Magic Tree House: #9-12

by Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illustrator)

The Magic Tree House adventures continue in books 9—12. Morgan the magical librarian of Camelot challenges Jack and Annie to discover the answers to four riddles as they travel under the sea to the Wild West, the African plains, and the frozen Arctic. If they succeed, they will become Master Librarians! Books in this set Dolphins at Daybreak (#9) Ghost Town at Sundown (#10) Lions at Lunchtime (#11) Polar Bears past Bedtime (#12).

Genres: Childrens, Fantasy, Fiction, Audiobook, Adventure, Young Adult, Juvenile

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Mary Pope Osborne is an American author of children's books and audiobook narrator. She is best known as the author of the Magic Tree House series, which as of 2017 sold more than 134 million copies worldwide. Both the series and Osborne have won awards, including for Osborne's charitable efforts at promoting children's literacy. One of four children, Osborne moved around in her childhood before attending the University of North Carolina. Following college, Osborne traveled before moving to New York City. She somewhat spontaneously began to write, and her first book was published in 1982. She went on to write a variety of other children's and young adult books before starting the Magic Tree House series in 1992. Osborne's sister Natalie Pope Boyce has written several compendium books to the Magic Tree House series, sometimes with Osborne's husband Will Osborne.

Reviews

[Sofia]

literally the best books ever they were so fun

[Jory Bayne]

Really fun, educational books that my kids love, but quite repetitive/formulaic. Starts to get old after awhile.

[Charly Troff (JustaReadingMama)]

These are much the same as the previous ones. I think they do a great job at teaching history while keeping it entertaining for kids. I especially like the Pompeii and Titanic ones in this series.

[Janine Zachariae]

Warum mir dieses Buch nicht gefallen hat (und meinem Sohn auch nicht), erzähl ich in diesem Video:
https://youtu.be/HCONCsKgJR8

[amandalee]

2.5

I am only reading these for my son. We have read all we currently own, but I have a feeling we will be continuing this series.

[Gloo The third]

Some of these stories were really nice!

[Erin Brannick]

If you read one aloud, you've read them all. Too repetitive to the point of medium. Let your kids read them all they want, but move on to a real story with a real plot.

[Riley Lewis]

We still love the magic treehouse series at our house. The ocean, wild west and African Savannah books were awesome. The polar bear book had some weird native artic mysticism and animal worship of polar bears that I didn't love. My boys liked the overarching story that ties these 4 together where Jack and Annie solved 4 riddles to become master librarians.

[Jack Heimbigner]

Four more great adventures for my daughters

So thankful for these little books full of many wonderful adventures for my daughters. We keep reading through these stories over and over again.

[Nicole Mosley]

Loved these as a child. Taught both history and imagination.

[Sanne]

Knew what was going to happen on the begining

[carolyn graham]

I loved it so much!😀🐯🐖🐈🐕🐒🦁🐅🐆🐺

Liked it very much enjoyed learning about polar bears, Anartica dolphins and lions and the wild west. Loved them all

[Charles Johnson]

Excellent

My son and I love these (he just turned six and we've been reading this great series for 4 months now!). You won't be disappointed

[Gavin]

this book is so good and it feels like you are in the adventure with them

[Sheila]

This review is for the unabridged audio-cassette production of this collection of Magic Tree House Books (Books 9-12) read by the author Mary Pope Osborne.

The author does a very good job reading and narrating her stories. She is able to make the stories come to life, and suck the listener right into the story. Very well done.

Stories included in this collection are Dolphins At Daybreak, Ghost Town at Sundown, Lions at Lunchtime, and Polar Bears Past Bedtime.

[Bri]

This book swept me away to this other wonderful world. The setting was brilliantly set. I could totally see it in my mind. But the characters were definitely my favorite part. They are all so colorful, interesting, exciting, and hilarious. The main character is just perfect. The plot moved fast enough that I couldn't stop reading lest I miss something, but the author still took the time to flesh out the details. The details are what really make or break a story.

[Jo Steins]

All my kids loved listening to this book read aloud and reading it themselves. My 7 year old is almost done with the whole series and is passing it on to his friends. It will be sad when all the books are gone from our shelves but hoping that other kids will enjoy them.

[Awesome-sauce]

this book was so amazing it was ool and cool again and cool aain and cool again. it was sooooo cool. i rreally liked it. it was esy and cool again and cool again. yeah it was so cool yup it was so cool i used to read them all the time and it was so c

[Kaitlyn]

wow wow wow wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Julie]

Great chapter books for 1st-2nd grade readers

[Elaine]

I'm not sure I read #12, Polar Bears Past Bedtime, but I might have.

[Emma]

I read these when I was little!

[R]

I absolutely LOVED the series when I was a kid, and I still do! I would recommend it to anyone who likes fantasy / adventure books!! :)

[Konnor]

not really as good as i hoped

[Theresa]

a great collection of stories for the early reader inspires independance
two young siblings find a magic tree house that suddenly transports them to many historical lands and other adventures

[Sully (sully.reads)]

MAGIC TREE HOUSE = CHILDHOOD FUN :)

[Joel]

its very cool

[Jazmine]

Aaa

[Victoria]

Love the series!

[Afifah]

I love books that can teach me many things, even as I am getting older. My favorite of this set is Polar Bears Past Bedtime because going to the arctic was my dream years ago.