Books in Around the World In 80 Mysteries series

Mimi, Papa, and two of their grandchildren -- Christina and Grant -- fly to Paris aboard Papa's red and white airplane, The Mystery Girl. As soon as they land at Charles de Gaulle Airport and meet their pen pals, Jean-Luc and Marie, the mystery begins! A famous statue is missing from the world-famous Louvre Museum. A mysterious woman in black is following them. So is a pigeon, dropping clues and more along the way! The kids search the spooky catacombs, Notre Dame, and other Paris landmarks to try to solve the mystery. To make things worse, the Eiffel Tower is in danger of falling! Time is running out! Come along! Don't miss the fun, the frights, or the surprising ending! This mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that keep kids begging for more! Each mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, a scavenger hunt, online book club and activities. This book includes a map, inline glossary definitions, and lots more! This Carole Marsh Mystery has Accelerated Reader Reading Levels, Lexile Measures, Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Levels and Developmental Reading Assessments Levels. LOOK what’s inside this mystery – people, places, history and more! Places: Paris, France • Charles de Gaulle Airport • Seine River • Pont Neuf (New Bridge) and the statue of King Henri IV • Musee du Louvre (The Louvre Museum) • Chat Qui Rit Cafe (The Laughing Cat Cafe) • Place de la Concorde and the Luxor Obelisk • Place Charles de Gaulle and l’Arc de Triomphe • Avenue des Champs-Elysees • Tour Eiffel (Eiffel Tower) and The Jules Verne Restaurant, • Galeries Lafayette (Department Store) • Metro (underground subway system) including the Solf_rino stop • Musee d’Orsay including its history and descriptions of artwork • Notre Dame • The Catacombs • Ile de la Cite • Jardin des Yuileries (Garden outside the louver containing sculpture) • La Grande Arche de la Defense • Paris Opera HouseEducational Items: Metric System • Obelisks • Gargoyles including their usage and historical significance • Luxor Obelisk including its history and hieroglyphics • The Louvre including many paintings in and architecture of the building • The Arch de Triomphhe including its history • Tour Eiffel (Eiffel Tower) including its history and design • Musee d’Orsay including its history and descriptions of artwork • Notre Dame including its history, location, the stone arches and the statues of the saints, the bell towers and the gargoyles • The Catacombs including its environment and history • Bust Sculpture • Statue of a gladiator missing • Crepes • Pen-Pals • Etruscan Art • Tarte tatin (upside down apple pie) • Lemonade (lemonade) • Impressionist Paintings • Subtitles in a movie • Tour de France Bicycle Race including its traditionsPeople: Renaissance Italian Painters • Leonardo Da Vinci • Venus de Milo including its history • Vincent Van Gogh • Edgar Degas • La Joconde (Mona Lisa) including its historyBelow is the Reading Levels Guide for this book:Grade Levels: 3-6Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.9Accelerated Reader Points: 3Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 103234Lexile Measure: 710Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: QDevelopmental Assessment Level: 40Get your FREE Resources!1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Around The World Correlations to Common Core/State Standards . 2. Download the Where in the World Have You Been map . 3. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussion and Book Club Activities .4. Utilize the Around the World Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 19 mysteries .5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

Thousands of miles from home, Grant Christina, Mimi, and Papa look out the window of their airplane at the winding-snake wall – endless as far as they can see. When Grant finds a treasure map in the seat pocket, the mystery begins. The treasure hunt takes Grant, Christina and their Chinese pen pals on a wild ride in a rickshaw, to the land of the Forbidden City, and face-to-face with a dragon! X marks the spot but where is X? As the kids try to solve the puzzle, they come to across fortune cookies with clues and warnings (yikes!), dragons with menacing messages, fantastic fireworks, and a "flowerpot" army! Can they beat the bad guy to the treasure?? The race is on! LOOK what’s inside this mystery – people, places, history and more! Places: The Forbidden City • Nine Dragon Screen • Hong Kong Express Restaurant. Places in Hong Kong: Hong Kong Airport • Victoria Peak • Kowloon • The Great Wall • Tiananmen Square • Palace of Earthly Tranquility • Hall of Imperial Peace • Victoria Harbor • Tibet • Mt. Everest • Moscow, Russia • Macau • New Territories, Hong KongEducational Items: Chinese history • Chinese Food •Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) • Chinese dragons • History of the Forbidden City • History of the Terracotta Army • Funicular railway • Victoria Peak history • Governor’s Walk • Jade facts • The Escalator • Carriageway and Watch Tower on Great Wall of China • Air China • China as trade partner • Confucius • Chinese geography • Pandas • Fortune cookies • Bactrian camels • How Chinese is read • Pinyin (simple form of Chinese writing) • Dynasties • Chinese inventions • Chinese book printing • Book shipping process • Star ferry • LimestonePeople: Bob Scott’s trip across the Great Wall • Marco PoloThis mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor. This Carole Marsh Mystery also has an Accelerated Reader quiz, a Lexile Level, a Fountas & Pinnell guided reading level and Developmental Reading Assessment.Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book:Grade Levels: 3-6Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.7Accelerated Reader Points: 2Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 111602Lexile Measure: 710Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: QDevelopmental Assessment Level: 40Get your FREE Resources!1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Around The World Correlations to Common Core/State Standards . 2. Download the Where in the World Have You Been map . 3. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussion and Book Club Activities .4. Utilize the Around the World Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 19 mysteries .5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

