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?
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!
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.
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 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!
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.
You approach with caution, drawn to their equine beauty. Thesleek stallion, the magnificent mare, and the gentle foal look likeany happy family. But don't get too close. These are wild horses,untamed by humans. Now photographers Yva Momatiuk and John Eastcotttake you inside the world of the wild horse. This husband-and-wifeteam of committed experts makes a case for the conservation of oneof America's favorite wild species.
You're crouched in the African brush, camera at the ready.You're waiting on one of nature's loners. It's dark. It's scary.Then silently, he appears; the ever-elusive leopard. You haveseconds to capture on film this wonder of the wild, with its exoticspotted fur, so prized by hunters. National GeographicExplorers-in-Residence Dereck and Beverly Joubert take you closerto the mystery of the magnificent leopard and make a passionateplea to young readers to help secure a future for these felinetreasures.
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.
Great herds of zebra thundering across the Africanplain…fragile butterflies traveling unbelievable distances…familygroups of whales coursing through the waves. Many kinds of animalsmake annual migrations, and their stories reveal incrediblestrength and will to survive. These treks are magnificentlydocumented in Great Migrations, the children’s illustratedcompanion to the upcoming 7-hour National Geographic televisionspecial of the same name. Created for the huge audience of young animal lovers—and for thenation’s schools, where migration is taught as part of the corecurriculum—this book spotlights wild creatures of highest interestto children. Action-filled photo spreads deliver immense "wow"appeal as animals vault over obstacles and escape the clutches ofpredators. Info-graphic spreads pack in the fascinating facts, withat-a-glance information on where, why, and how animalsmigrate. Throughout the coverage, this timely book addresses the effect ofclimate change on animal migrati
Stage Fright on a Summer Night The showmust go on! That's what Jack and Annie learn when the Magic TreeHouse whisks them back to Elizabethan England. There they meetWilliam Shakespeare who’s having a hard time with some of theactors in his latest show. Are Jack and Annie ready to make a bigentrance? Or will it be curtains for Shakespeare? Good Morning, Gorillas Gentle giants or giant monsters?That's the question Jack and Annie have about gorillas when theMagic Tree House sweeps them to the mountains of Africa. There theymeet a group of amazing and sometimes frightening gorillas. Willthe gorillas be able to teach him some special magic? Thanksgiving on Thursday It’s a time for giving thankswhen the Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie back to 1621 on thefirst Thanksgiving Day. The Pilgrims ask them to help get thingsready. But Jack and Annie don't know how to do anything the Pilgrimway. Will they ruin the holiday forever? Or will the feast goon?" High Tide in Hawaii Catch the wave! That's wha
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.
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.
Who has a stripy tail and whoswin9s through the trees?Discovergorgeous 9orillas, tiny froglets and more in this adorablebook about baby animals in the jungle.
In the third book of the American history cluster, Jack and Annie are whisked to a midwestern prairie in the 1870s. They visit a one-room schoolhouse and learn about the hard life of the pioneers. When they return to the magic tree house, Jack and Annie spot a twister on the horizon. Is there time to warn the teacher and the children back at the schoolhouse? Or should Jack and Annie just save themselves?
Learn why fireflies flash their lights in this glow-in-the-dark book based on the hit PBS Kids show The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! Sally and Nick are making shadow shapes when the batteries in their flashlight conk out. Luckily, the Cat knows where they can get some light: from his friend Shimmer, a firefly! But it turns out Shimmer needs some help of her own: her friend Glimmer is in trouble. Fireflies call to each other using unique flashing light patterns, and Glimmer's pattern is all wrong. He needs help--fast! Can the Cat and Co. un-stick Glimmer from a giant spiderweb AND find enough light to put on a shadow show? You bet they can! With glow ink on every other spread and two sheets of glow stickers, this is a fun way to celebrate summer and to spark discussions on how different animals communicate!
The bestselling, fan-favorite chapter-book series celebratesHalloween with this scarily affordable paperback! Jack and Annie have traveled all over the world in their magictree house. But they've never been anywhere like this. In thedistance, a haunted castle looms dark against the light of themoon. No candles burn in its windows. No laughter rings through itshalls. What has happened to the castle and the people who lived there?Merlin the magician asks Jack and Annie to find out. But are theybrave enough to brush the cobwebs aside and step through thecreaking doors? And are they smart enough to solve the mystery ofhow the castle became haunted? Find out in a story packed to the margins with magic, history,and adventure! First published in hardcover in 2003, Jack and Annie's spookyHalloween adventure is finally available in paperback. And—only inthe paperback edition—the book now includes a creepy Halloweenrecipe, a fun puzzle, and a preview of the next book in theseries!
Did you know that lightning bolts can be over a mile long? Orthat they may come from clouds that are ten miles high? Storms canbe scary, but not if you know what causes them. Before the nextthunderstorm, grab this book by veteran science team FranklynBranley and True Kelley and learn what causes the flash, crash,rumble, and roll of thunderstorms
