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Nancy Honovich

NANCY HONOVICH is the author of many articles, short stories, and books for children that explore a wide range of subjects, from knights and inventors to animals all over the world. She works as an editor in New York City.

Expert reviewer DR. JENNIFER R. HOUSER WEGNER is a research scientist in Penn Museum's Egyptian section and adjunct assistant professor in the department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania. She served as keeper of the museum's Egyptian section from 1996 to 2000. Dr. Wegner has contributed to numerous publications and presented at several annual meetings of the American Research Center in Egypt and at the International Congress of Egyptologists in Cambridge, U.K. She has also served as epigrapher/artist on expeditions to Bersheh, Saqqara, and Abydos in Egypt. She earned her B.A in Egyptology from the University of Pennsylvania and doctorate from Yale University.
National Geographic Kids Ultimate Bugopedia, 2nd Edition
1,000 Facts About Ancient Egypt
1,000 Facts About Insects
Ultimate Explorer Field Guide: Rocks and Minerals
National Geographic Kids Guide to Photography
National Geographic Kids Ultimate Bugopedia

Books

National Geographic Kids Ultimate Bugopedia, 2nd Edition
1,000 Facts About Ancient Egypt
1,000 Facts About Insects
Ultimate Explorer Field Guide: Rocks and Minerals
National Geographic Kids Guide to Photography
National Geographic Kids Ultimate Bugopedia

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