Join Grant and Christina on a journey to the top of the world - Mount Everest! Along with their two Sherpa friends, they try to help Uncle Mike and his friend reach the summit. But someone else is trying to make sure they don't! Can they make it past scary statues, mysterious monks, rickety bridges, and a deadly avalanche? Can the handle the b-b-breathtaking c-c-cold? Will a not-so-yackety yak lend a hand (or a hoof)? Oh no! Is that the Abominable Snowman roaring in the distance? Let's start climbing - do you have the courage to come along? Read this mystery - it will take your breath away! Here are some of the integral places in this mystery: Tribhuvan International Airport, Nepal - Mt. Everest/Sagarmatha/Chomolungma - Everest View Hotel - Tengboche Monastery - Base Camp on the moraine - Khumbu Glacier - Khumbu Icefall - Himalayan Mountains. Here are some of the integral educational items in this mystery: Sherpas - HistoryTraditions and Foods - Sherpa Tea with Salt and Yak Butter - Tsampa - Breakfast food - Shakpa - Thick Potato Soup - Heating with Yak Dung - Prayer Flags - Angees and chubas - Traditional dress - Legend: -Abode of the Gods -Yeti (or The Abominable Snowman) - Modern Technology incorporated into the Sherpa lifestyleYaksMani StonesClimbing Gear - Crampons - Compass - Oxygen Tanks - Climbing Harness - GPS -Satellite Phones - Snow glasses - Ice AxesNepal - Size - Geography - History - Economy - Rupees Religions - Hindu - Buddhism -Architecture - Swayambhunath or "The Monkey Temple" - Music and Art - Sarangi - musical instrument played frequently in Nepal - Kalbhairav - A statue to whom people make promises. Each mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that keep kids begging for more! Each mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book:Grade Levels: 3-6Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.5Accelerated Reader Points: 2Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 133397Lexile Measure: 700Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: QDevelopmental Assessment Level: 40Get your FREE Resources!1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Around The World Correlations to Common Core/State Standards . 2. Download the Where in the World Have You Been map . 3. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussion and Book Club Activities .4. Utilize the Around the World Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 19 mysteries .5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

Grant and Christina have a new friend named Sam. Her mom and dad own a school supply store. One day Sam reads a book about the famous Amazon River and rainforest and soon everyone is off with Mimi and Papa on the Mystery Girl airplane to a great adventure! Well, that is, if you like sizable snakes, a terrifying tarantula, toe-nibbling fish, messy monkeys, witch doctors, poison arrows, swinging from vines, getting lost, getting scared. Whew! An amazing Amazon boy helps solve the mystery as he guides the kids through the maze of ancient ruins at the famous city of Machu Picchu ("which sounds like a sneeze when you say it real fast!" says Grant). Don’t miss this mystery – it's wiiillldddd! This mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, Built-In Book Club and activities. This book includes a map, inline glossary definitions, and lots more! This Carole Marsh Mystery also has an Accelerated Reader quiz, a Lexile Level, a Fountas & Pinnell guided reading level and a Developmental Reading Assessment. LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Places: Amazon River • Guarulhos International Airport • Amazon Rainforest • Rainforest Hotel • Native Village • Ancient Machu Picchu, Peru (specifically the Jail) • Inca Trail, Machu Picchub• Amazon River Basin in Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, and Paraguay Educational Items: Rainforests including size, bugs, history, habitat, conservation, • Cabana Rooms in Rainforest Hotel • Machu Piccu including its history, buildings, construction and architecture • Howler Monkeys • Witch Doctors • Gemstones including their natural state • Amazon Rainforest Wildlife – including, caimans, poison dart frogs, Morpho butterflys, bugs, piranhas • Carnival (including the Samba) in Rio de Janeiro • The Jungle including safe traveling techniques • Indigenous Foods of the Amazon including Crab, Rice, Fish, and Coconut • PygmiesBelow is the Reading Levels Guide for this book:Grade Levels: 3-6Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.6Accelerated Reader Points: 3Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 118326Lexile Measure: 700Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: QDevelopmental Assessment Level: 40Get your FREE Resources!1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Around The World Correlations to Common Core/State Standards . 2. Download the Where in the World Have You Been map . 3. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussion and Book Club Activities .4. Utilize the Around the World Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 19 mysteries .5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

