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Series of children's novels past Mary Pope Osborne

Magic Tree Firm
Author Mary Pope Osborne
Illustrator Salvatore Murdocca (The states)
Ayana Amako (Japan)
Country Usa
Linguistic communication English
Genre Children's historical fantasy
Publisher Random Business firm (U.s.a.)
Media Factory (Japan)

Magic Tree House is an American serial of children's books written by the American author Mary Pope Osborne. The original American serial was illustrated by Salvatore Murdocca until 2016, after which AG Ford took over. Other illustrators take been used for foreign-language editions.

The series consists of two groups. The kickoff group consists of books 1–28, in which Morgan Le Fay sends Jack and Annie Smith, two normal children who are siblings from the fictional small town of Frog Creek, Pennsylvania, on numerous adventures and missions with a magical tree house. The 2d group, referred to equally the Magic Tree House: Merlin Missions, begins with book 29, Christmas in Camelot. In Merlin Missions, Jack and Annie are given quests by the aboriginal wizard Merlin the Magician. These books are longer than the previous 28, and some take place in fantasy realms like Camelot. Kathleen and Teddy are two apprentices who befriend Jack and Annie during their adventures, with one of these adventures being to free Kathleen from a spell. The two occasionally join Jack and Annie, and, when they don't, provide them back up instead. During Super Edition #i, Teddy sends them on a mission instead of Morgan or Merlin. The companion Magic Tree Firm Fact Trackers are co-written by Mary Pope Osborne with her husband Will Osborne or her sister Natalie Pope Boyce.

In the beginning, Mary Pope Osborne wrote the books with Morgan sending the children on missions. Then she switched over to them existence sent on missions past Merlin. Near 10 years later, in 2014, she switched dorsum to writing only the books with Morgan sending them on missions. These books were, again, much shorter.

In improver to the books listed below, Mary Pope Osborne appears to still exist writing the serial, having released "#36 Sunlight on the Snow Leopard" in 2022. Not simply that, merely the first 4 novels have been adapted into graphic novels.

Serial background [edit]

After graduating college, Osborne and a friend went traveling.[1] Osborne spent time in Crete and traveled through Iraq, Islamic republic of iran, India, Afghanistan, Turkey, Lebanon, Syrian arab republic, and Pakistan.[2] The trip came to an cease when Osborne experienced claret poisoning in Nepal requiring her to stay in a hospital for a couple of weeks where she read The Lord of the Rings.[i] Remarking on her travels Osborne said, "That journeying irrevocably inverse me. Experience was gathered that serves every bit a reference betoken every day of my life. I encountered worlds of light and worlds of darkness — and planted seeds of the imagination that led directly to my existence an author of children'south books."[2]

Osborne's travels and experiences take factored largely into her ain writing, while her writing has allowed her to feel some of the thrills of traveling. As she said, "Without even leaving my domicile, I've traveled around the globe, learning about the religions of the world."[3]

Osborne'south writing career began "one day, out of the blue"[3] when she wrote Run, Run As Fast As You Can in 1982. The volume itself is semi-autobiographical in nature, co-ordinate to Osborne: "The girl was a lot like me and many of the incidents in the story were like to happenings in my childhood."[3] The book served as the starting point for Osborne's writing career. Her early work received mixed reviews.[4] [5] Her work includes young adult novels, flick books, retellings of mythology and fairy tales, biographies, mysteries, a six part series of the Odyssey, a book of American Tall Tales, and a book for young readers about the major world religions.

The idea for the Magic Tree House series came when Penguin Random House asked Osborne to start writing a series of children'southward books.[6] From the beginning Osborne knew she wanted to include time travel.[6] The idea for the treehouse being the time-travel inducing object but came to her when she and her married man saw one on a walk through the forest in Pennsylvania.[6]

Osborne says that she can work on Magic Tree Business firm up to 12 hours a day and seven days a week[7] and has used space at shared part space, The Writer'south Room.[viii] She has modeled her writing after Hemingway by trying to exist simple and direct[7] and is "noted for writing clear, lively, well-paced prose in both her stories and her informational books."[2]

Principal Characters [edit]

When Osborn started writing the series she wrote Jack equally her self-insert character and added Annie in equally a typical annoying younger sis.[ix] After writing her in, Osborn eventually decided to add Annie in as some other main character.[9] Osborne highlights Annie's bravery as a characteristic to serve every bit a main difference betwixt Annie and herself, as Osborne has noted that she often wished she were braver than she was.[9]

Jack Smith [edit]

Jack is the older blood brother who is known for his beloved of books and learning, an attribute Osborne says connects her to the grapheme.[ten] Jack has a tendency to be cautious in his approach.[xi] According to the original illustrations by Sal Murdocca, Jack is pictured with brown pilus, red glasses, and is taller than Annie.[12]

