Dinosaurs Before Dark

Reread for nostalgia's sake. it's so weird how when i was a kid they would take me an hour to read but now i can go through it in 20 minutes...

This is a middle grade fantasy, and this is the first book in the Magic Tree House series. In each books in this series takes you to a new place. I read the series to my kids and kids at my daughter's...

Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House Series #1) by Mary Pope Osborne,A good transition into chapter books for the new reader.While formulaic, predictable, and not particularly clever, this series s...

The children found a high tree and they are curious enough to search for answers. Annie is the youngest one and she never thinks before she acts. Jack is the most serious one and he almost every time ...

As an adult, I'd have to say this is not five star reading material. However, it rates five stars because my second grader eats these books up, and is getting a glimpse of loads of different places an...

This review goes for the entire series. Any books that can keep my almost-4-year-old so interested and excited that we can discuss them in the car, at breakfast, at lunch, before bed, guess what might...

Beginning readerFor grades 1-3Jack and his sister Annie discover a book-filled tree house, and, when Jack opens a book about dinosaurs, discover that it can magically transport them back in time to se...

I was wondering when to begin chapter books with my six-year-old, which is really to say I was wondering how to start him on the path toward our shared trip to Hogwarts that I've fantasized about sinc...

3.5 Stars The first chapter book Small-fry and I read together AND it’s one I loved when I was little so I have to round up. He was completely enthralled as hung on every word of this adventure. Eac...

The first book in the Magic Tree House series is an exciting beginning to the time-traveling adventures of 8½ year old Jack and his 7 year old sister Annie. Osborne builds this excitement deftly, fir...