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32 pp.
| National |
October, 2003 |
TradeISBN 0-7922-7560-8$$16.95
(3)
4-6
Illustrated by
Barry Moser
&
Barry Moser.
On parchment-colored paper, with Moser's desert-toned, arid-looking art showing the various occupations portrayed, this series of free verse poems speaks in the voices of ancient Egyptian workers--from scribe to embalmer to clothes-washer. The verse is picturesque and apt, signaling an ancient culture without being stiff, and the accurate illustrations complete the portrait. Historical note. Bib.