Annie Smith [edit]

Annie is the younger sister and is known for her bravery, impulsive decisions, and her treat the people and animals around her.[ten] According to the original illustrations by Sal Murdocca, Annie is pictured with medium-length blond hair, often in double braids, and bangs.[12]

Magic Tree Business firm books [edit]

According to its official website, Magic Tree House books are for start affiliate book readers.[thirteen]

Arc Number Title Kickoff printed Companion book
The Mystery of the Magic Tree House (#1) #ane Dinosaurs Earlier Night (United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland Championship: Valley of the Dinosaurs) July 28, 1992 #ane, Dinosaurs
Plot: Jack and Annie discover the tree house and, using the magical books there, they unwittingly travel back to the late Cretaceous catamenia (65 million years ago) where they see a Pteranodon that saves them from a Tyrannosaurus rex. Jack finds a gold medallion with the letter "One thousand" on it.
The Mystery of the Magic Tree Firm (#2) #2 The Knight at Dawn (United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland title: Castle of Mystery) February 16, 1993 #2, Knights and Castles
Plot: In England during the Middle Ages, Jack and Annie explore a castle and meet a brave knight.
The Mystery of the Magic Tree Firm (#3) #3 Mummies in the Morning (Britain championship: Hugger-mugger of the Pyramid) August 24, 1993 #3, Mummies and Pyramids
Plot: In Ancient Egypt, Jack and Annie help the ghost of Queen Hutepi find her missing Book of the Expressionless.
The Mystery of the Magic Tree Firm (#4) #4 Pirates Past Apex (UK title: Pirates' Treasure!) March eight, 1994 #4, Pirates
Plot: Jack and Annie encounter some pirates in the Caribbean Sea and come across Morgan le Fay, who turns out to be the mysterious "M".
The Mystery of the Magic Spell (#1) #five Night of the Ninjas March 21, 1995 #xxx, Ninjas and Samurai
Plot: Morgan le Fay is under a spell. Jack and Annie must observe four magical objects to reverse the spell, with the help of a mouse named Peanut. In ancient Japan, Jack and Annie encounter ninjas and samurai and get a moonstone.
The Mystery of the Magic Spell (#2) #half-dozen Afternoon on the Amazon (United kingdom title: Risk on the Amazon) August 29, 1995 #five, Pelting Forests
Plot: Jack and Annie search the Amazon rainforest for a 2d magical object for Morgan le Fay, which turns out to be a mango.
The Mystery of the Magic Spell (#3) #7 Sunset of the Sabertooth (Britain title: Mammoth to the Rescue) April fourteen, 1996 #12, Sabertooths and the Ice Age
Plot: In the concluding water ice age, Jack and Annie encounter Cro-Magnons, wooly mammoths, and a saber-toothed cat while looking for the 3rd object to help Morgan - a mammoth bone flute.
The Mystery of the Magic Spell (#iv) #viii Midnight on the Moon (United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland championship: Moon Mission) October 29, 1996 #6, Space
Plot: Xxx-five years into their future (2031), Jack and Annie travel to the moon to wait for the quaternary object needed to aid Morgan le Fay.
The Mystery of the Aboriginal Riddles (#1) #9 Dolphins at Daybreak (UK title: Diving with Dolphins) Apr 29, 1997 #9, Dolphins and Sharks
Plot: Set in the Pacific Bounding main with bottlenose dolphins.
The Mystery of the Ancient Riddles (#ii) #x Ghost Town at Sundown (Great britain title: A Wild Westward Ride) September xvi, 1997 #38, Wild West
Plot: Gear up in the American Wild W, where Jack and Annie come across a cowboy named Slim.
The Mystery of the Aboriginal Riddles (#iii) #11 Lions at Lunchtime (Britain title: Lions on the Loose) February 12, 1998 N/A
Plot: Jack and Annie are on a mission on the African Savannah.
The Mystery of the Aboriginal Riddles (#4) #12 Polar Bears By Bedtime (UK title: Icy Escape) April 24, 1998 #16, Polar Bears and the Arctic
Plot: Set in the Due north Pole, Jack and Annie meet an Inuk.
The Mystery of the Lost Stories (#1) #thirteen Holiday Nether the Volcano (UK title: Racing with Gladiators) June 20, 1998 #xiv, Ancient Rome and Pompeii
Plot: Jack and Annie travel to Pompeii on the eve of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
The Mystery of the Lost Stories (#ii) #14 24-hour interval of the Dragon King (United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland title: Palace of the Dragon Rex) August 11, 1998 #31, China: State of the Emperor's Swell Wall
Plot: Jack and Annie travel to China as it was 2,000 years in their by, ruled past the Dragon King, or Emperor Qin.
The Mystery of the Lost Stories (#3) #15 Viking Ships at Sunrise (Britain title: Voyage of the Vikings) October 20, 1998 #33, Vikings
Plot: In medieval Republic of ireland, Jack and Annie run across Vikings.
The Mystery of the Lost Stories (#four) #16 Hour of the Olympics (UK title: Olympic Claiming!) December 17, 1998 #10, Ancient Greece and the Olympics
