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Time Travel Sleepover: Ancient Egypt: Eat, Sleep and Party Like an Ancient Egyptian!
By (Author) Timothy Knapman
Illustrated by Matt Robertson
Quarto Publishing PLC
Happy Yak
8th August 2023
3rd August 2023
United Kingdom
Children
Non Fiction
Childrens picture books
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Countries, cultures and national identity
823.92
Hardback
52
Width 235mm, Height 290mm
Pack your bags and have a sleepover in Ancient Egypt! Join two friends and their mischievous cat who happen to be able to time travel! Travel with these bold adventurers, via a striking gatefold spread, into Ancient Egypt and meet siblings Tuya and Senbi who invite them into their home. Tuya and Senbi show them around their house and their city, transporting the visitors and the readers into the everyday life of an Egyptian kid. We explore their house, play their favourite games, dress up in jewels, learn who are their favourite gods, favourite snacks and what they dream of being when they grow up. The time travellers end their eventful day with a family feast and a sleepover at their hosts house. Tim Knapmans text is funny and informative, and the scenarios the kids - and cat - find themselves in lead to lots of visual gags and funny character interaction and misunderstandings.Well-researched historical facts are introduced in a gentle, playful way. Warm, comical and engaging illustrations from Matt Robertson bring the past alive so the reader really feels like they are living like kids from long ago.
Timothy Knapman studied at Oxford University and has written plays, musicals, songs and childrens books. His books include the successful Eleanors Eyebrows and Mungo and the Picture Book Pirates and its sequels. His work has been translated into 12 languages and have been read on British national television.Matt Robertson graduated with a Masters in Childrens Book Illustration from the Cambridge School of Art in 2014 and in 2016 he was shortlisted for the Waterstones Book Prize (illustrated category). He lives and works in Norwich, UK.