The fan-favorite chapter-book series sends Jack and Annie backto India over 400 years ago to search for a rare and preciousemerald. Once there, they discover an amazing and exotic worldfilled with great danger. Will they find what they're looking for?Will they avoid the wrath of the all-powerful Great Mogul, survivea crazy ride on a wild elephant, escape an attack by kingcobras—and make it back to the magic tree house alive? Mary Pope Osborne brings together just the right combination ofhistory, magic, and fast-paced adventure to satisfy kids, parents,teachers, and librarians all over the world with her New York Timesbestselling series.
Merlin sends Jack and Annie on a mysterious mission to Paris,France, over a hundred years ago. There they must find fourmagicians and give them an urgent message from Merlin himself. WhenJack and Annie land in Paris, they make their way to the 1889World's Fair. Below the Eiffel Tower, built especially for thefair, there are thousands of exhibits from all over the world. Buthow will Jack and Annie find the magicians in the crowds of people?And who are the magicians anyway? Jack and Annie are about to findout in another adventure filled with history, magic, and amazingsurprises! In Night of the New Magicians, Mary Pope Osborne brings to lifean amazing time in history that gave birth to many startlinginventions and scientific discoveries that would change the worldforever. The paperback edition boasts all-new backmatter full ofactivities!
Merlin the Magician will not eat or sleep or speak to anyonein Camelot. What can be done? The enchantress Morgan knows who toask for help: young Jack and Annie of Frog Creek, Pennsylvania! Thebrother-and-sister team quickly head off in the magic tree house onanother magical and historical adventure. Their mission: discover one of the four secrets ofhappiness. Their journey: to a land of fierce samurai and great beauty, thecapital city of Edo (now the city of Tokyo), in ancient Japan inthe 1600s. Their tools: a research book to guide them and a magic wand withthree special rules. In Dragon of the Red Dawn, Mary Pope Osborne transports readersback to the splendor, rich culture, and magic of traditionalJapan. From the Hardcover edition.
In the third book of the American history cluster, Jack andAnnie are whisked to a midwestern prairie in the 1870s. They visita one-room schoolhouse and learn about the hard life of thepioneers. When they return to the magic tree house, Jack and Anniespot a twister on the horizon. Is there time to warn the teacherand the children back at the schoolhouse? Or should Jack and Anniejust save themselves?
Learn all about insects with Fly Guy and Buzz! Fly Guy and Buzz are ready for their next field trip! And in FLY GUY PRESENTS: INSECTS they go outside to learn all about other insects like Fly Guy! With straightforward text, humorous asides, and kid-friendly full-bleed photographs throughout, young readers will learn lots of fun facts about all sorts of bugs. Award-winning author/illustrator Tedd Arnold really brings nonfiction to life!
Ride along with trucker Jill and her dog as they add up theanimals zooming by. But these are no ordinary animals, and they'rebound for a surprise destination! Ride along with trucker Jill and her dog as they add up theanimals passing by on other trucks. But these are no ordinaryanimals, and theyre bound for a surprise destination! Livelyillustrations by R.W. Alley make adding truckloads of fun.
Each person in the United States makes almost five pounds oftrash every day. That’s more trash per person per day than peoplemake in any other country! We throw away everything from applecores to bicycles. Sometimes, we even throw away things that couldbe poisonous if they aren’t disposed of properly. And often, wethrow away things we shouldn’t, things we could use again. So, whathappens to all our trash? How does it affect the environment? Andhow can we stop making so much of it? Read and find o
In the latest offering from the Magic Tree House series, MaryPope Osborne treats readers to an inside look at one of herfavorite subjects—the theater. Jack and Annie are whisked back toElizabethan England where they meet the Bard of Avon himself,William Shakespeare, and luckily for them he is desperate for twosmall actors for his latest play! A wonderful adventure as well asthe perfect introduction to Shakespeare for young readers.
Jack and Annie are ready for their next fantasy adventure inthe bestselling middle-grade series—the Magic Tree House! Tigers in trouble? That's what Jack and Annie find when the Magic Tree House whisksthem and Teddy, the enchanted dog, to a forest in India. The raretigers are being trapped by greedy poachers! Can Jack and Anniefind a way to help? Or will a fierce tiger eat them instead? Visit the Magic Tree House website! MagicTreeHouse.com
The yellow cars beep! The red cars vroom! As Molly plays withher big brother's toy cars, readers will see and recognizepatterns, an essential first step in learning to reason from thespecific to the general. But can Molly put the cars back in theright order before her brother returns?
