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Magic Tree House Boxed Set, Books 13-16: Vacation Under the Volcano, Day of the Dragon King, Viking Ships at Sunrise, and Hour of the Olympics

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        Magic Tree House Boxed Set, Books 13-16: Vacation Under the Volcano, Day of the Dragon King, Viking Ships at Sunrise, and Hour of the OlympicsMORGAN, THE MAGICAL librarian of Camelot, sends Jack and Annie to find lost stories in the ancient worlds of Roman Pompeii, imperial China, Dark Age Ireland, and classical Greece. Will the books help them in their darkest hours? This boxed set includes four exciting Magic Tree House adventures: #13: Vacation Under the Volcano, #14: Day of the Dragon King, #15: Viking Ships at Sunrise, and #16: Hour of the Olympics, as well as a Magic Tree House poster.

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Great book for the young reader by E. Kaufman
I bought the Magic Tree House books 1 through 16 for my eight year old daughter. She loves them. She reads a book in two days. She can relate to the stories and has an easy time explaining what she read. This is a great start-reader for children. Mary Pope uses a healthy combination of every-day words and with some more advanced verbiage. Though my daugter doesn’t always understand the big words, she is introduced to them. This challenges her comprehension. I would recommend this series to parents of children ages 7 to 9.

Great for early readers by T. Talebi
Our five year old son is an early reader, and one of the problems we’ve had is finding good books that are challenging enough, yet age appropriate and interesting. A lot of the chapter books we found to be written more for children 7 years or older, and these didn’t hold much interest for him, maybe because the material was too complex. On the other side, if the material was age appropriate they were written in a repetitive style using simple words that he found too boring. These books are just the right mix of interesting, exciting, and age appropriate, and we’re glad to have found them. He was becoming bored with reading anything other than magazines, and these books have re-sparked his interest, which is exactly what we were looking for.

My son LOVES these books by J. Poyer
My 7-year old son read all four the first day we got them. I asked him if he thought they were good and he said “They’re better then good; they’re
AWESOME!” … nuff said!

Helped children develop a passion for reading! by Starshine
Actually, I’m buying this series of books for two sets of grandchildren. When I started, it was to excite them about the world of books, rather than TV and video games. This series was recommended by my sister who is a teacher’s assistant in a pre-school.

The endeavor has been successful so far. One of the grandchildren had stated that he never wanted to learn to read! Now he is doing very well reading in school and is developing a passion for books. He carries HIS books everywhere. Another reads the books to his younger brother and they both have improved their skills in school.

These books are great for starting children on a life-long path of reading!

Great learning by Wink
The Magic Tree House Series is a great learning tool for children to pick up on history, science, etc mixed in with some adventure and fantasy.

• Magic Tree House Boxed Set, Books 5-8: Night of the Ninjas / Afternoon on the Amazon / Sunset of the Sabertooth / Midnight on the Moon
• Tonight On The Titanic (Magic Tree House 17, paper)
• Magic Tree House Boxed Set, Books 9-12: Dolphins at Daybreak / Ghost Town at Sundown / Lions at Lunchtime / Polar Bears Past Bedtime
• Magic Tree House Boxed Set, Books 1-4: Dinosaurs Before Dark, The Knight at Dawn, Mummies in the Morning, and Pirates Past Noon
• Buffalo Before Breakfast (Magic Tree House #18)

Dark Day in the Deep Sea (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))

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        Dark Day in the Deep Sea (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))Jack and Annie continue their quest for the secrets of happiness–secrets they need if they’re going to save Merlin. But when the magic tree house leads them to a tiny deserted island in the middle of the ocean, they’re not sure who needs help more–Merlin or themselves! The brother and sister team are soon rescued by a ship of explorers and scientists. But the crew isn’t looking for the secrets of happiness. The crew is looking for . . . a sea monster!

