You Wouldn't Want to be an Inca Mummy!

You Wouldn't Want to be an Inca Mummy!
Author: Colin Hynson
Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2007-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780531187449

Introduces what life was like for the ruler of the Incas, discussing the control of the empire, the royal household, religious customs, and the mummification and worship of the deceased ruler as a god.

Mummies and Murder (XBooks: Strange)

Mummies and Murder (XBooks: Strange)
Author: N. B. Grace
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2020-08-25
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 053113668X

Where did the mummy come from? What happened to the person that became the mummy? Find out all this and more! a High-interest topics, real stories, engaging design and astonishing photos are the building blocks of the XBooks, a new series of books designed to engage and motivate reluctant and enthusiastic readers alike. With topics based in science, history, and social studies, these action-packed books will help students unlock the power and pleasure of reading... and always ask for more! When a mummy is discovered in Denmark, museum experts are brought in to determine the body's origin. With many clues and facts, scientists try to discover why this ancient man was murdered.

Gotcha Again for Guys!

Gotcha Again for Guys!
Author: Kathleen A. Baxter
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2010-10-19
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 159884377X

Here's help in selecting current, nonfiction books that will get boys excited about reading. Enticing boys to read is still a hot topic. With chapters like "Disasters and Mysteries," "Gross and Disgusting," "Machines and the Military," and "Prehistoric Creatures," Gotcha Again for Guys!: More Nonfiction Books to Get Boys Excited about Reading is a treasure trove of recent nonfiction books that will interest boys in grades 3-8. This sixth entry in Baxter and Kochel's Gotcha series covers books published between 2007 and 2009, with a few oldies-but-goodies also included. The book is organized into 12 thematic chapters, each of which offers booktalks for a select number of titles, followed by a list of other high-interest, well-reviewed titles that correspond with the chapter's topic. Features new to this volume include numerous booklists to be copied and saved, as well as profiles of new and innovative nonfiction authors writing for this age group. In addition, the book features interviews with seven male authors of nonfiction books for boys.

You Wouldn't Want to Be an Aztec Sacrifice!

You Wouldn't Want to Be an Aztec Sacrifice!
Author: Fiona Macdonald
Publisher: The Salariya Book Company
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2021-02-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1911242423

You are a young man from a noble family in Mexico. Little do you suspect that you are about to fall victim to one of the most powerful South American civilisations and become an Aztec sacrifice! This title in the best-selling children’s history series, You Wouldn't Want To…, features full-colour illustrations which combine humour and accurate technical detail and a narrative approach placing readers at the centre of the history, encouraging them to become emotionally-involved with the characters and aiding their understanding of what life would have been like living in the Aztec civilisation. Informative captions, a complete glossary and an index make this title an ideal introduction to the conventions of information books for young readers. It is an ideal text for Key Stage 2 shared and guided reading and helps achieve the goals of the Scottish Standard Curriculum 5-14.

#06 Wrapped Up in You

#06 Wrapped Up in You
Author: Dan Jolley
Publisher: Graphic Universe ™
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2012-10-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1467700460

Staci Glass feels cursed-whenever there's a crisis, she's stuck in the middle. Now her best friend, Faith, has a new hobby, and against her better judgment, Staci conjures up the courage to go along. They join a trio of wannabe witches for a magical ceremony in an Incan history exhibit. Their chanting is loud enough to raise the dead, it seems. Why else would a shriveled-up mummy go missing-and a mysterious Incan prince suddenly appear? Prince Pachacutec-or "Chuck"-is a man with a past. He died tragically five hundred years ago, but that's all ancient history as far as Staci is concerned. He is everything she could want-kind, charming, and drop-dead gorgeous. But the witches aren't willing to live and let live. Will Staci fight for Chuck? Or do the witches have a point when they say reanimated corpses make bad boyfriends?

Mummification

Mummification
Author: Alix Wood
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2013-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1433995883

Mummification was a complicated process. In Egypt, brains were dragged with a hook through the body’s nose, and organs were put in jars to bury alongside the body! Why would anyone want to do that? Many civilizations believed in an afterlife and thought that a body should remain in a good condition to travel there. Egyptians were well known for their mummies, but many other civilizations practiced the art, too. China, South America, Italy, and the Canary Islands all have mummies. Some mummies happened naturally, such as in extreme cold places or peat bogs. Some more modern famous people have been preserved, such as Russian premier Vladimir Lenin and the philosopher Jeremy Bentham, who still sits in a chair on display at a University in London, England! This fascinating book gives readers a compelling look at the science and historical contexts behind mummification, and shows them through detailed photographs and creative illustrations the world of mummies up close!

Home Learning Year by Year, Revised and Updated

Home Learning Year by Year, Revised and Updated
Author: Rebecca Rupp
Publisher: Crown
Total Pages: 578
Release: 2020-01-21
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0525576975

A comprehensive guide to designing homeschool curriculum, from one of the country’s foremost homeschooling experts—now revised and updated! Homeschooling can be a tremendous gift to your children—a personalized educational experience tailored to each kid’s interests, abilities, and learning styles. But what to teach, and when, and how? Especially for first-time homeschoolers, the prospect of tackling an annual curriculum can be daunting. In Home Learning Year by Year, Rebecca Rupp presents comprehensive plans from preschool through high school, covering integral subjects for each grade, with lists of topics commonly presented at each level, recommended resource and reading lists, and suggestions for creative alternative options and approaches. Included, along with all the educational basics, are techniques and resources for teaching everything from philosophy to engineering, as well as suggestions for dealing with such sensitive topics as sex education. Now revised throughout with all-new updates featuring the most effective and up-to-date methods and reading guides to homeschool your child at all ages, Home Learning Year by Year continues to be the definitive book for the homeschooling parent.

Bodies from the Ice

Bodies from the Ice
Author: James M. Deem
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2008
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780618800452

The author of "Bodies from the Ash" and "Bodies from the Bog" takes readers on a captivating and creepy journey to learn about glaciers, hulking masses of moving ice that are now offering up many secrets of the past. Full color.

Peru

Peru
Author: Anna Cavallo
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2011-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0761379797

Pack your bags! We’re headed to Peru. On this whirlwind tour, you’ll learn all about the country’s landscape, culture, people, and more. We’ll explore Peru’s seacoast, the jagged peaks of the Andes Mountains, and dense rain forests. We’ll discover an ancient city, taste a special meal called a pachamanca, and learn about the Festival of the Sun, a special weeklong celebration. A special section introduces Peru’s capital, language, population, and flag. Hop on board and take a fun-filled look at your world!

The White Rock

The White Rock
Author: Hugh Thomson
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2003-12-30
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1468302302

An explorer searches the Peruvian Andes for a lost ruin in “a gem of a book [that] transcends the travel writing genre” with fascinating Inca history (Los Angeles Times). A New York Times Notable Book With the backdrop of the ever-intriguing Andes mountains, Hugh Thomson explores the intoxicating history of the Inca people and their heartland. The author, an acclaimed documentary filmmaker and explorer, expertly weaves accounts of his own discoveries and brushes with danger with the history of those who preceded him—including the explorer Hiram Bingham, who discovered Machu Picchu; the twentieth century South American photographer, Martín Chambi; the poet Pablo Neruda; and the Spanish conquistadores who destroyed the Inca civilization—and the eccentric characters he meets on his travels. Following in the footsteps of the explorers Gene Savoy and Hiram Bingham, Thomson set off into the jungle to find the lost city of Llactapat. This is the story of his journey to discover it via the interconnecting paths the Incas laid across the Andes.