Amy Butler Greenfield
Author
Series
Ra the mighty volume 2
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
250 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
The pharaoh's pampered cat Ra and his scarab beetle sidekick solve the mystery of a ransacked tomb in ancient Egypt.
Author
Publisher
Random House Studio
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
328 pages : illustrations (black and white), photographs, portraits, facsimilies ; 24 cm
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"Biography of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, an American woman who pioneered codebreaking in WWI and WWII but was only recently recognized for her extraordinary contributions to the field"--
Author
Series
Ra the mighty volume 3
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
246 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
Ra, the pharoah's pampered cat, and his scarab beetle sidekick, Khepri, investigate when crown prince Dedi disappears from the palace of one of Pharoah's wives in ancient Egypt.
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
vii, 338 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
This book recounts the colorful history of cochineal, a legendary red dye that was once one of the world's most precious commodities. Treasured by the ancient Mexicans, cochineal was sold in the great Aztec marketplaces, where it attracted the attention of the Spanish conquistadors in 1519. Shipped to Europe, the dye created a sensation, producing the brightest, strongest red the world had ever seen. Soon Spain's cochineal monopoly was worth a fortune....
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
216 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
In ancient Egypt, the Pharaoh's pampered cat Ra and his scarab-beetle sidekick question the royal palace's animal inhabitants, solve a crime, and exonerate a servant girl falsely accused of theft.