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| Date Added: January 31, 2012 11:33:09 AM | |
| Author: navrang | |
| Category: Arts & Humanities: Education | |
These books (The Magic Tree House Series) are ideal for about 5 - 8 year olds. They're full of illustrations and basic facts about the period to which Jack and Annie gettransported. Jack and Annie go to ancient Egypt and inside the pyramid of a queen. They help the ghost of said queen to find her Book of the Dead and thus complete her trip to the underworld. Also, a cat helps them out when the get lost in the maze of the pyramid in this, the third in the series. Another Magic Tree House book set in Ancient Egypt. A good book, but I was concerned that my daughter might be scared at the ending of a few chapters so I kept reading to reassure her. She didn't complain that I kept reading and the mystery was solved with no nightmares on her part (we read at bedtime). Good book for young readers! My 4 yo and I are enjoying these short early chapter books. There is just enough adventure and danger to make magic tree house books good story he can follow, as well as enough for me to enjoy. The bonus is these are "edutainment," so we both learn a few new facts. My son was a little confused that there was a real ghost in this book, but he did enjoy the story. Books 1-4 are part of the same story arc. Also check out the non-fiction companion book Mummies by the same author. A magic tree house allows Jack and Annie to use books travel through time to any place in the world and help solve mysteries and retrieve objects for the sorceress, Morgan Le Fay. Mummies in the Morning finds Jack and Annie landing in Ancient Egypt where they must help an ancient Queen locate her Book of the Dead so she can travel safely to the afterworld and stop haunting her own pyramid.This book (on audio) was my first exposure to the Magic Tree House series. The series has its fans and its detractors. After reading this first book I'm kind of on the fence. As I understand it the series is meant to be a sort of bridge lesson about between picture book and chapter books. The series also endeavors to convey a some epoch in history. All of that is fine with me and I say if a kid is wild about this series then great. Mine doesn't seem to have cottoned to it. And to be hones. I just love these books. "My" 7 year old is up to book 27, so I have a lot of catching up to do. He's having so much fun, he has no idea that each book is a social studies lesson. And they're fun for grown-ups too. I was disappointed it was over so fast. I've always loved combining learning with adventure stories, best entertainment there is. Not that anyone out of their tweens would read this without child-prompting; definately for the younger set, but more fun than most for the adult. |
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