Our older boys are eager to continue reading them each day and as a parent it feels good having a new set of books to enjoy.įor those of you writing children’s books or trying to break into the children’s book market, these are a great resource to be familiar with. If you’re looking to freshen up your children’s book collection or find a book gift idea, Magic Tree House has been a bit hit in our home. It certainly wasn’t enough to cause me to stop reading, though I must admit I left a few words out of it here and there – an increasingly difficult thing to do with a voracious reader of a 6-year old who follows along and reminds me when I missed a word. Perhaps I took it one way and you’ll take it another. So far, this has been the only book that presents such a specific belief system as if it were true reality. The story presented the ghost queens need to decipher clues to help her make it to her next lift. They were to find her Book of the Dead as she communicated to them in ghost form. Magic Tree House Book 3 Mummies in the Morning by Mary Pope Osborneĭuring book #3, Mummies in the Morning, Jack and Annie find themselves in Egypt among the great pyramids helping a dead queen travel through the afterlife. I am a Harry Potter fan after all! To acknowledge many of you who do hold strong beliefs one way or the other, there was language in Book #3, Mummies in the Morning, for example, that made me hesitate. While some Christians are very opposed to books about magic (sorcery, spells, etc.), I’m not particularly one of those. The moments of panic are often short and subdued enough to keep attention spans focused without dragging on unnecessarily.Īs an Evangelical Christian, there have been situations that left me feeling uncomfortable. While each contains some frightful moments or high-stake risks, they are subtle enough for young kids to enjoy. There is adventure, wonder, learning, and magic.Įach book, (we were on Book #10 – Ghost Town at Sundown when writing this but have since finished them all), takes Jack and Annie from home to a magical adventure and back again. It is a portal type book in which the main characters teleport from their quaint home in Fog Creek Woods, Pennsylvania to a different land and time. They were magically bound, hanging on every page to know what happened next with inquisitive brother Jack and adventurous sister Annie.
#Books and magical trees cracked
We cracked open Book #1, Dinosaurs Before Dark, and the older boys were hooked! I don’t just mean they placated our desire to make our money well spent. Magic Tree House Book 1 Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne The best we could hope for is a fresh renewal for fun bedtime stories or a few minutes of additional peace and quiet during the day. Maybe the younger two would enjoy them later. The worst that could happen is we bought new books at new book prices our oldest wouldn’t care for. Rewind a couple weeks, we bought the 28-book set (now 38-books in the series) of Magic Tree House Books by Mary Pope Osborne. With schools closed and my wife powering through home schooling sessions, it was clear something had to be done to increase not only the quantity of book reading in the home, but also the joy of reading. They love books almost as much as they love electronics and video games.
Our 6 year old, nearly 4 year old, and 1 year old love books.
In the midst of COVID-19 closures, libraries still barred us weary souls from finding fresh material. Our children’s book collection, though impressive and filled with fun favorites and classics in my biased opinion, was getting stale.
#Books and magical trees series
*Scroll to the bottom if you’re only looking for the book series list titles to see how many books are in the Magic Tree House set or some frequent questions people ask about Magic Tree House books* In and Out of a Reading Slump
0 kommentar(er)