Bread is a food enjoyed by people in all parts of the world. Its many shapes, sizes, textures, and colors are as varied as the people who eat it. This photographic round-the-world tour provides a glimpse into the rich variety of world cultures, as well as an informative look at an important food that everyone agrees is as necessary as water and air.Supports the Common Core State Standards.

It’s a trip "Down Under" for Christina, 10, Grant, 7, and their mystery-writing grandmother Mimi! Lots of surprises and mysterious activities unfold as the group travels through the Outback, Queensland, and finally to the Great Barrier Reef. During a glass-bottom boat ride, they discover more than coral and fish under the water–scuba divers and flesh-tearing moray eel lurk beneath their boat! They shudder at the eerie screech of the Tasmanian devil and brave the awesome Australian Outback (and Aborigines!) at night. Watch and wonder as Grant ends up in the Camel Cup camel race – will he make it to the finish line? Don’t miss a moment of excitement in Christina and Grant’s Australian adventure! This mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, Built-In Book Club and activities. This Carole Marsh Mystery also has an Accelerated Reader quiz, a Lexile Level, a Fountas & Pinnell guided reading level and a Developmental Reading Assessment.LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Places: Alice Springs • Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park • Uluru, or Ayers Rock • Kata Tjuta, or The Olgas • The Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of Queensland • Sydney Opera House • Woolloomooloo, Sydney, Australia • Sails in the Desert Hotel in the Yulara Resort • Sydney Harbor Bridge Educational Items: Australian vocabulary • Legend of the Loch Ness Monster • Australia’s geography during the Jurassic Period • History of the Australian Aboriginal people • History of Uluru (Ayers Rock) and Kata Tjuta (the Olgas) • The Great Barrier Reef; Definition of a reef; How the Great Barrier Reef formed; Sea life in the Reef\Geography of the Reef • Equipment used in and description of experience of scuba diving • Differences between America and Australia (e.g. seasons are opposite) • Animals’ use of camouflage • Aboriginal music and instruments • Use of camels in the Outback • Quick facts about Australia including its size, native plant life, geography, etc. • History of Sydney • Australian animal lifeBelow is the Reading Levels Guide for this book:Grade Levels: 3-6Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 5.0Accelerated Reader Points: 2Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 111601Lexile Measure: 740Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: QDevelopmental Assessment Level: 40Get your FREE Resources!1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Around The World Correlations to Common Core/State Standards . 2. Download the Where in the World Have You Been map . 3. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussion and Book Club Activities .; 4. Utilize the Around the World Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 19 mysteries .5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

Mimi and Papa speed away to London, England in their little red and white airplane, The Mystery Girl. Tagging along are grandchildren Christina, 10, and Grant, 7. Mimi, a children's mystery book writer, has an appointment with the Queen! Papa is headed for the Rosetta Stone. The kids are supposed to go to the Tower of London and "behave themselves." But, uh-oh, Grant spots a big problem with Big Ben...and he and his sister, along with their two new best friends, George and Maggie, take a whirlwind tour from the top of the Eye, up the Thames River, down into a dungeon, and more -- in search of clues to solve The Mystery of Big Ben! This mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, Built-In Book Club and activities. This book includes a map, inline glossary definitions, and lots more! This Carole Marsh Mystery also has an Accelerated Reader quiz, a Lexile Level, a Fountas & Pinnell guided reading level and a Developmental Reading Assessment. LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Places: The Ritz Hotel • Big Ben (where Clue #1 is found) • Eye in the Sky Ferris wheel • The British Museum (where clue #2 is found) • Harrod’s department store • Tower of London • St. Paul’s Cathedral • Cleopatra’s Needle • Globe Theater • 221b Baker Street (fictional home of Sherlock Holmes) • Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum • Buckingham Palace • Heathrow Airport • Paris, France • London Bridge • Tower Bridge • Piccadilly Circus • Times Square (New York), USA • London Underground • Thames River • Outer Banks, North Carolina, USA • Savannah, Georgia • Washington, D.C., USAEducational Items: The plays and productions of William Shakespeare • Rosetta Stone • History of St. Paul’s Cathedral • History of the Tower of London • History of the Globe Theater • Eros (mythology) • Big Ben • Elgin Marbles • London Bridge • Crown Jewels • Bubonic Plague • Statue of Liberty • Changing of the GuardPeople: Sherlock Holmes • Lindow Man • Jack the Ripper • Blackbeard the Pirate • Sir Walter RaleighBelow is the Reading Levels Guide for this book:Grade Levels: 3-6Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.7Accelerated Reader Points: 3Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 103233Lexile Measure: 730Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: QDevelopmental Assessment Level: 40Get your FREE Resources!1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Around The World Correlations to Common Core/State Standards . 2. Download the Where in the World Have You Been map . 3. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussion and Book Club Activities .4. Utilize the Around the World Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 19 mysteries .5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .The Mystery at Big Ben is recommended by Sylvan Learning's Book Adventure reading program. Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Sylvan Learning is the leading provider of tutoring and supplemental education services to students of all ages.

