Jack and Annie continue their quest for the secrets of happiness in order to save Merlin. This time, the Magic Tree House takes them to the one continent they haven't visited before: Antarctica. Illustrations.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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!
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
Bats fly into the spotlight in this exploration of such basics as where the live, how mothers raise their pups, and how they hunt for food. Included as well is a simple plan for a building a backyard bat house.
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.
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.
The classroom is decorated as Dinosaur Land, but Ms.Frizzle-inspired by an archeological dig-craves a more authenticexperience. The Magic School Bus turns into a time machine andtransports the class back millions of years to an adventure wherethey learn about dinosaurs, their habitats and diets, and even aMaiasaura nesting ground.
You're in the water, and suddenly, right beside you, he isbeaming brightly. You're face to face with a dolphin, one of thefriendliest mammals on Earth. Dive deep into the dolphins' realmwith Flip Nicklin, one of the world's foremost photographers ofthese smiling wonders. Meet dolphin types, from botus to orcas tobottlenose; see how they nurse, fish, and echolocate. Nicklin'senthusiasm and the special kinship we all feel for theseintelligent creatures is an inspiration to all readers to takeaction to help protect their ocean home.
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.
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.
Holidays Heroes（《美国的纪念日》）系列介绍了美国的纪念日、节日，以及与之相关的历史人物、社会事件等，文字简洁生动，图片丰富多样，适合小学生学习历史，了解美国文化，关注社会进步。免费赠送英语朗读音频，地道的英文表达帮助孩子扩充英语词汇量，提高英语阅读能力。 本册Let sCelebrateColumbusDay（《哥伦布日》）讲的是有关美国哥伦布日的知识。航海家克里斯托弗 哥伦布从小就梦想成为一名水手，他勇气非凡，很有毅力，但有时候也有点贪婪。哥伦布一直在寻找财富，但始终没有找到。不过，他的其他发现可比他所能想象到的重要多了。
Holidays Heroes（《美国的纪念日》）系列介绍了美国的纪念日、节日，以及与之相关的历史人物、社会事件等，文字简洁生动，图片丰富多样，适合小学生学习历史，了解美国文化，关注社会进步。免费赠送英语朗读音频，地道的英文表达帮助孩子扩充英语词汇量，提高英语阅读能力。 本册Let sCelebrateLaborDay（《劳动节》）讲的是有关美国劳动节的知识。所有美国人都喜欢庆祝劳动节，这是个周末，游行再加上野餐，非常欢乐。不过，在9月伊始的周一，也别忘了这个节日的真正意义：致敬美国所有的劳动者，尤其是那些为没有危险的工作环境和公平报酬而奋斗的工人们。
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.
Book De*ion Jack and Annie are off in search of another story in jeopardy,this time at a monastery in ancient Ireland. Trouble arrives whenVikings land, and Jack and Annie must find a way to escape! Card catalog de*ion Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to a monasteryin medieval Ireland, where they try to retrieve a lost book whilebeing menaced by Viking raiders. About Magic Tree House series Magic Tree House is a book series for young children by Mary PopeOsborne. The series features two children, the bookworm Jack andhis adventurous and imaginative younger sister Annie, who travel tohistorical places using a magic tree house. The magic tree housebelongs to Morgan Le Fay who, in the series, is King Arthur'ssister and a librarian. She uses the magic tree house to gatherbooks from time and space. Jack and Annie travel by opening a book, pointing at a picture ofa place and then wishing that they could go there. The magic treehouse then spins around and ma
Readand find out about one of nature's most mysterious forces--theearthquake. Some earthquakes are so small that you don't even feelthem, while others can make even big buildings shake Learn whyearthquakes happen, where they are most likely to occur, and whatto do if one happens near you.
Branley explains these powerful storms in simple terms youngchildren can understand. He describes the funnel cloud and how itforms and [tells] what to do during a tornado. The book ends on acomfortable note, that the idea is not to panic but to know what todo to ensure safety.
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!
This book is one of a new series of books, "Read andDiscover", designed to encourage children to learn about the worldas they learn to read. You can use it for fishing, hunting, tying,pulling, lifting and carrying - a piece of string is a wonderfulthing! It supports KS1-2 Science and Literacy. It is written inconsultation with the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education. Itoffers non-fiction for developing readers. It features texts andillustrations which support children learning to read. It containsextra information section at the back of the book with index,author and illustrator biography.
HOW DO PENGUINS survive in frigid conditions? What happens at a research station in Antarctica? How long can an emperor penguin go without food? What other creatures live in the Antarctic? Find out the answers to these questions and more in the Magic Tree House Research Guide: Penguins and Antarctica.
