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Nile Crossing
by Sally Wern Comport, Katy Beebe
It’s Khepri’s first day of school in ancient Egypt. He wakes up early and receives a special amulet and some special treats to eat from his mother. Then he walks out in the early morning dark with his father. They gets on board his fishing boat, and his father paddles them across the Nile as the sun is coming up. Khepri is a little anxious because this is his first day in a new school. But his father walks him to the new school, and gives him a hug and the new tools he will need, a case of reeds, to become a scribe.
Contemporary children will easily relate to the anxiety, despite parental reassurances, brought on by the prospect of the first day at a new school, in this beautifully illustrated story set millennia ago.
Contemporary children will easily relate to the anxiety, despite parental reassurances, brought on by the prospect of the first day at a new school, in this beautifully illustrated story set millennia ago.