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Pepi and the Secret Names

by Jill Patton Walsh (Frances Lincoln, 1994)
Pepi and the Secret Names by Jill Patton Walsh

This is a story about ancient Egypt based on real tomb paintings and hieroglyphs. Pepi’s father needs models for his paintings in the tomb of Prince Thutmose. Pepi uses their secret names to coax a lion, hawk, crocodile, and cobra into sitting for their portraits—now, who’s missing?