MAGIC TREE HOUSE

Box Set of Books 1 - 4

by Mary Pope Osborne, illustrated by Sal Murdocca

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Slipcase boxed set of 4 new softcover chapter books - the first 4 books in the Magic Tree House series . Books measure 20 x 13cm, reading age 7+ years.

Get ready for a world of adventure with the first four titles in the beloved Magic Tree House series!

Jack and his little sister Annie are just two regular kids from Frog Creek, Pennsylvania. Then they discover a mysterious tree house packed with all sorts of books...and their lives are never the same! Soon they are traveling through time and space in the magic tree house and having amazing adventures. Whether it's watching baby dinosaurs hatch, finding a secret passage in a castle, helping a ghost queen in an Egyptian pyramid, or finding pirate treasure readers won't want to miss a single story!

1. Dinosaurs Before Dark - Jack and Annie discover the tree house and, using the magical books there, they travel back to the Late Cretaceous period (65 million years ago) where they meet a Pteranodon that saves them from a T-rex. Jack finds a gold medallion with the letter "M" on it.
2. The Knight at Dawn - In England during the Middle Ages, Jack and Annie explore a castle and meet a brave knight.
   
3. Mummies in the Morning - In Ancient Egypt, Jack and Annie help Queen Hutepi find her missing Book of the Dead.
4. Pirates Past Noon - Jack and Annie encounter some pirates in the Caribbean Sea and meet Morgan le Fay.
   
   

About the author and illustrator

Mary Pope Osborne (born May 20, 1949) grew up in the military, and by the time she was fifteen had lived in Oklahoma, Austria, Florida and four different army posts in Virginia and North Carolina. After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the early 1970's, Mary traveled all over Europe, and spent the first six weeks of her trip living in a cave on the island of Crete. She then joined up with a group of European young people and traveled in rickety vans through sixteen Asian countries, including Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Nepal. She was a bartender, an acting teacher, a waitress, a travel agent, a window dresser, and a medical assistant - all before becoming an author!

Now she is the author of many highly acclaimed novels, picture books, story collections and non-fiction books. She currently works with her sister, Natalie Pope Boyce, on the nonfiction companion titles to the Magic Tree House books. She lives in Goshen, Connecticut, with her husband, Will, and their two Norfolk terriers, Joey and Mr. Bezo. Mary's award-winning and bestselling Magic Tree House series has been translated into over 20 languages and sold over 53 million copies.

Sal Murdocca has illustrated over 200 children’s trade and text books. He is also a librettist for children’s opera, a video artist, an avid runner, hiker, and bicyclist, and a teacher of children’s illustration at the Parsons School of Design. Sal lives and works in New York, New York with his wife, Nancy.

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Magic Treehouse Box Set: Books 1 - 4 in slipcase by Mary Pope Osborne