages with suggested material based on the previous page to outlines of death masks or scrolls to write on. The book provides a good general introduction to Egyptian art and its many varieties and forms, as well as some of Egypt’s history. This book would be great for entertainment, supplementing other Egyptian learning, or as an introduction for younger kids. The illustrations and text are approachable, with most of the unusual works explained clearly. Pages 50 Year 2017 Publisher Cicada Books Limited ISBN 9781908714497 Published by BYU ScholarsArchive, 2018 1  (...truncated)