Magic Tree House #39: Dark Day in the Deep Sea (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))
Random House Books for Young Readers - Random House Books for Young Readers
Release date: 2008-03-25
Hardcover
Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Juvenile Fiction, Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction, Children: Grades 4-6, Action & Adventure - General, Fantasy & Magic, Juvenile Fiction / Historical / General, Readers - Chapter Books, Historical - General, Legends, Myths, & Fables - Other, Compassion, Fiction, Oceanography, Time travel
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Magic Tree House #39: Dark Day in the Deep Sea (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))
Date undefinedMy son loves all of the Tree House Books.
They just keep getting better & better!
Magic Tree House #39: Dark Day in the Deep Sea (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))
Date undefinedREVIEWED BY: Wayne S. Walker
The latest "Magic Tree House" book (#39) is now out. This time Jack and Annie are whisked back to the 1870s in the South Pacific to join the crew of the HMS Challenger on their scientific exploration of the dark depths of the ocean. They get to meet some real historical characters, such as scientist Henry Moseley and Professor Charles Wyville Thomson. From 1872 to 1876, the Challenger sailed nearly 70,000 miles around the world and found more than 4,000 new species of sea life. However, will Jack and Annie survive a raging storm at sea and the tentacles of a giant octopus to get back to Frog Creek, PA, with their new secret of happiness for Merlin?
We have been reading the Magic Tree House books since they first came out, and both of our boys have enjoyed them. What I like about them is that a lot of history and a good deal of geography, along with a little bit of traditional myth and legend, are included in a fictional story that appeals to children. So the books are educational, but they are also fun! While some of Jack and Annie's dialogue is a little stilted, for the most part these books do not talk down to children but challenge both their thinking and their vocabulary.
Magic Tree House #39: Dark Day in the Deep Sea (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))
Date undefinedMary Pope Osborne's 39th addition to her 'Magic Tree House' series, DARK DAY IN THE DEEP SEA tells of Jack and Annie, who have to find one of the four secrets of happiness to help save Merlin the magician. But when they find themselves on a misty island, they wonder how they can find anything - and when a pirate ship turns out to be the world's first floating science lab, an even more exciting expedition results.
