Senefer : a young genius in Old Eygpt [i.e. Egypt] / written by Beatrice Lumpkin and illustrated by Linda Nickens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lumpkin, Beatrice.

Contributor:

Nickens, Linda, illustrator.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Children's Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics, Egyptian--History--Juvenile fiction.

Mathematics, Egyptian.

Egypt--Civilization--To 332 B.C--Juvenile fiction.

Egypt.

Civilization.

Genre:

Fiction.

History.

Juvenile works.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[32] unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 29 cm

Other Title:

Senefer a young genius in Old Egypt

Place of Publication:

Trenton, N.J. : Africa World Press, [1992, ©1991].

Summary:

"The story of Senefer is inspired by the life of Ah'mose the scribe and Senmut, an advisor to Pharaoh Hatshepsut. It was Ah'mose who wrote, 3,500 years ago, the papyrus from which we have learned much about Egyptian mathematics."--Page 5.

Notes:

"First Printing 1992."

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

ISBN:

0865432457

9780865432451

0865432449 (cloth)

9780865432444

OCLC:

605949399