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The Magnificent Mummies
Meet the Mummy family! There's Mummy Mummy, Daddy Mummy Tut and Sis and their funny Mummy cat. When someone unexpectedly knocks at their pyramid door, exciting things begin to happen...
48 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 1997
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Tony Bradman
664 books43 followersTONY BRADMAN graduated from Cambridge University and worked in journalism for many years as an editor and reviewer. Now a full-time author, he has produced several successful anthologies for young readers for Random House Children's Books, including three focusing exclusively on football: the FOOTBALL FEVER titles.
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May 4, 2025
Short and simple great for 4 years olds beginner learners to read. A story about great mummies
August 14, 2019
Odd and quirky. It does lose something with the comic bubbles and the story makes little sense.
July 31, 2011
What leads us to read such juvenile books?
Well, I can report that I saw this book and noticed it was a World Book Day 2004 choice so I thought I would purchase is and see what they were offering children seven years ago. I decided (a) to read it and (b) to pass it on to a young friend to encourage reading.
I can report that I have achieved the first and will soon achieve the second. And in the meantime I can say that 'The Magnigicent Mummies' (and didn't we all have one - a magnificent mummy that is!) is a charming, amusing story that will entertain all youngsters who choose to read it.
The family is a touch eccentric, but we can perhaps accept that from an ancient Egyptian family who comes into contact with a more modern day Englishman, appropriately named Sir Digby Digger. And the family even end up doing the 'famous Mummy [Egyptian] sand dance' a la Wilson, Keppel and Betty of the early 1930s!
Well, I can report that I saw this book and noticed it was a World Book Day 2004 choice so I thought I would purchase is and see what they were offering children seven years ago. I decided (a) to read it and (b) to pass it on to a young friend to encourage reading.
I can report that I have achieved the first and will soon achieve the second. And in the meantime I can say that 'The Magnigicent Mummies' (and didn't we all have one - a magnificent mummy that is!) is a charming, amusing story that will entertain all youngsters who choose to read it.
The family is a touch eccentric, but we can perhaps accept that from an ancient Egyptian family who comes into contact with a more modern day Englishman, appropriately named Sir Digby Digger. And the family even end up doing the 'famous Mummy [Egyptian] sand dance' a la Wilson, Keppel and Betty of the early 1930s!
August 10, 2016
A silly story with lots of morbid, but non offensive humor (mostly to be found in the brightly colored illustrations through out the book. This is a good early reader for those who are bored with the classic, somewhat dull ones. Apparently it's part of a series.
June 19, 2015
lol I'm amused , why am I reading books for small children
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