Plot: Jack and Annie travel to Ancient Hellenic republic and encounter the commencement Olympic games.
The Mystery of the Enchanted Dog (#ane) #17 Tonight on the Titanic March 23, 1999 #7, Titanic
Plot: Jack and Annie travel dorsum to 1912 and are on the RMS Titanic during her fateful voyage. In this arc, the two are assisted past a dog named Teddy that they must find gifts for so he tin become homo over again.
The Mystery of the Enchanted Dog (#ii) #18 Buffalo Earlier Breakfast May eighteen, 1999 Due north/A
Plot: In the American Sometime W, Jack and Annie encounter a Lakota male child on the Great Plains.
The Mystery of the Enchanted Dog (#3) #19 Tigers at Twilight August 17, 1999 N/A
Plot: Jack and Annie explore the Indian jungle to find a souvenir from a woods far away. Along the way, they piece of work together to save a tiger from a steel trap.
The Mystery of the Enchanted Dog (#iv) #20 Dingoes at Dinnertime March 14, 2000 N/A
Plot: Jack and Annie explore in the Australian Outback to notice the souvenir from a kangaroo. Along the way, they helped a joey and a koala bear escape a wildfire. Equally presently as Jack and Annie receive the last gift and return habitation, Morgan removes the spell on the dog, who is shortly revealed to exist a boy named Teddy, a immature magician who trapped himself nether a spell causing him to get a canis familiaris.
The Mystery of Morgan'south Library (#1) #21 Civil War on Sunday May 23, 2000 N/A
Plot: In the American Civil State of war, Jack and Annie come across Clara Barton.
The Mystery of Morgan'due south Library (#2) #22 Revolutionary War on Wednesday September 26, 2000 #xi, American Revolution
Plot: Jack and Annie travel back in time and cross the Delaware River with George Washington.
The Mystery of Morgan's Library (#three) #23 Twister on Tuesday March 27, 2001 #8, Twisters and Other Terrible Storms
Plot: In the 1870s, Jack and Annie come across pioneer settlement of the Midwestern prairie and must relieve a teacher and some kids before they are hit by a tornado.
The Mystery of Morgan's Library (#4) #24 Earthquake in the Early Morning August 24, 2001 N/A
Plot: In 1906, Jack and Annie experience the San Francisco earthquake. The two are able to use what they find to inspire King Arthur to boxing Mordred, although in a later book it is shown that he wins without dying in these stories.
The Mystery of Morgan's Rhymes (#1) #25 Phase Fright on a Summer Night March 12, 2002 N/A
Plot: In Elizabethan England, Jack and Annie come across William Shakespeare.
The Mystery of Morgan'southward Rhymes (#2) #26 Good Morning, Gorillas! August 23, 2002 N/A
Plot: In the Congo rainforest, Jack and Annie see gorillas.
The Mystery of Morgan's Rhymes (#iii) #27 Thanksgiving on Thursday Oct 24, 2002 #13, Pilgrims
Plot: In Plymouth in 1621, Jack and Annie share the beginning Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims and Wampanoag Indians.
The Mystery of Morgan'due south Rhymes (#four) #28 Loftier Tide in Hawaii March 25, 2003 #fifteen, Tsunamis and Other Natural Disasters
Plot: Jack and Annie travel to the Hawaii of the past and almost go caught in a tsunami. They also make 2 friends who share an adventure with them.
Learning from Heroes (#1) #29 A Big Twenty-four hours for Baseball August 1, 2017 #37, Baseball
Plot: Jack & Annie are whisked back to Brooklyn's Ebbets Field on April xv, 1947, to witness Jackie Robinson's Major League debut.
Learning from Heroes (#ii) #30 Hurricane Heroes in Texas August 7, 2018 #39, Texas
Plot: The magic tree firm takes Jack and Annie to Galveston, Texas circa 1900, where they observe out that a big storm is coming.
Learning from Heroes (#iii) #31 Warriors in Winter Jan viii, 2019 #40, Warriors
Plot: When the magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie dorsum to the early on 100s Advertizing, they notice themselves in a Roman camp.
Learning from Heroes (#4) #32 To the Future, Ben Franklin July ix, 2019 #41, Benjamin Franklin.
Plot: The magic tree firm whisks Jack and Annie back to meet Benjamin Franklin, only to cause a fourth dimension paradox when he returns to their fourth dimension with them.
Animal Rescues (#1) #33 Narwhal on a Sunny Night January 7, 2020 #42, Narwhals and Other Whales
Plot: When the magic tree business firm takes Jack and Annie to Greenland, they find out that their mission is to save a narwhal.
Animal Rescues (#two) #34 Late Lunch with Llamas July 7, 2020 #43, Llamas and the Andes
Plot: After their last rescue mission dorsum in Greenland, The Magic Tree Firm takes them into Llama Territory in Due south America.
Animal Rescues (#3) #35 Camp Time in California March ii, 2021 North/A
Plot: The Magic Tree House takes Jack and Annie to California, where they must save the wilderness.
Fauna Rescues (#4) #36 Sunlight on the Snow Leopard Jan 4, 2022 #44, Snowfall Leopards and Other Wild Cats
Plot: The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to Nepal with a mission to find a ghost.

