Bibliograph

Mummies, truth and rumors, by Heather L. Montgomery ; illustrations by Eldon Doty

Type

Label

Mummies, truth and rumors, by Heather L. Montgomery ; illustrations by Eldon Doty

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 31), glossary and index

Illustrations

portraitsillustrationsphotographs

Index

index present

Intended audience

IG790L, Lexile

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 8-14

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mummies

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

resource.readingGradeLevel

RL: 3-4

Responsibility statement

by Heather L. Montgomery ; illustrations by Eldon Doty

Series statement

Edge books. Truth and rumors

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, MG, 4.6, 0.5, 134269

Sub title

truth and rumors

Summary

"Labels common stories about mummies as fact or fiction and teaches readers how to tell the difference between truth and rumors"--Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Mummies...what's real? -- Were mummies used as medicine? -- Was King Tut murdered? -- Is King Tut's tomb cursed? -- Did trains burn mummies for fuel? -- Did people catch cholera from mummy linen? -- Is a dinosaur the oldest mummy? -- Did a mummy sink Titanic? -- Did Incan mummies curse people? -- Is Vladimir Lenin's mummy a fake? -- Is Walt Disney's mummy hidden in Disneyland? -- Did upset mothers make the first mummies? -- Fact of fiction?: How to tell the difference

Target audience

juvenile

Classification