History Smashers: Ancient Egypt by Kate Messner
Series: History Smashers
Published by Random House on 10/07/2025
ISBN: 0593902335
Genres: History
Format: Chapter Book Nonfiction
Source: MSL Book Review
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Kate Messner is back to smash more myths, this time focusing on ancient Egypt.  This engaging nonfiction book will educate readers on topics like King Tut, mummies, the pyramids, and hieroglyphs.  Readers will learn about ancient Egypt as a whole including what life was like during different time periods under different rulers and how the rulers came to power.  Messner also discusses how different artifacts were discovered and explains why many of the artifacts are in museums outside of Egypt.

This nonfiction book is perfect for elementary students who want to learn about ancient Egypt. Primarily narrative nonfiction, this text is broken up in fun and interesting ways.  There are photographs of ancient artifacts, like the Rosetta Stone and King Tut’s trumpet and some content is in panels like a graphic novel. This book includes a table of contents and an index to help readers quickly find information as well as a timeline and bibliography, perfect for readers learning about nonfiction text features. This book would be a great addition to nonfiction collections in school or public libraries.

Reviewed by Lindsay Varnum, Orono Public Library