Magic Tree House: Merlin Missions books [edit]

Magic Tree Firm: Merlin Missions books 1-27 were written for more advanced readers. They are more challenging adventures for readers ages 7–10.[xiii] The Magic Tree House: Merlin Missions were originally ordered sequentially, starting at Book #29 (Christmas in Camelot). With the 25th anniversary re-prints, the books accept been separated into their own distinct series and re-numbered starting at Merlin Mission #1.[13]

Original # Merlin Mission # Title Published Story Arc Plot Summary/Notes Companion volume
29 ane Christmas in Camelot October 10, 2001 In the Quest to save Camelot arc #1 Jack and Annie go on a quest to save Camelot, a quest that will show to a beleaguered King Arthur that children and imagination really can make a divergence. Eventually Jack and Annie intermission the spell over Camelot and see the Knights of the Circular Table most notably Sir Lancelot. This is also the outset story where Merlin the Magician sends Jack and Annie on an take chances instead of Morgan, having learned of their abilities from Morgan Le Fay. N/A
30 2 Haunted Castle on Hallows Eve June 18, 2003 In the Quest to salvage Camelot arc #2 Jack, Annie, and Teddy must restore order to a duke's castle, on the outer realm of Camelot, for Merlin. Jack and Annie reunite with Teddy from the Enchanted Dog arc who becomes a recurring character in the residual of the books. It is also the showtime book where Jack and Annie perform their own magic. Jack and Annie are able to utilise the power of a magic hazel twig to transform themselves back to humans from ravens and Jack is able to tap into its ability to defeat the Evil Raven King by turning him into a babe raven. This new power of theirs is probable foreshadowing of later books when they start to brand magic of their own. Northward/A
31 3 Summer of the Sea Snake March 9, 2004 In the Quest to save Camelot arc #3 Jack and Annie must retrieve the Sword of Light for Merlin for all the good of Camelot. Jack and Annie encounter Kathleen who, along with Teddy, becomes a recurring character in the books, acting as their sidekick. In this book Jack and Annie plow into seals to retrieve the Sword of Light and earn the right to wield it, learning later that the sword is in fact Excalibur and they retrieved information technology from Camelot'due south past so King Arthur tin can one day get it. N/A
32 four Winter of the Ice Magician September 28, 2004 In the Quest to save Camelot arc #four Jack and Annie must get on a mission for the evil Ice Sorcerer, which is retrieving one of his eyes, in club to free Merlin and Morgan. N/A
33 5 Funfair at Candlelight March viii, 2005 In the Using magic wisely arc #1 Jack and Annie must go and save Venice, Italy from a flood disaster, merely Merlin's instructions are disruptive. The next four books are office of an arc where Jack and Annie complete missions to bear witness to Merlin that they can utilize magic wisely. N/A
34 vi Flavour of the Sandstorms June 26, 2005 In the Using magic wisely arc #2 Jack and Annie must help the caliph of aboriginal Baghdad spread wisdom to the earth. N/A
35 7 Nighttime of the New Magicians March xiv, 2006 In the Using magic wisely arc #3 Jack and Annie travel to the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1889 in the Magic Tree Business firm. They take to salve four new magicians (Alexander Graham Bell, Louis Pasteur, Thomas Edison, and Gustave Eiffel), earlier an evil magician kidnaps them and steals the secrets of their magic. As it turns out, there is no evil magician and the only one that shows upwardly is Merlin himself who had wanted Jack and Annie to meet the four. N/A
36 eight Blizzard of the Blue Moon September 26, 2006 In the Using magic wisely arc #4 Jack and Annie travel in the Magic Tree House to the New York City of the Great Depression in 1938. They must help a unicorn under a spell. However, ii evil sorcerers in training, Balor and Grinda, are up to the same claiming. In this book, Jack and Annie are given the ability to make magic on their own via a magic wand. Northward/A
37 9 Dragon of the Red Dawn Feb 27, 2007 In the Happiness arc #1 Jack and Annie travel back in the Magic Tree House to feudal Japan to find the commencement of four secrets of happiness for Merlin the magician because Morgan has noticed that he does not feel well, does not eat or sleep, and is tired. To do this, they must spend the mean solar day with famous Japanese haiku poet Matsuo Bashō. North/A
38 10 Monday with a Mad Genius August 28, 2007 In the Happiness arc #2 Jack and Annie travel dorsum in the Magic Tree Firm to Florence, Italia, to find the 2nd of 4 secrets of happiness. To do this, they must help Leonardo da Vinci all day, "morning, noon, and afternoon, till the night bird sings its song." #19, Leonardo da Vinci
39 11 Night Day in the Deep Sea March 25, 2008 In the Happiness arc #3 The magic tree business firm takes Jack and Annie to a deserted island, in the 1870s, looking for another cloak-and-dagger of happiness. They get rescued by scientists on HMS Challenger (1858), in the Atlantic Bounding main, and end upward helping the scientists, who are looking for a sea monster. This book is 144 pages long, making it the longest book in the series. #17, Ocean Monsters
twoscore 12 Eve of the Emperor Penguin September 23, 2008 In the Happiness arc #4 Jack and Annie go to Antarctica to attempt to detect their concluding undercover of happiness, but they only find penguins. Just the penguins have the answer to this question. This is the merely volume where it is specifically stated that Jack and Annie did not travel through fourth dimension. They also use the wand to make magic twice: once to find the penguins and a second time to teleport to Mount Erebus, the but time they use its power twice. #18, Penguins and Antarctica
