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Some recent Magic Tree House books:
Tonight on the Titanic (Magic Tree House, #17): I really liked this one. Appropriately sad.
Buffalo Before Breakfast (Magic Tree House, #18): My daughter liked this one. I liked it right up until Annie (the little white girl) was magically rescued by a Native American goddess who never appears to anyone in the local tribe, but up until then Osbourne didn't seem to be doing too bad a job of writing about Native culture while White.
Tigers at Twilight (Magic Tree House, #19): A big favorite with my kiddo. She liked the monkeys, elephants, and tiger; I liked the hermit at the end.
Dingoes at Dinnertime (Magic Tree House, #20): She loved this one SO MUCH. Kangaroos FTW.
Civil War on Sunday (Magic Tree House, #21): Go, Clara Barton! Also, points to Annie for being pretty awesome and fearless here.
Revolutionary War on Wednesday (Magic Tree House, #22): I feel like I missed a lot of this one (we listen to the audiobooks in the car). I know George Washington crossing the Delaware was involved and I think Jack and Annie met their own ancestor (which might've happened in the Civil War one too). Overall, I suspect these two war books were a bit over my daughter's head (she's four).
(I have no memory of #23 or #24 - I think they might have been listened to while I was on a business trip.)
Stage Fright on a Summer Night (Magic Tree House, #25): Jack and Annie help Shakespeare save the day! The book the word-nerd parents have been waiting for the entire series! Though there was a bit with a bear that I wasn't into.
Good Morning, Gorillas (Magic Tree House, #26): Eh, Jack is boring and animals don't like him. We've heard that roughly 26 times now. But Annie got to cuddle baby gorillas so my daughter was into it.
Thanksgiving on Thursday (Magic Tree House, #27): I don't understand why, after traveling to almost 30 different moments in time and speaking easily to people who speak a different language from them and also have entirely different cultural norms, Jack and Annie and the Pilgrims get hung up on slang. They didn't have this problem with the people who lived during the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, or with Shakespeare, so what's the deal? So awkward! But this one is probably worth it because Jack falls in the ocean trying to catch eels.
Tonight on the Titanic (Magic Tree House, #17): I really liked this one. Appropriately sad.
Buffalo Before Breakfast (Magic Tree House, #18): My daughter liked this one. I liked it right up until Annie (the little white girl) was magically rescued by a Native American goddess who never appears to anyone in the local tribe, but up until then Osbourne didn't seem to be doing too bad a job of writing about Native culture while White.
Tigers at Twilight (Magic Tree House, #19): A big favorite with my kiddo. She liked the monkeys, elephants, and tiger; I liked the hermit at the end.
Dingoes at Dinnertime (Magic Tree House, #20): She loved this one SO MUCH. Kangaroos FTW.
Civil War on Sunday (Magic Tree House, #21): Go, Clara Barton! Also, points to Annie for being pretty awesome and fearless here.
Revolutionary War on Wednesday (Magic Tree House, #22): I feel like I missed a lot of this one (we listen to the audiobooks in the car). I know George Washington crossing the Delaware was involved and I think Jack and Annie met their own ancestor (which might've happened in the Civil War one too). Overall, I suspect these two war books were a bit over my daughter's head (she's four).
(I have no memory of #23 or #24 - I think they might have been listened to while I was on a business trip.)
Stage Fright on a Summer Night (Magic Tree House, #25): Jack and Annie help Shakespeare save the day! The book the word-nerd parents have been waiting for the entire series! Though there was a bit with a bear that I wasn't into.
Good Morning, Gorillas (Magic Tree House, #26): Eh, Jack is boring and animals don't like him. We've heard that roughly 26 times now. But Annie got to cuddle baby gorillas so my daughter was into it.
Thanksgiving on Thursday (Magic Tree House, #27): I don't understand why, after traveling to almost 30 different moments in time and speaking easily to people who speak a different language from them and also have entirely different cultural norms, Jack and Annie and the Pilgrims get hung up on slang. They didn't have this problem with the people who lived during the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, or with Shakespeare, so what's the deal? So awkward! But this one is probably worth it because Jack falls in the ocean trying to catch eels.
