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==Children's non-fiction==
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|author=Tony Robinson
|title=Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders: Egyptians
|rating=3.5
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=You could be mistaken for thinking [[:Category:Tony Robinson|Tony Robinson]] had written books like this before, for he was doing 'Horrid History'-style TV programmes before the official ones were made. This series fits so well into his erudite yet family audience-friendly manner, and this launching book takes us to the strangest of worlds - yet one only a museum visit away, that of the ancient Egyptians. A lot is in these pages - complete with adult stuff glossed over (just how in-bred '''were''' those Ptolemys?!), the gross-out being relished (making mummies, and some alleged Egyptian medicines) and the obvious differences between them and us foregrounded so we can empathise with them (and at the same time remember it's harder for most of us to sleep on our roofs than they would have found it).
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0330533878</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author=Kathleen King