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MAGIC TREE HOUSEBox Set of Books 13 - 16by Mary Pope Osborne, illustrated by Sal MurdoccaSee other Magic Tree House books click here Slipcase boxed set of 4 new softcover chapter books plus a Magic Tree House poster. Books measure 20 x 13cm, reading age 7+ years. 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! The Magic Tree House adventures continue in books 13 - 16. Morgan, 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? These 4 books form the Mystery of the Lost Libraries story arc: 13. Vacation Under the Volcano - Jack and Annie travel to Pompeii on the eve of the eruption of Mt Vesuvius. 14. Day of the Dragon King - Jack and Annie travel to China as it was 2,000 years ago. The Dragon King is also known as Emperor Qin. 15. Viking Ships at Sunrise - In medieval Ireland, Jack and Annie encounter Vikings. 16. Hour of the Olympics - Jack and Annie travel to Ancient Greece and see the first Olympic games. 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. See 'Ologies' and other information books at The Bookshelf of Oz click here Magic Treehouse Box Set: Books 13 - 16 in slipcase by Mary Pope Osborne |