Pharaoh's Boat

Written and Illustrated by David Weitzman

School Library Journal Best Book of the Year 2009

American Library Association Notable Book 2010

Children’s Africana Book Awards, 2010 Best Book for Young Children

California Readers 2011 Book Collections for School Libraries

 

Pharaoh's Boat is a nonfiction story about all of the ship makers in Egypt coming together to help create a ginormous vessel that is meant to be used to help transport Egypt's Pharaoh across the sea. However, the Pharaoh wasn't fully prepared for where the boat would take him. 

This is a beautiful book that would serve as a great resource for students to learn about the Pharaoh of Egypt and his voyage across the sea. This would be a good book to read as a whole group for the class where we walk through and discuss the things we see, or learn while reading it. I think its most appropriate for students in third or fourth grade.