Nefru and the Pyramid Builders

One missing basket, a riverside hunt, and how teamwork built Giza

by Spoken Tomes

Nefru is eight. She lives in a busy town by the Nile, where her father cuts stone and her mother bakes bread that smells like home. Every morning, workers, scribes, and boat crews move as one toward the Great Pyramid. Then an important supply basket disappears just before a hot day of building. Without it, the work cannot start. Nefru follows clues along the riverbank. She listens. She looks. She finds the basket resting safely in the shade of a river boat—and she gets it back in time. This picture-book adventure shows young readers how everyday care, not magic, raised the great stones: neighbors helping neighbors, bread for the crews, and a girl who noticed what others missed. Warm, curious, and full of Nile light, it invites children to see ancient Egypt as a living workplace—and themselves as helpers who matter.

• Children's Picture Books
• Illustrated Nonfiction
• Story & Adventure
• Educational Nonfiction
• Illustrated History