cover image SEEKER OF KNOWLEDGE: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs

SEEKER OF KNOWLEDGE: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs

James Rumford, . . Houghton/Sandpiper, $6.95 (40pp) ISBN 978-0-618-33345-5

"A tale of heroic perseverance and discovery, this picture book biography of Jean-Francois Champollion, the early-19th-century amateur scholar who first deciphered hieroglyphs, will fire the imagination," said PW. Ages 5-8. (June)