Merlin the Magician will not eat or sleep or speak to anyone in Camelot. What can be done? The enchantress Morgan knows who to ask for help: young Jack and Annie of Frog Creek, Pennsylvania! The brother-and-sister team quickly head off in the magic tree house on another magical and historical adventure. Their mission: discover one of the four secrets of happiness. Their journey: to a land of fierce samurai and great beauty, the capital city of Edo (now the city of Tokyo), in ancient Japan in the 1600s. Their tools: a research book to guide them and a magic wand with three special rules. In Dragon of the Red Dawn, Mary Pope Osborne transports readers back to the splendor, rich culture, and magic of traditional Japan. From the Hardcover edition.
What was it like to be a passenger on the Mayflower? How many people survived the first harsh winter in the New World? How did Pilgrim children spend their days? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this Magic Tree House Research Guide: Pilgrims. Includes fun facts from Jack and Annie, fantastic photos and illustrations, and a guide to doing further research.
Fact and fiction meet--for Halloween What are the origins ofsome of the famous ghost stories in Louisiana? Why do peoplebelieve in ghosts? Do most cultures have some kind of ghoststories? Find out the answers to these questions and more in "MagicTree House Research Guide: Ghosts," Jack and Annie's guide to ghoststories from all over the world.
What was it like to wear armor? What was the food like in castles? This book explores what life was really like in medieval times.
Merlin sends Jack and Annie on a mysterious mission to Paris, France, over a hundred years ago. There they must find four magicians and give them an urgent message from Merlin himself. When Jack and Annie land in Paris, they make their way to the 1889 World's Fair. Below the Eiffel Tower, built especially for the fair, there are thousands of exhibits from all over the world. But how will Jack and Annie find the magicians in the crowds of people? And who are the magicians anyway? Jack and Annie are about to find out in another adventure filled with history, magic, and amazing surprises! In Night of the New Magicians, Mary Pope Osborne brings to life an amazing time in history that gave birth to many startling inventions and scientific discoveries that would change the world forever. The paperback edition boasts all-new backmatter full of activities!
Sam Waters is desperate to have a pet. But his parents saythat first, Sam must prove he's responsible. So he takes anafter-school job in a pet store called Little Shop of Hamsters. Tohis horror, Sam soon finds that cute, little hamsters can becomevery UNCUTE monsters. Suddenly, Sam isn't fighting for a pet--he'sfighting to survive! Could the souvenir he got in HorrorLand haveanything to do with this? Each eerie adventure of the next seven-book arc begins with atrip to the Chiller House, a gift shop only found in HorrorLand.Kids are invited to take a little horror home with them and given asouvenir and a miniature Horror. At home, the kids experience wildthings with their "free" gift, while the glowing, menacing Horrorkeeps an eye on the fun. When it's time for their payment, theHorror takes them back to shopkeeper Jonathan Chiller.
Jack and Annie travel back in time to a South American rain forest in search of the elusive magician Morgan le Fay. Will they find a new clue to her whereabouts before they are trampled by stampeding killer ants?
11-year-old Josh and 12-year-old Amanda just moved into theoldest and weirdest house on the block--the two siblings think itmight even be haunted! But of course, their parents don't believethem. You'll get used to it, they say. Go out and make some newfriends. But the creepy kids are not like anyone Josh and Amanda have evermet before. And when they take a shortcut through the cemetery onenight, Josh and Amanda learn why. It's our thirteenth fan-favorite companion to R.L. Stine'sblockbuster Goosebumps HorrorLand series. Now with all-new bonusfeatures including an author interview, bizarre trivia, grotesqueactivities, and more! 11 岁的乔西和 12 岁的阿曼达跟随父母搬进了一幢古老和古怪的房子里,两姐弟认为这*是一幢鬼屋! 但是,显然他们的父母并不相信,他们觉得两姐妹会慢慢习惯这里的生活,并让她们出去交朋友。 但是这些朋友个个看起来都非常古怪,乔西和阿曼达无法理解为什么他
Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, is facedwith a terrible problem. She must move her family to their summerquarters immediately, or face almost certain death. But heryoungest son, Timothy, lies ill with pneumonia and must not bemoved. Fortunately, she encounters the rats of NIMH, anextraordinary breed of highly intelligent creatures, who come upwith a brilliant solution to her dilemma. And Mrs. Frisby in turnrenders them a great service.
Illustrated in black-and-white. Jack and Annie are whisked forty yearsforward in time and land at an international space station on the moon.There they don space suits and go exploring the lunar surface in search of thefourth object needed to free the enchantress Morgan le Fay from a powerfulspell.
Grade 4-6–The sequel to How to Train Your Dragon (Little, Brown, 2004) continues the adventures of the son of Stoick the Vast and future leader of the Hairy Hooligan Viking tribe. Although the skinny, freckled Hiccup has more brains than the rest of the Hairy Hooligans put together, he has a hard time garnering respect from anyone, least of all his arch-rival, Snotlout. It doesn't help that Hiccup's dragon, Toothless, is predisposed to hypochondria and cowardice. During a pirate-training session, them meet up with charming "Alvin the Poor-But-Honest-Farmer," who is keen to help them discover the legendary treasure of Grimbeard the Ghastly. After a series of hair-raising, humorous escapades on the high seas, a deadly island, and an undersea cavern, Hiccup learns some surprising things about his previously undervalued abilities. The usual motifs of deceptive appearances, last-minute escapes, and the merits of inner worth are addressed with humor that is accessible to both reluctant and avid readers. Cheeky dr
Jack and Annie are whisked all the way back to the Ice Age in this compelling Magic Tree House time-travel adventure where they meet woolly mammoths, cave people...and fierce sabertooth tigers!
Courtney is a total show-off. She thinks she's so brave; andshe's always making Eddie and his friends look like wimps. But nowEddie's decided he's had enough. He's going to scare Courtney onceand for all. And he's come up with the perfect plan to doit.Eddie's going to lure Courtney down to Muddy Creek. Because heknows that she actually believes those silly rumors about themonsters. That there are Mud Monsters living deep inside the creek.It's just too bad that Eddie doesn't believe the rumors, too.Because they just might be true.... It's our seventeenth fan-favorite companion to R.L. Stine'sblockbuster Goosebumps HorrorLand series. Now with all-new bonusfeatures including author secrets, urban legends, trivia, creepyquizzes, and more!