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Great kids’ adventure series by R. Bronsink
OK, I’m not reviewing this for myself, although I do enjoy the concept and the stories, but for my (nearly) six year old grandson. He simply adores this series by Mary Pope Osborne…except…at the start of each adventure, when the tree house moves and then stops…when it says…”then everything was still…absolutely still”…anyone remember Abbott and Costello’s “slowly I turn, step by step…”?
He just plain squeals when anyone either reads him that part or just starts the quotation (he loves it, though!)
The series shows great imagination (if you can “get over” the part where “magic” is involved. Sometimes I think we lose sight of the fact that magic is simply a storyteller’s device to see a different angle of the story or to introduce elements that are more imaginary. If you believe it exists, it does…if you don’t, it doesn’t) and helps kids to come to grips with cooperation and a bit of self sacrifice, as well as helpfulness. (I don’t know about you, but I struggle with that myself, and for our current generation of kids, they need all the help they can get!)
And, quite frankly, I bought it for the grandson because of the Octopus on the cover. He is enamored of this particular sea creature, and the story did not disappoint. (although we have read over 20 of the rest of the series as well, and he only found fault with one that I can remember, and I can’t recall which title that was…)
As soon as his mom had read him this one (it was a birthday present), he wanted it read to him again, and that to me says that it hit the right note with him.
The “Magic Tree House” series is a grand adventure for all concerned. It enthralls the younger readers (or being read to), and is a joy for the parents to read to their children or grandchildren. Covering all sorts of adventure and relationship topics, as well as great brother-sister dialogue, it’s just plain fun!

One of better stories from Merlin Series by N.E.H.
We have the complete series of MTH books, both the simpler paperback ones and the Merlin Series hardcovers. Currently my (almost) 8 year old son is ensconced in the books, but my 11 year old read this book as well just because she wanted to say she’s read them all (granted, it took her less than an hour to finish the whole thing, but she is reading at the 7th grade level so no surprise). Both really enjoyed the story, said it is one of the better story lines in the Merlin Series, interesting, creative, etc. Highly recommend.

An even more exciting expedition by Midwest Book Review
Mary Pope Osborne’s 39th addition to her ‘Magic Tree House’ series, DARK DAY IN THE DEEP SEA tells of Jack and Annie, who have to find one of the four secrets of happiness to help save Merlin the magician. But when they find themselves on a misty island, they wonder how they can find anything - and when a pirate ship turns out to be the world’s first floating science lab, an even more exciting expedition results.

Stories for Children Magazine 5 Star Review by V. S. Grenier
REVIEWED BY: Wayne S. Walker
The latest “Magic Tree House” book (#39) is now out. This time Jack and Annie are whisked back to the 1870s in the South Pacific to join the crew of the HMS Challenger on their scientific exploration of the dark depths of the ocean. They get to meet some real historical characters, such as scientist Henry Moseley and Professor Charles Wyville Thomson. From 1872 to 1876, the Challenger sailed nearly 70,000 miles around the world and found more than 4,000 new species of sea life. However, will Jack and Annie survive a raging storm at sea and the tentacles of a giant octopus to get back to Frog Creek, PA, with their new secret of happiness for Merlin?

We have been reading the Magic Tree House books since they first came out, and both of our boys have enjoyed them. What I like about them is that a lot of history and a good deal of geography, along with a little bit of traditional myth and legend, are included in a fictional story that appeals to children. So the books are educational, but they are also fun! While some of Jack and Annie’s dialogue is a little stilted, for the most part these books do not talk down to children but challenge both their thinking and their vocabulary.

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My grandchildren can’t wait for the new books of this series. They wer so thrilled when I brought it over and it’s read in one to two days. They already told me how much they liked it and wish the new one was on it’s way. I told them it’s on order for when it’s released.

• Winter of the Ice Wizard (Magic Tree House 32)
• Dragon of the Red Dawn (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))
• Magic Tree House #38: Monday with a Mad Genius (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))
• Sea Monsters: A nonfiction companion to Dark Day in the Deep Sea (Magic Tree House Rsrch Gdes(R))
• Magic Tree House #40: Eve of the Emperor Penguin (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))