Writing Hieroglyphics (With Actual Examples!) from Baby Professor

 

Who doesn't want to teach kids Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs?   Looking at Hoopla's books on hieroglyphs, I was intrigued by claim of the title "Writing Hieroglyphics (With Actual Examples!)."

Other than a few flaws, it doesn't disappoint- if you're six.

Let's hit the pluses first: it addresses the types of hieroglyphs- ideograms, phonograph and determinatives; they cover directionality of texts; Hieratic, Demonic and Coptic are touched on; and the Rosetta Stone and the eventual deciphering are given a moment. 

I was surprised.  

And the flaws aren't too bad- other than the use of "hieroglyphics" when they mean "hieroglyphs."  Including the title.  Oh, and the monoliterals. They use the whole ABC, which I guess you should teach it as to someone, y'know, learning the English alphabet anyway, so c is included and transliterated to 𓎡.  See the picture of them below.

These are my biggest complaints about it- and that they don't actually give examples of hieroglyphs with a translation.

I guess if you're trying to entertain someone between 5 and 7, it might be a good place to start after killing an afternoon watching the Brendan Frasier Mummy movies.

(What do you mean five is too young for those movies?