41 13 Moonlight on the Magic Flute March 10, 2009 In the Inspiring arc #i Jack and Annie caput to 18th-century Austria, where they must find and help a musician by the proper noun of Mozart. Decked out in the craziest outfits they've ever worn—including a wig for Jack and a giant hoopskirt for Annie, the two siblings search an entire palace to no avail. Their hunt is further hampered by the appearance of a mischievous little boy who is determined to follow them everywhere. Merely when the boy lets the animals out of the palace zoo, Jack and Annie have to use the only magic at their disposal to save themselves and the naughty little boy. The party is in the Summer Palace at five o'clock in the evening on October thirteen, 1762. When Jack and Annie use their magic flute (In Inspiring #1, 2, 3, and 4, the Wand of Dianthus changes into instruments.) Mozart makes a vocal called The Magic Flute. N/A
42 xiv A Skillful Night for Ghosts July 28, 2009 In the Inspiring arc #ii Jack and Annie are on their 2d mission to notice—and inspire—artists to bring happiness to millions. After traveling to New Orleans, Jack and Annie come head to caput with some existent ghosts, as well as detect the globe of jazz when they meet a young Louis Armstrong. #20, Ghosts
43 15 Leprechaun in Late Winter Jan 12, 2010 In the Inspiring arc #3 The kids meet a girl in their tertiary mission to put "artists" on the right path. She is sad because she believes in leprechauns and faerie, but cannot observe any. The girl grows up to exist Lady Gregory, a famous legend teller of the Irish lore. Can the kids relieve her from sadness and put the third creative person on the correct path? This is the first fourth dimension that something that one of the kids has written has been used to travel through fourth dimension: the kids time travel by wishing using Jack's notes on where they are traveling to. They travel to 1862 to become to Ireland. #21, Leprechauns and Irish Sociology
44 16 A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time September 14, 2010 In the Inspiring arc #iv The kids are whisked dorsum to Victorian England to help famed author Charles Dickens. The kids know Charles had everything he wants. Volition the kids find the thing Charles wants? The kids are thrown in jail, only to be saved by Charles Dickens! To find Charles' underground, they will need help from three ghosts and get to know Charles very, very well. #22, Rags and Riches: Kids in the Time of Charles Dickens
45 17 A Crazy Day with Cobras January 11, 2011 In the Penny's spell arc #ane When Penny, Merlin'due south beloved penguin (from Eve of the Emperor Penguin), is accidentally turned to stone by Teddy, the kids must travel to an Indian desert and find an ingredient to a spell before Merlin comes back. Jack and Annie accept to escape a swarm of male monarch cobras and meet the infamous All-Power Keen Mogul. To start their quest, Jack and Annie must detect an emerald rose to observe the first piece of breaking Penny's spell. #23, Snakes and Other Reptiles
46 18 Dogs in the Dead of Night Baronial 9, 2011 In the Penny's spell arc #2 Jack and his sister Annie travel to the Swiss Alps to get the second magical object to intermission the spell on the dearest baby penguin, Penny. They face a dog rescue and many other adventures. #24, Dog Heroes
47 19 Abe Lincoln At Terminal! December 27, 2011 In the Penny'southward spell arc #three Jack and Annie travel to the time of the Civil State of war, and they must help a friend of Abe's in order to notice the third souvenir for breaking Penny'south spell. The friend is an orphan named Sam. It'due south a race confronting time as Jack and Annie try to decide what is right. #25, Abraham Lincoln
48 20 A Perfect Time for Pandas July 24, 2012 In the Penny'due south spell arc #iv Jack and Annie visit Cathay during the Groovy Sichuan Earthquake of 2008. #26, Pandas and Other Endangered Species
49 21 Stallion by Starlight March 26, 2013 In the Greatness arc #i Jack and Annie become back to Ancient Republic of macedonia for an take a chance with Alexander the Great when he was a child and his famous stallion: Bucephalus. #27, Horse Heroes
50 22 Hurry Up Houdini! [xiv] Baronial 23, 2013 In the Greatness arc #2 Jack and Annie meet wizard Harry Houdini. Magic Tricks from the Tree Business firm
51 23 High Time for Heroes [xv] January 7, 2014 In the Greatness arc #3 Jack and Annie meet Florence Nightingale in Egypt. #28, Heroes for All Times
52 24 Soccer on Sun [xvi] May 27, 2014 In the Greatness arc #4 Jack and Annie travel to a soccer field in Mexico. #29, Soccer
53 25 Shadow of the Shark June 23, 2015 none While on a vacation from Morgan and Merlin, Jack and Annie accidentally travel dorsum in time over a thousand years to aboriginal Mayan times and meet sharks and Mayan warriors. In this book, Jack and Annie accidentally go to the correct place just the wrong time due to pointing to the wrong illustration. #32, Sharks and Other Predators
54 26 Balto of the Blue Dawn January 5, 2016 none Jack and Annie encounter Balto, a jet-black Siberian croaking in Alaska, 1925. #34, Dogsledding and Extreme Sports
55 27 Night of the Ninth Dragon July 26, 2016 none Jack and Annie must assistance save Merlin, Morgan, Teddy, and Kathleen (trapped in Avalon) and King Arthur (injured) when invaders threaten Camelot. #35, Dragons and Mythical Creatures

