Unwrap the Mummy! a Four-Foot-Long, Fact-Filled, Pop-Up Mummy to Explore!

Not even the lengthy subtitle can do justice to this ingenious oversized book-really more of a package, as there are no actual pages. After opening the die-cut, coffin-shaped covers, kids first pull down the feet of a mummy, then lift up a second spread that exposes the figure's midsection and head and allows the arms to pop out. Voila! As promised, a four-foot-long mummy, surrounded by numerous intriguing factoids that omit none of the grisly, kid-pleasing details-``Onions were often used to replace a dead person's eyes''; ``The brain was first scooped out through the nose with a `brain hook.'"" A large flap over the shrouded head folds back to reveal the cadaver's skull, where a pop-up dialogue balloon imparts more info: ``The embalming process has destroyed my eyes, and my nose has been damaged by the tight linen bandages.'' And there's more: two large flaps on the figure's torso open left and right to disclose such sidebars as ``Mummies from Other Lands'' and ``Coffins and Canopic Jars.'' For all those kids enamored of Egyptology exhibits at the museum, it's a sure pleaser. Children's BOMC selection. All ages. (Sept.)