Saturday, April 25, 2009

Book Review : An ABC Escapade through Egypt


An ABC Escapade through Egypt is a wonderful book for children within Egypt or outside to learn a little about things uniquely Egyptian.

It isn't just for the little ones who are learning the alphabet, but can be a reading tool even for slightly older children.

Cactus Crunching Camels and Underwater Urchins share space with crunchy konafa and jumping jerboas. Bernadette Simpson uses alliterations to create a fun reading experience accompanied with some lovely colorful photographs that make reading fun as well as informative.

Bernadette first moved to Cairo in 1993 with her parents and did a part of her schooling in this country before returning to the US to study further. She then came back to Cairo and was inspired with all the activity around her to write a book that would be fun, educational, informative and have content that would be familiar to its readers. This book is the result of those efforts.

Her book is available in Egypt in most of the major bookstores:
http://bernadettesimpson.com/buythebook.html

Also available on Amazon:

If, after reading the book, you still want more, you can visit her blog http://escapadethroughegypt.wordpress.com/ which lists more alliterations for the alphabet.

Her mother Ginda Simpson is also a writer and painter.

4 comments:

Cheap Shoes said...

thanks, your article is very informative.

Anonymous said...

Thanks, Kim, for including a review of my book on your blog - which hosts a wealth of useful information about Egypt!! Well done. I love it! :)

Kim said...

Anytime, I did love the book. I actually saw you on one of your trips to the bookspot, but didnt get a chance to say Hi. Mandy/Sigrun told me who you were and showed me your book, which I loved.

Anonymous said...

Hey Kim! Just wanted to let you know that I'll be signing books at The Bookspot on Saturday, June 6th from 2 - 5 pm. If you'd like to stop by with your book, I'd love to sign it for you! :)

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