Mimi reads an ad and thinks, "Hmm, would this make a great vacation home for a mystery-book-writing grandmother and her family and friends. Papa says, ìLet's take a look.î Soon, Christina and Grant are whisked off aboard the Mystery Girl airplane with Mimi and Papa to Transylvania, Romania where they meet up with a strange real estate agent, tour the famous castle, meet some odd new kid friends, learn about vampires, and meet up with Count Dracula himself!îWhy don’t you spend the weekend and see how you like the place?î the agent suggests. They do, and the mystery begins! Hey, is that tomato juice or what they’re serving for breakfast? You’ll Vant to Come Along on This Tooth-Tingling Adventure!This mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, Built-In Book Club and activities. This book includes a map, inline glossary definitions, and lots more! This Carole Marsh Mystery also has an Accelerated Reader quiz, a Lexile Level, a Fountas & Pinnell guided reading level and a Developmental Reading Assessment. LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Places: Bran Castle, Transylvania, Romania • Bucharest, Romania • Hungary Educational Items: History of Vlad Dracula • History and facts on Bran Castle • Teutonic Knights • Renaissance and Gothic styles • Explanation of different saloons • Italian Baroque Period • EntropyPeople: Bram Stoker, author of Dracula • Queen Maria • Nicoleta VolescuBelow is the Reading Levels Guide for this book:Grade Levels: 3-6Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.6Accelerated Reader Points: 2Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 121651Lexile Measure: 680Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: QDevelopmental Assessment Level: 40Get your FREE Resources!1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Around The World Correlations to Common Core/State Standards . 2. Download the Where in the World Have You Been map . 3. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussion and Book Club Activities .4. Utilize the Around the World Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 19 mysteries .5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

