The giant moth mummy by Andrew Hansen and Jessica Roberts
Bab Sharkey and the Animal Mummies. Walker Books, 2019. ISBN:
9781760650018.
(Age: 10+) Recommended, Mummies, Egypt, Humour. The second in the
series, Bab Sharkey and the animal mummies has boy pharaoh,
Bab return to the Egyptian city of Memphis to confront the mummy
with an upside down head, ready to save the city from this monster,
one amongst many. The first of this singularly funny stories, The
weird beard appeared in 2018, penned by The Chaser's Andrew Hansen,
and co author, Jessica Roberts who developed the idea for these
stories after her trip to Egypt where she saw mummified animals in a
museum.
The first in the series introduced the hero Bab and his encounters
with the pharaoh's strange beard amongst the city of Animal Mummies
brought oddly to life. Magic and fantasy meld in these books, and
with lashings of an off beat humour will appeal to mid to upper
primary people.
The second novel, The giant moth mummy has a giant moth
which causes havoc with only Bab able to pacify it along with the
help of the other odd animal mummies in the city. I was intrigued
with the amount of information given about Egyptian history as the
stories unfold, blended in between the magic and adventure, enough
for readers to develop some ideas about Ancient Egypt and perhaps
have them look further. A third outing of this fine series, The
spongy void, is also available.
Fran Knight