The Boy and the Boy King

By George H. Lewis and A.D. Lubow
with illustrations by George H. Lewis

2021 INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST

SELECTED BY THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM AS A TOP HOLIDAY PICK
Now Also an Audible Book
to be enjoyed side by side with the print edition.

“Gentle, insightful and powerful”
—Bear Grylls, host of the TV series, Man vs. Wild

Now available at The MetStore and AmazonBarnes & Noble and Bookshop.org

You can also find The Boy and the Boy King at Olana: The Frederic Church National Historic Site, and the gift shops of
National Geographic’s Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Exhibition scheduled to appear in 7 cities. The MetStore will feature The Boy and the Boy King on a special online feature called SET AT THE MET.

 

Published by American University in Cairo Press in advance of the 100th Anniversary of the discovery of King Tut’s tomb.

Wonder and imagination are at the heart of this story of a friendship between a boy from New York City and the boy king, Tutankhamun

A boy and his stuffed bunny gaze at a star-lit New York cityscape. The great Sphinx of Egypt sleeps. A child swings joyously across a river. This book offers a tantalizing glimpse of the adventures of Arthur and his imaginary friend, Bun-Bun. Together they travel through the Temple of Dendur at the Metropolitan Museum to another time and place and befriend the lonely boy king, Tutankhamun.