Magic Tree House #1: Dinosaurs Before Dark 神奇树屋1：恐龙谷历险记 9780679824114

About Magic Tree House seriesMagic Tree House is a book series for young children by Mary PopeOsborne. The series features two children, the bookworm Jack andhis adventurous and imaginative younger sister Annie, who travel tohistorical places using a magic tree house. The magic tree housebelongs to Morgan Le Fay who, in the series, is King Arthur'ssister and a librarian. She uses the magic tree house to gatherbooks from time and space.Jack and Annie travel by opening a book, pointing at a picture of aplace and then wishing that they could go there. The magic treehouse then spins around and magically they arrive at thelocation.Book DescriptionA tree house that travels through time? Not possible, says Jack.But he has to admit--when he and his younger sister, Annie, startrunning into dinosaurs--that they're not in Frog Creek,Pennsylvania, anymore.From School Library JournalGrade 1-3-- This enjoyable time-travel fantasy is a successfulbeginning chapter book. Jack and his younger sister find a treehouse filled with books. When he wishes he could really see thePteranodon pictured in one of them, it appears at the window. Thechildren have been transported back to the Cretaceous period. Theybegin to explore and are soon threatened by a Tyrannosaurus. ThePteranodon comes to their rescue, and they figure out enough aboutthe magic that carried them back in time to be able to use it toreturn home. There is plenty of suspense and magic here, and enoughdinosaur information to please science buffs. Characterization issketchy and older children will find the plot predictable, butreaders just past the easy-to-read stage will find it satisfying.It should attract those who devour Ruth Chew's books.