"Brilliantly simple and effective, this is an excellent addition to any elementary collection.- SLJ, starred review "The overall elicited emotion is awe--both for the passage of time and for the steps required to bring a simple hunk of stone to the fifteenth person: you." -- BOOKLIST , starred review "Clearly this is a fun concept with a lot of different applications one can work with and the first in the series is a true keeper.Consider this a greatway to bridge the past and the present for your kids." -- Elizabeth Bird, A Fuse #8 Production Top Ten Sci-Tech Books for Youth for 2010 Booklist "With exhaustive, dizzying detail, this picture book travels through time and across the world to look at how a seven-ton sphinx made its way from ancient Egypt to a museum." -- Booklist.