Mary Pope Osborne – Cannonball Read 17

Sports are Fantastic Fun, and so are these books!

Sports are Fantastic Fun by Ole Könnecke

The Magic Tree House: Hour of the Olympics by Mary Pope Osborne

Ancient Greece and the Olympics: A Nonfiction Companion to Hour of the Olympics by Mary Pope Osborne

October 31, 2021 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

Sports are Fantastic Fun Ole Könnecke No gonna lie, I just went to the juvenile nonfiction section of my library and found the sports section to find something for the Sports Ball Bingo square. I’m not all that into sports, and there were other squares that interested me more. But I found some interesting picks! Sports are Fantastic Fun reads like one of the videos from the 1950’s that they would have featured in Mystery Science Theater 3000. But it’s paired with fun, whimsical […]

Books for kids, better left read by kids

Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne

Dolphins at Daybreak by Mary Pope Osborne

Ghost Town at Sundown by Mary Pope Osborne

Tonight on the Titanic by Mary Pope Osborne

March 14, 2020 by genericwhitegirl Leave a Comment

These are short, easy to read fantasy novels for children about a brother and sister who can travel anywhere a book is set via their magic treehouse. There is a little bit of subplot connecting one book to another (specifically the first 28 – yes you read that correctly – involve the Morgan LeFay missions where the mystical Morgan tasks the siblings with various errands). But my 7-year old son and I skipped books and found them readable without much confusion. Here’s a summary of […]

Your Roman holiday

December 21, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The one thing I have noticed with The Magic Tree House series, you do have to read them in order. As an adult, I can pick up something, but in Vacation Under the Volcano #13, Jack and Annie have had so many adventures you need to know some of the pieces of information given before to help explain a few things. However, it is a standalone title if you and your child talk about it. The story is basic: Jack and Annie go to Ancient […]

Caught out in the rain in the most dangerous Magic Tree House mission yet!

September 13, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

By my count, this is number 16 in my bingo journey and The Last in a Series! The Magic Treehouse series is an interesting one. Ever since I have heard about it, I wanted to read one. However, I have only read some of the non-fiction companions to the fiction stories and some of her non-Treehouse books. When the read the last in a series came up on the bingo board, I figured why not? Well, the problem is, there are series within the series! […]

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