It's off to Italy for Mimi and Papa and their two grandchildren, Christina, 10 and Grant, 7. Mimi, a children's book writer, is writing a new mystery set in Italy, and Papa is going to visit an old friend. It doesn't take long for a mystery to unfold as Christina discovers a puzzling advertisement in an Italian newspaper...and suspicious men in black trench coats! Follow Christina, Grant, and their two new friends, Luigi and Francesca, as they look for clues while exploring Italy on fast scooters and floating gondolas! Things get even more interesting as the kids end up in the middle of Carnivale holiday festivities! (Who is really behind that mask?) Don't miss the adventure and action as the kids solve The Mystery at the Roman Colosseum. This mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, Built-In Book Club and activities. This book includes a map, inline glossary definitions, and lots more! This Carole Marsh Mystery also has an Accelerated Reader quiz, a Lexile Level, a Fountas & Pinnell guided reading level and a Developmental Reading Assessment. LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Places: Sistine Chapel • The Colosseum • The Leaning Tower of Pisa • St. Peter’s Square • Piazza della Minerva • The Pantheon • Trevi Fountain • Piazza Navona • Piazza D. Mercato Centrale • Piazza San Marco • Pisa International Airport and Leonardo da Vinci Airport • Milan • Sicily • Sardinia • Salerno • Pompeii • Harry’s Bar • Many sights in Rome, including the Arch of Constantine, the Mamertine Prison, and Capitoline Hill • Many sights in Florence, including the Cloister of the Dead, the Uffizi, and the Statue of David • Many sights in Venice, including the Ca’ d'Oro, the Grand Canal, and the Basilica di Santa Maria della SaluteEducational Items: Italian geography • Typical Italian food including gelato, Italian Wedding Soup, gnocchi • History of the Leaning Tower of Pisa • Facts about Vatican City • Facts about Rome • Information on many Italian artists, including Michelangelo and Botticelli, their works, and their mediums • History of the Colosseum • History of the Trevi Fountain • The Renaissance • Astrolabes and sundials • Transportation in Venice (gondolas, gondoliers, the Grand Canal, vaporettos) • Carnivale- including its history, traditions, costumes • Mardi Gras • Obelisks and hieroglyphics • Screen Actors Guild • Eurostar, Italy’s fastest train • History of the tarantella dance • Rome water • The Roman forum and Julius Caesar • The Black Plague • Lighting candles in prayer • Italy’s volcanoes • The Italian Alps • History of Pompeii and Mt. Vesuvius, the ruins and excavation • Academy of Fine Arts • Roman gods and goddesses• Winter solsticePeople: Michelangelo and Botticelli, their works, and their mediums • Galileo • Roman gods and goddesses • La Befana, Italian version of Santa Claus • Romulus and Remus • Peggy Guggenheim • Gladiators • Julius Caesar • Napoleon’s conquering of Italy • Tale of PinocchioBelow is the Reading Levels Guide for this book:Grade Levels: 3-6Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 5.6Accelerated Reader Points: 3Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 105629Lexile Measure: 860Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: QDevelopmental Assessment Level: 40Get your FREE Resources!1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Around The World Correlations to Common Core/State Standards . 2. Download the Where in the World Have You Been map . 3. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussion and Book Club Activities ; 4. Utilize the Around the World Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 19 mysteries .5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

The Mystery of the Ancient Pyramid (Cairo, Egypt) received the 2013 Preferred Choice Award from Creative Child Magazine! Mimi, Papa, Grant, and Christina fly over the sunny sands of the desert and land in the middle of a mystery that takes them back to the times of the ancient Egyptians! The action begins in Cairo, takes them aboard spitting camels, down the famous Nile River, and into too many tombs to count! A mummy goes missing...there’s a curse, of course...and they are being followed by a mad archaeologist in search of a missing pyramid he believes the children have stolen. Only by following hieroglyph clues do they have any chance at all of solving the mystery and saving themselves from becoming mummies!This mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, Built-In Book Club and activities. This book includes a map, inline glossary definitions, and lots more! This Carole Marsh Mystery also has an Accelerated Reader quiz, a Lexile Level, a Fountas & Pinnell guided reading level and a Developmental Reading Assessment. LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Places: Egyptian Museum • Nile River • Pyramids of Giza • Plateau of Giza, • Temple of Amun, Karnak • Mediterranean Sea, in between Europe, Asia, and Africa • Red Sea, between Africa and Asia • Mississippi River • Statue of Liberty • Sacred Lake • Nubian Museum • Sharia as-Souk • Elephantine Island • Aswan Dam • Lake NasserEducational Items: History of King Tutankhamen • Hieroglyphs and Arabic writing • Camels including its uses, anatomy, and temperaments • Egyptian geography and the importance of water to the country • Mummies including the mummification process, why people were mummified, natural mummification, and burial traditions • Tomb raiders • Curse of the Pharaohs • Felucca (sailing boat) • Archaeologists • Scarabs • Pyramids including what they hold, history, construction, The Great Pyramid • History of the Temple of Luxor • History of the Temple of Amun • Belly dancers and whirling dervishes • Necropolis • Flight vocabulary • Traditional Egyptian clothing • Egyptian food • Seven Wonders of the Ancient World • Various Arabic words • Egypt’s period of prosperity • Egyptian mythology • Rosetta Stone • History of Giza • Dynasties • The Sphinx • Curse of the Pharaohs • Discovery of Valley of the Kings • Egyptian markets and wares • Farming in Egypt • Aswan High Dam • Colossi and obelisks • Foreign archaeologists absconding with artifacts • Scorpions • Agatha Christie novels, The Mystery on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile • NilometerBelow is the Reading Levels Guide for this book:Grade Levels: 3-6Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 5.1Accelerated Reader Points: 2Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 105630Lexile Measure: 860Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: QDevelopmental Assessment Level: 40Get your FREE Resources!1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Around The World Correlations to Common Core/State Standards . 2. Download the Where in the World Have You Been map . 3. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussion and Book Club Activities .4. Utilize the Around the World Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 19 mysteries .5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .