Tut, Tut by Jon Scieszka illustrated by Lane SmithTut, Tut is a great book for children in grades 3 through 5. It is part of a series of books featuring the time warp trio. The time warp trio is 3 young boys Joe, Sam, and Fred who get into crazy adventures from opening The Book that sends them on a time warp.
In Tut, Tut the time warp trio are working on dioramas of ancient Egypt when they are bothered by Joe's little sister, Anna. Anna and the trio get into an argument over whether or not there were queen Pharaohs. Anna makes a bet that there were queen Pharaohs and if she is right she gets her brothers weekly allowance and he has to clean the cat litter box.
Anna and the trio are warped through time to ancient Egypt. The trio is separated from Anna and find themselves in a treasure room. They are discovered by Hatsnat who does not like them and tries to execute them. They use their brains to get out of a couple situations. They tell Hatsnat that they are magicians so they will be taken to see the Hatshepsut, the Queen. After doing a magic trick for Hatshepsut they are reunited with Anna and have to escape from Hatsnat once more.
After finding the book they are able to time warp back to their home. Anna collects her money and the trio are left wondering what crazy adventure The Book will take them on next.
I thought this was a fun book to read. It would be good to read if the class is studying ancient Egypt. It also is a fun way to introduce basic concepts of physics because Joe uses common knowledge to make the Egyptians think he is a magician. He uses his knowledge of the center of gravity to have Anna bend over and lift a chair knowing that she will be able to since she is a girl. Then he has a big strong man try to lift it the same way and he is unable to. I might look into some of the other Time Warp Trio books because they might be useful in history lessons.
This is an interesting book. It definitely has a lot of educational value to it, which is great! Kids like a story with adventure, and if they are learning something in the process, even better! This books seems to have some resemblance to the Magic Treehouse books! These books can be a really good way to introduce history topics, as long as history in them are accurate.
ReplyDeleteThis story looks like fun and something my son would love to hear out loud. It seems like History can be fun after all if it's factual of coarse. I will be looking for this book at my local library next time.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like an awesome book that all students would enjoy. I think it is a great educational book and would love to use in the classroom!
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