You Wouldn't Want to Be a Pyramid Builder!

Book excerpt: You are living in Egypt around 1500 BC. When a pharaoh dies he joins the hawk-headed sun god Ra and travels the sky in his boat. To make sure he lives forever the pharaoh’s corpse must not decay. So each pharaoh gets his subjects to build him a gigantic tomb – a pyramid – which will preserve his body forever. Thousands of Egyptians are forced to work on it, including you. 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 as an Egyptian pyramid builder. 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.