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Meg and Mog
Meg's Mummy
Meg and Mog fly off on an adventure to Egypt. As they land on top of a pyramid, Meg accidentally lets go of her cauldron and poor Mog falls out, so she has to bandage him up. While Meg is getting help, Mog is mistaken for a cat mummy and put inside the pyramid. Luckily Meg manages to rescue him and makes a spell to take them home.
- GenresPicture BooksChildrens
32 pages, Paperback
First published June 2, 2005
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About the author
Helen Nicoll
70 books20 followersHelen Nicoll was born in Natland, Westmorland, in 1937. She was educated at schools in Bristol; Dartington Hall, Devon; and Froebel Education Institute, London. Helen Nicoll married Robert Kime in 1970 and they have one daughter and one son.
Helen Nicoll was a television producer with the BBC for many years. It was here, as Producer of the children's educational series WATCH, that she first met Jan Pienkowski. After working together for four years, they decided it was time to preserve their creativity in book form for future generations of children to enjoy. The result is the immensely popular MEG AND MOG series.
In addition to the MEG AND MOG series, Helen has a long and varied association with Puffin - as editor of the Junior Puffin magazine THE EGG from 1977 - 1979, as compiler of the popular children's poetry anthology POEMS FOR SEVEN YEAR OLDS AND UNDER, illustrated by Michael Foreman, and through her partnership with Puffin, the enormously popular series of Puffin Cover to Cover story tapes of which Helen is the Producer.
Helen Nicoll was a television producer with the BBC for many years. It was here, as Producer of the children's educational series WATCH, that she first met Jan Pienkowski. After working together for four years, they decided it was time to preserve their creativity in book form for future generations of children to enjoy. The result is the immensely popular MEG AND MOG series.
In addition to the MEG AND MOG series, Helen has a long and varied association with Puffin - as editor of the Junior Puffin magazine THE EGG from 1977 - 1979, as compiler of the popular children's poetry anthology POEMS FOR SEVEN YEAR OLDS AND UNDER, illustrated by Michael Foreman, and through her partnership with Puffin, the enormously popular series of Puffin Cover to Cover story tapes of which Helen is the Producer.
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October 21, 2019
Meg and Mog set out to visit Egypt in this eighteenth picture-book adventure from author Helen Nicoll, and illustrator Jan Pieńkowski. Landing on the top of a pyramid, the witchy-feline duo soon encounter disaster (an inevitability in their outings), as Mog is injured when the cauldron in which he is riding goes bouncing down to the ground. Bandaging him up, Meg sets out to get help, only to find him missing when she returns! On the hunt for the missing Mog, she soon finds herself inside the pyramid, where the guide tries to interest her in the mummy of Ptolemy, whose three hundred cats were also made into mummies...
Like its predecessors, Meg's Mummy blends visually arresting artwork - bright colours, a simple but creative graphic layout, and excellent use of silhouette (one of Pieńkowski's trademarks) - with a simple story that is split between the main narrative and numerous speech bubbles and sound words. I can't say I found it a particularly outstanding entry in this long-running witchy series - personal favourites include the first title, Meg and Mog , as well as Meg's Castle (#5), Mog's Box (#13), and Meg, Mog and Og (#16) - although it was entertaining enough, and will no doubt appeal to fans of the earlier books. That said, I did wonder a bit at Helen Nicoll's decision to name her mummy Ptolemy, and to describe him as being 3000 years old. Assuming she is thinking of Ptolemy I Soter, the founder of the Hellenistic Ptolemaic kingdom in Egypt, rather than the more famous mathematician of the same name, her dates are seven hundred or so years off. If she was indeed thinking of Claudius Ptolemy, then her dates are more than one thousand years off. Whichever it may be, this kind of blatant historical inaccuracy, even in books whose purpose is unrelated to historical instruction, is irritating enough to me that I would subtract half a star for it, if I could. I'm quite surprised that no editor spotted that one!
Like its predecessors, Meg's Mummy blends visually arresting artwork - bright colours, a simple but creative graphic layout, and excellent use of silhouette (one of Pieńkowski's trademarks) - with a simple story that is split between the main narrative and numerous speech bubbles and sound words. I can't say I found it a particularly outstanding entry in this long-running witchy series - personal favourites include the first title, Meg and Mog , as well as Meg's Castle (#5), Mog's Box (#13), and Meg, Mog and Og (#16) - although it was entertaining enough, and will no doubt appeal to fans of the earlier books. That said, I did wonder a bit at Helen Nicoll's decision to name her mummy Ptolemy, and to describe him as being 3000 years old. Assuming she is thinking of Ptolemy I Soter, the founder of the Hellenistic Ptolemaic kingdom in Egypt, rather than the more famous mathematician of the same name, her dates are seven hundred or so years off. If she was indeed thinking of Claudius Ptolemy, then her dates are more than one thousand years off. Whichever it may be, this kind of blatant historical inaccuracy, even in books whose purpose is unrelated to historical instruction, is irritating enough to me that I would subtract half a star for it, if I could. I'm quite surprised that no editor spotted that one!
December 29, 2023
Hafsa and I had previously read a Meg and Mog book which was meh in comparison to this book. This Meg and Mog story had me chuckling with its Tom and Jerry humour. Would highly recommend.
January 10, 2009
I loved Meg and Mog so I thought I'd give Meg's Mummy a go.
Meg and Mog inexplicably decide to visit Egypt, Mog falls off a pyramid and thus gets wrapped in bandages, Mog gets mistaken for a mummy cat and everything ends well.
I suppose the bit that I like is the cultural references - the mummy is named Ptolemy - proably
The mummy is named Ptolemy - the famous Egyptian astronomer and geographer. Ptolemy in the book is claimed to be 3000 years old - about 1000 years older than the real Ptolemy. Also the real Ptolemy lived in an Egypt ruled by Romans - so there were no pharaohs and no mummies created while the real Ptolemy lived. Also Ptolemy is a Greek name
Meg and Mog inexplicably decide to visit Egypt, Mog falls off a pyramid and thus gets wrapped in bandages, Mog gets mistaken for a mummy cat and everything ends well.
I suppose the bit that I like is the cultural references - the mummy is named Ptolemy - proably
The mummy is named Ptolemy - the famous Egyptian astronomer and geographer. Ptolemy in the book is claimed to be 3000 years old - about 1000 years older than the real Ptolemy. Also the real Ptolemy lived in an Egypt ruled by Romans - so there were no pharaohs and no mummies created while the real Ptolemy lived. Also Ptolemy is a Greek name
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