“What are the best Children’s books about Egypt ?” We looked at 156 of the top Kids Egypt books, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!

The top 17 titles, all appearing on 2 or more “Best Kids Egypt ” book lists, are ranked below by how many lists they appear on. The remaining 125+ titles, as well as the lists we used are in alphabetical order at the bottom of the page.

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Top 17 Best Children’s Books About Egypt

17 .) Ancient Egypt: Tales of Gods and Pharaohs written by Marcia Williams

Lists It Appears On:

• Books for Topics
• Goodreads

The stories of the Egyptian pharaohs and their gods beginning with Ra rising from the waters of the Niles to create the gods of earth, sky, and rain. In this retelling of nine tales, Marcia Williams uses her signature comic-strip style to capture the rich mythology and early history of this great civilization.…

16 .) Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile written by Tomie dePaola

Lists It Appears On:

• Bayond The Bookends
• Nile Scribes

Little William Everett Crocodile and his friend Pete take a class trip to a Cairo museum where they encounter a jewel thief.

15 .) Egyptology: Search for the Tomb of Osiris written by Dugald Steer

Lists It Appears On:

• ARCE
• Books for Topics

Purports to be the journal of Emily Sands during her travels in Egypt in 1926 to find the lost tomb of Osiris. Based on real Egyptology, each chapter covers a different place in Egypt.

14 .) Fun with Hieroglyphs written by Catharine Roehrig

Lists It Appears On:

• ARCE
• Goodreads

Discover the secrets of hieroglyphs, the language of the ancient Egyptians, with this innovative kit from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

13 .) If I Were a Kid in Ancient Egypt written by Ken Sheldon

Lists It Appears On:

• ARCE
• Books for Topics

If I Were A Kid in Ancient Egypt . . . What games would I play? Would I have a pet? Would I go to school? Kids today share many of the same experiences as kids who lived in the ancient world – even though thousands of years have gone by. If YOU were a kid living in ancient Egypt . . . Would you go to school or gym class? What would you eat for breakfast and dinner? What toys would you play with? What “house rules” would your parents expect you to obey? Where would you hang out with friends? If I Were a Kid in Ancient Egypt offers a fascinating look at the daily life of children growing up many years ago – and how it compares to life today.

12 .) Mummies Made in Egypt written by Aliki

Lists It Appears On:

• Bayond The Bookends
• Goodreads

Describes the techniques and the reasons for the use of mummification in ancient Egypt.

11 .) Secrets of a Sun King written by Emma Carroll

Lists It Appears On:

• Books for Topics
• The School Run

It’s November, 1922. In a valley in Egypt the tomb of a long dead pharaoh is about to be discovered. The world watches and waits for news with baited breath. Thirteen-year-old Lilian Kaye is eagerly following the story. One morning the news takes a sinister turn: a man- a famous Egyptologist- disappears. All that remains of him are his feet. Then Lil’s grandfather is taken suddenly ill, and when a mysterious package turns up for him from the Egyptologist, Lil starts to believe there is truth to the rumours of a pharaoh’s curse.

10 .) Tales of Ancient Egypt written by Roger Lancelyn Green

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• Making Them Readers

Retells twenty stories of magic, adventure, and mythology first told in ancient Egypt.

9 .) The Scarab’s Secret written by Christina Balit

Lists It Appears On:

• Books for Topics
• The School Run

A tiny scarab beetle saves the Pharaoh from a trap that would have led to his death. Includes facts about ancient Egypt.

8 .) The Shipwrecked Sailor: An Egyptian Tale with Hieroglyphs written by Tamara Bower

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• Nile Scribes

A tale, based on a story found in ancient papyrus scrolls, about a shipwrecked sailor who finds fortune when he is befriended by a serpent that is the Prince of the magical island of Punt.

7 .) We’re Sailing Down the Nile: A Journey Through Egypt written by Laurie Krebs

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• Nile Scribes

As the riverboat sails down the Nile River, remnants of Egypt’s long history and aspects of its present culture are revealed on its banks. Includes end notes with additional information about ancient Egyptian culture.

6 .) Flat Stanley: The Great Egyptian Grave Robbery written by Jeff Brown

Lists It Appears On:

• Books for Topics
• Making Them Readers
• The School Run

Asked to travel to Egypt to help with an urgent archaeological expedition, Flat Stanley suspects that he might be helping grave robbers and must rely on his quick thinking, unique flatness, and new friends to make things right.

5 .) Mummies in the Morning (Magic Tree House, #3) written by Mary Pope Osborne

Lists It Appears On:

• Barnes & Noble
• Bayond The Bookends
• Goodreads

Jack and his younger sister take a trip in their tree house back to ancient Egypt, where they help a queen’s mummy continue her voyage to the Next Life.

4 .) Mummy Cat written by Marcus Ewert and Lisa Brown

Lists It Appears On:

• Barnes & Noble
• Bayond The Bookends
• Goodreads

Mummy Cat prowls his pyramid home, longing for his beloved owner. As he roams the tomb, lavish murals above his head display scenes of the cat with his young Egyptian queen. Hidden hieroglyphs deepen the tale and are explained in an informative author’s note

3 .) The Egypt Game (The Game, #1) written by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Lists It Appears On:

• ARCE
• Bayond The Bookends
• Goodreads

A group of children, entranced with the study of Egypt, play their own Egypt game, are visited by a secret oracle, become involved in a murder, and befriend the Professor before they move on to new interests, such as Gypsies.

2 .) The Time Travelling Cat And The Egyptian Goddess written by Julia Jarman

Lists It Appears On:

• Books for Topics
• Making Them Readers
• The School Run

Topher’s cat, Ka, is not always who she seems to be. Sometimes she disappears for days and all that Topher has left by his bedside is a stone carving of a cat. Topher decides to follow her one day and he ends up in Egypt where he finds danger.

1 .) The Egyptian Cinderella written by Shirley Climo

Lists It Appears On:

• Bayond The Bookends
• Books for Topics
• Goodreads
• Nile Scribes
• The School Run

In this version of Cinderella set in Egypt in the sixth century B.C., Rhodopes, a slave girl, eventually comes to be chosen by the Pharaoh to be his queen.

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