Magic Tree House Super Edition books [edit]

On January six, 2015, the commencement and only Magic Tree Business firm Super Edition book was released. It is 183 pages long. The super editions are longer than the original Magic Tree House books and the Magic Tree House: Merlin Missions.

# Title Published Story Arc Plot Summary/Notes Companion book
1 Danger in the Darkest 60 minutes January half-dozen, 2015 none The offset Magic Tree House Super Edition is called Danger in the Darkest Hour. [17] It was reprinted as World at War, 1944 in 2017.

Jack and Annie going back to Earth War Two shortly earlier D-Day to rescue Kathleen from behind enemy lines. It also features the first time they have had to deal with a situation using their own talents and with no help from magic since the Merlin Missions began.

#36, World War II

Not-fiction books [edit]

The Magic Tree House Fact Trackers (formerly called Magic Tree House Research Guides) are not-fiction companions to the fiction books, written past Mary Pope Osborne, Will Osborne, and Natalie Pope Boyce. They were outset released in 2000 past Scholastic and Random Firm. They provide more in-depth follow-upwardly data on the topics in the series than already covered.[18] Equally of January 2022,[update] 44 have been published. The first ii Fact Trackers were published in August 2000 as companions for the first two stories, and so 7 to eight years old. In 2008 story #39, Dark Day in the Deep Sea and its fact tracker #17, Ocean Monsters were the first story and fact tracker to exist published simultaneously.