Splitting things in half may seem like an easy thing to do,but when two siblings and a pizza are involved, things can getmessy. Children learn about fractions at school but fractions arealso an important part of everyday life outside the classroom.Inthis riotous book, Stuart J. Murphy and G. Brian Karas introducethe simplest of fractions, 1/2.
Safari day dawns on the Savannah. The African light gives thesky colors seen nowhere else on Earth. Soon, an amazing array ofwild animals are yawning, screeching, and growling to life. Meetthe elephants, lions, giraffes, zebras, hippos, and the laughinghyenas of the wilderness and find out who’s friends with whom andwhy!
Magic Tree House Research Guides are now Magic Tree House FactTrackers! Track the facts with Jack and Annie! When Jack and Annie gotback from their adventure in Magic Tree House #46: Dogs in the Deadof Night, they had lots of questions. How do St. Bernards help findavalanche survivors? Who are some of the most famous war dogheroes? What breeds make good service dogs? Find out the answers tothese questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts. Filledwith up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbitsfrom Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are theperfect way for kids to find out more about the topics theydiscovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures.--From theTrade Paperback edition.
The New York Times bestselling Magic Tree House series has a brand-new paperback! Jack and Annie must rescue pandas after an earthquake in China! Mary Pope Osborne perfectly blends fantasy, adventure, and history in this paperback edition of the bestselling Magic Tree House chapter book. Time-traveling brother-and-sister team Jack and Annie have to find a certain kind of food—the fourth thing needed to save Merlin’s beloved penguin, Penny. The magic tree house whisks them off to a village in the mountains of southeast China, close to a world-famous panda reserve. Will it be their easiest adventure yet? Not a chance! Jack and Annie don’t know it, but they’ve arrived on the day of a historic earthquake! How will Jack and Annie survive when the giant quake strikes? Will they be able to rescue the pandas? And how will they ever get back to the tree house so that they can fulfill their quest to save Penny as well?
JACK AND ANNIE continue their quest for the secrets ofhappiness--secrets they need to save Merlin. This time, the MagicTree House takes them to the one continent they haven't visitedbefore: Antarctica What can they hope to learn about happiness insuch a barren place? Only the penguins know for sure . . . Jack andAnnie are about to find out "From the Hardcover edition."
Every year like clockwork, animals both big and small aredriven by a natural instinct to move, in order to survive. On bothland and sea, they fight the odds and the forces of nature tobreed, feed, or lead and carry on for future generations. Thisreader is an introduction to the treacherous trek of the zebra,walrus, and Christmas Island red crab to overcome obstacles thatinclude hungry cheetahs, stinging yellow crazy ants, and even theirfellow species to make the often impossible journey of theirlives.
Jack and Annie are on their second mission to find--andinspire--artists to bring happiness to millions. After traveling toNew Orleans, Jack and Annie come head to head with some realghosts, as well as discover the world of jazz when they meet ayoung Louis Armstrong!
How did those enormous dinosaur skeletons get inside the museum? Long ago, dinosaurs ruled the Earth. Then, suddenly, they died out. For thousands of years, no one knew these giant creatures had ever existed. Then people began finding fossils -- bones and teeth and footprints that had turned to stone. Today, teams of experts work together to dig dinosaur fossils out of the ground, bone by fragile bone. Then they put the skeletons together again inside museums, to look just like the dinosaurs of millions of years ago.
The bugs in Coach Caterpillar′s gym class are learning a newdance. But Centipede can′t do it! If he can′t learn the directionsleft, right, forward and backward, this class will be one bigFLOP!
Archaeologists on a dig work very much like detectives at acrime scene. Every chipped rock, charred seed, or fossilized bonecould be a clue to how people lived in the past. In thisinformation-packed Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science book, Kate Dukeexplains what scientists are looking for, how they find it, andwhat their finds reveal.
Water is always flowing, from a brook to a stream, to a riverto the ocean. Read and find out more about how water shapes theearth and why it is important to keep our water clean.
Illus. in black-and-white. Jack and Annie are in deep troublewhen the Magic Tree House whisks them back to the days of desertislands, secret maps, hidden gold--and ruthless pirates! Will Jackand Annie discover a buried treasure? Will they find out theidentity of the mysterious M? Or will they walk the plank?
Come along on an adventure through the rain forest. Along the way, you'll meet new friends big and small, see amazing sights, and learn all about the creatures that make their home in the rain forest. Told in simple yet lively text built with sight words and using picture icons to aid reading, National Geographic Pre-readers will enchant kids just beginning their journey with books.
