Brothers in Egypt

by David A. Adler

A chapter book that includes illustrations from the new animated film tells the story of Moses and Rameses, growing up as princes of Egypt, who share adventure, mischief, and brotherly love until Moses learns of his true identity. Original. Movie tie-in.

64 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

David Abraham Adler is an American children's author. He was born in New York City, New York in 1947. He graduated from Queens College in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics and education. For the next nine years, he worked as a mathematics teacher for the New York City Board of Education, while taking classes towards a master's degree in marketing, a degree he was awarded by New York University in 1971. In that same year, a question from his then-three-year-old nephew inspired Adler to write his first story, A Little at a Time, subsequently published by Random House in 1976. Adler's next project, a series of math books, drew on his experience as a math teacher. In 1977, he created his most famous character, Cam Jansen, originally featured in Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds, which was published that year.

Adler married psychologist Renee Hamada in 1973, and their first child, Michael, was born in 1977. By that time Adler had taken a break from teaching and, while his wife continued her work, he stayed home, took care of Michael, and began a full-time writing career.

Adler's son, Michael S. Adler, is now the co-author of several books with his father, including A Picture Book of Sam Adams, A Picture Book of John Hancock, and A Picture Book of James and Dolly Madison. Another son, Edward, was the inspiration for Adler's Andy Russell series, with the events described in the series loosely based on adventures the Adler family had with Edward's enthusiasm and his pets.

As of November 2008, Adler has three sons and two grandsons. He lives in Woodmere, New York.

(source: Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Rikko215 · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story is definitely coming from Old Testament. I knew this story about Mose in my elementary school, but now that I'm grown up, the story sounds more serious.

In Egypt, the Pharaoh's soldiers are ordered to kill every Hebrew baby boy. (Mose escaped and grows up in a palace and has a very comfortable life)
Conflicts between Hebrew and Egyptians were not about the past, it leads to stringent taboos leading up to date.

[Ayumi Sugiyama · Rating 4 out of 5]

1.Penguin readers
2.60min
3.Egypt,run away,river,pharaoh,broters,angry,happy
4.Do you want to go to Egypt? Do you want to see the Pyramid?
My answer: Yes, I really want to do.
5.I like this story. Because this story was easy to understand.
Also, I really want to go to Egypt before I read this book. Therefore, I was able to imagine Egypt by reading this book.

1.Penguin readers
2.70min
3.Egypt,the truth,slaves,a woman,married,sheep,help
4.What do you do in your freetime?
My answer: I usually listen to the music.
5.I love this story. I was suprised at this part, because the main character knew the truth. However, I love this story.

[Misaki Ohata · Rating 3 out of 5]

1. PENGUIN David A. Adler
2. 4/16=85min
3. God lullaby priest journey hurt statue throne
4. a【In Egypt, there was the man who grow up as a prince. But he was not Pharaoh's child. When the man know the true, his life changes.】 b【Good luck on your journey】
5. This is about Moses story. if I were Moses, I don't recieve the truth. I''m not familiar with world history, so I don't know about Moses.

[Namiko]

This is one of Moses' stories. I always wonder if these stories or events were really true. Did he really exist? This book is based on The prince of Egypt, a film by DreamWorks, so not that cruel than a bible's story that I read. It focuses on Moses' relationship with the Pharaoh as brothers.

[Allison · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is actually a pretty good book. It's based on the movie, which is great for me. When I'm not in the mood to watch the film, I can read this and still play the movie in my mind - seeing as I have it all memorized.