No. Title Companion To: Date Published:
i Dinosaurs Magic Tree House #1: Dinosaurs Earlier Night August i, 2000
2 Knights and Castles Magic Tree House #2: The Knight at Dawn August 1, 2000
3 Mummies and Pyramids Magic Tree House #3: Mummies in the Morn February 27, 2001
4 Pirates Magic Tree House #4: Pirates Past Apex May 22, 2001
5 Pelting Forests Magic Tree House #vi: Afternoon on the Amazon September 25, 2001
half dozen Space Magic Tree House #8: Midnight on the Moon February 26, 2002
seven Titanic Magic Tree House #17: Tonight on the Titanic August 27, 2002
8 Twisters and Other Terrible Storms Magic Tree House #23: Twister on Tuesday February 5, 2003
ix Dolphins and Sharks Magic Tree House #9: Dolphins at Daybreak June 4, 2003
10 Ancient Greece and the Olympics Magic Tree Firm #16: 60 minutes of the Olympics June one, 2004
eleven American Revolution Magic Tree Firm #22: Revolutionary State of war on Wed September fourteen, 2004
12 Sabertooths and the Ice Historic period Magic Tree House #7: Dusk of the Sabertooth Feb ane, 2005
13 Pilgrims Magic Tree Firm #27: Thanksgiving on Thursday September ane, 2005
14 Ancient Rome and Pompeii Magic Tree House #thirteen: Vacation Under a Volcano April 25, 2006
15 Tsunamis and Other Natural Disasters Magic Tree Business firm #28: Loftier Tide in Hawaii February 27, 2007
xvi Polar Bears and the Arctic Magic Tree House #12: Polar Bears Past Bedtime September 25, 2007
17 Body of water Monsters Magic Tree Business firm: Merlin Missions #11: Dark Day in the Deep Sea March 25, 2008
eighteen Penguins and Antarctica Magic Tree House: Merlin Missions #12: Eve of the Emperor Penguin September 23, 2008
19 Leonardo da Vinci Magic Tree Firm: Merlin Missions #10: Monday with a Mad Genius January thirteen, 2009
twenty Ghosts Magic Tree House: Merlin Missions #14: A Good Dark for Ghosts July 28, 2009
21 Leprechauns and Irish gaelic Folklore Magic Tree Firm: Merlin Missions #15: Leprechaun in Late Winter January 12, 2010
22 Rags and Riches: Kids in the Time of Charles Dickens Magic Tree Firm: Merlin Missions #sixteen: A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time September 14, 2010
23 Snakes and Other Reptiles Magic Tree House: Merlin Missions #17: A Crazy Day with Cobras Jan 11, 2011
24 Domestic dog Heroes Magic Tree Business firm: Merlin Missions #eighteen: Dogs in the Dead of Night August 9, 2011
25 Abraham Lincoln Magic Tree House: Merlin Missions #19: Abe Lincoln At Last! December 27, 2011
26 Pandas and Other Endangered Species Magic Tree House: Merlin Missions #xx: A Perfect Time for Pandas July 24, 2012
27 Horse Heroes [19] Magic Tree Firm: Merlin Missions #21: Stallion by Starlight March 26, 2013
28 Heroes for All Times Magic Tree House: Merlin Missions #23: High Time for Heroes January 7, 2014
29 Soccer [xx] Magic Tree House: Merlin Missions #24: Soccer on Lord's day May 27, 2014
30 Ninjas and Samurai Magic Tree Business firm #5: Night of the Ninjas September 23, 2014
31 China: Land of the Emperor'south Groovy Wall Magic Tree House #14: Day of the Dragon Rex December 23, 2014
32 Sharks and Other Predators Magic Tree House: Merlin Missions #25: Shadow of the Shark June 23, 2015
33 Vikings Magic Tree House #15: Viking Ships at Sunrise September 22, 2015
34 Dogsledding and Extreme Sports Magic Tree House: Merlin Missions #26: Balto of the Blueish Dawn Jan v, 2016
35 Dragons and Mythical Creatures Magic Tree House: Merlin Missions #27: Dark of the Ninth Dragon July 26, 2016
36 World State of war II Magic Tree House Super Edition: Earth at State of war, 1944 March xiv, 2017
37 Baseball Magic Tree House #29: A Big Day for Baseball August 1, 2017
38 Wild West Magic Tree House #x: Ghost Town at Sundown January two, 2018
39 Texas Magic Tree Business firm #xxx: Hurricane Heroes in Texas August 7, 2018
40 Warriors Magic Tree House #31: Warriors in Wintertime January viii, 2019
41 Benjamin Franklin Magic Tree Business firm #32: To the Future, Ben Franklin July 9, 2019
42 Narwhals and Other Whales Magic Tree House #33: Narwhal on a Sunny Dark January vii, 2020
43 Llamas and the Andes Magic Tree House #34: Belatedly Lunch with Llamas July 7, 2020
44 Snow Leopards and Other Wild Cats Magic Tree Business firm #36: Sunlight on the Snow Leopard January 4, 2022

Other Magic Tree House books [edit]

# Championship Published Story Arc Plot Summary/Notes
ane Memories and Life Lessons from the Magic Tree House September half dozen, 2022 none This book serves as a celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Magic Tree House series, including quotes from the series and illustrations by the original artist, Sal Murdocca. Mary Pope Osborne fills this book with communication and with life lessons to share with the readers of the Magic Tree House [21] .

Repetition [edit]

The repetition in the books is one quality that makes the serial easier for younger readers to empathize.[22] Each book includes Jack and Annie traveling to some time or place via their magic treehouse to solve a mystery.[23] The objective of their mission is oft clear and usually involves collecting an object or meeting a specific person of historical importance.[24]

Repetition besides occurs in the actual writing of the books. The sentences, "The wind started to blow. The tree house started to spin. It spun faster and faster. So everything was still. Absolutely even so" occur in at least 32 of the 'Magic Tree Business firm' books as of 2005.[ix]

Repetition is known to brand learning to read easier, every bit kids go to do seeing and hearing the same sentences until they are comfortable with them.[22]

Legacy [edit]

Mary Pope Osborne'south books have been named to a number of the All-time Books of the Year Lists, including, School Library Journal, Parents' Magazine, The Bulletin of the Center for Children'due south Books, and Banking concern Street Higher of Pedagogy.[2] She has received honors from such organizations as the National Quango of Teachers of English, The Children'south Volume Council, and the International Reading Association.[2] She received the 1992 Diamond State Reading Association Award,[2] 2005 Ludington Memorial Accolade from the Educational Paperback Clan[25] and the 2010 Heidelberger Leander Laurels.[26] She has also received awards from the Carolina Alumni Association,[27] the Virginia Library Association[two] and in spring 2013 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of Due north Carolina at Chapel Hill.[28]

Ms. Osborne served two carve up terms as president of the Authors Guild and also chaired its Children'southward Volume Committee.[2] She has since traveled extensively in united states and throughout the earth, visiting schools and speaking on issues related to reading and books. In 2011, she attended the Tokyo International Film Festival for the premiere of the Magic Tree House anime film and visited schools in the seismic sea wave-hit area of Japan.[29] The motion picture grossed 5.7 meg dollars; Osborne donated all her proceeds into her educational works.[30]

She was profiled on NBC's Stone Eye with Brian Williams for her continued efforts to become books into the hands of underserved children on a Magic Tree Firm-themed tour autobus.[xxx] She spoke of the pressure level she feels as an author that children look upwards to, "for a kid to value someone who writes books is so extraordinary."[30]

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Magic Tree House serial in 2012, Ms. Osborne created a Magic Tree House Classroom Adventures Program. Ms. Osborne's mission with Classroom Adventures is to inspire children to read and to love reading[31] while simultaneously helping kids to read at form level by the end of 3rd course.[30] Free of charge, the program provides a fix of online educational resources for teachers and allows for Title i schools to apply for gratuitous Magic Tree Firm books.[31] Under Classroom Adventures, Ms. Osborne, in partnership with the First Volume arrangement in Washington, D.C., has donated hundreds of thousands of Magic Tree Business firm books to underserved schools.[32]

Adaptations [edit]

Magic Tree House Children'southward Theatre [edit]

The Magic Tree Firm brand has taken on other forms. A full-scale musical accommodation was created by Will Osborne and Randy Court; Magic Tree Firm: The Musical, premiered in September 2007.[33] Osborne hoped that it would have the same kind of kid and adult appeal as The Lion Male monarch or Mary Poppins.[33] Based on the Magic Tree House book Christmas in Camelot, the Musical has toured nationally[33] [34] and had a cast anthology.[35]

A planetarium show; Magic Tree House: Infinite Mission, also created by Will Osborne, is produced and presented exclusively at the Morehead Planetarium in Chapel Hill, N Carolina.[36]

In 2011, Will Osborne collaborated with New Orleans composer Allen Toussaint and Ain't Misbehavin' co-creator Murray Horwitz to write A Night in New Orleans, a musical accommodation of Magic Tree Firm #42: A Skillful Night for Ghosts near the life of Louis Armstrong. The prove features an ensemble cast and live jazz band. It premiered in 2012 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and was shown free to every Newark 4th grade student.[37]

Magic Tree Firm Kids Shows are theatrical adaptations of selected titles in the Magic Tree Business firm series designed specifically for performance past kids.[38] To date, children'south shows have been created by husband and wife playwright and composer team Randy Courts and Jenny Laird[39] in collaboration with Will Osborne based on the following Magic Tree House books: Dinosaurs Before Dark, The Knight at Dawn, Pirates By Noon, A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time,[39] A Night in New Orleans, and Stage Fright on a Summer Dark, a new children'southward testify based on the life of William Shakespeare, set to premiere at the Orlando Shakespeare Theatre in October 2017.[34]

Picture adaptation [edit]

The animated film Magic Tree Business firm ( マジック・ツリーハウス ), produced by Media Factory, premiered in Japan in October 2011[40] and was by and large released there on January seven, 2012.[41]

In 2016, Lionsgate caused the motion picture rights with a script by Volition Osborne and Jenny Laird. The picture will primarily contain plot elements from Book #29, Christmas in Camelot.[42]

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External links [edit]

  • Official website Edit this at Wikidata
  • Magic Tree Firm at Media Manufacturing plant (in Japanese)
  • Mary Pope Osborne blog
  • Magic Tree Business firm series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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