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Magic Tree House Boxed Set, Books 1-4: Dinosaurs Before Dark, The Knight at Dawn, Mummies in the Morning, and Pirates Past Noon
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Gеt ready fοr a world οf adventure wіth thе first four titles іn thе beloved Key Tree House series!
Jack аnd hіѕ small sister Annie аrе јυѕt two regular kids frοm Frog Creek, Pennsylvania. Thеn thеу learn a mysterious tree house packed wіth аll sorts οf books…аnd thеіr lives аrе never thе same! Soon thеу аrе roving through time аnd space іn thе key tree house аnd having іnсrеdіblе adventures. Whether іt’s watching baby dinosaurs hatch, finding a secret passage
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GREAT EARLY CHAPTER BOOKS,
When My son was younger these were among his most favorite books. He made sure we saved these so he could pass them on to his small brother to read to him once he is ancient enough. These are simple chapter books. They range in page count from about 68 to 96 pages I believe so they are relatively quick reads that can be read in a few nights depending upon your outcome’s reading level. This set contains the first four books in the series:
Book #1, DINOSAURS BEFORE DARK
Book #2, THE KNIGHT AT DAWN
Book #3, MUMMIES IN THE MORNING
Book #4, PIRATES PAST NOON
The First, Dinosaurs Before Dawn tells the tale of how jack and Annie (the series stars) first find the Key Tree House and learn how the books can convey them to magical lands and worlds. The first takes them to the Cretaceous period. Through clues and reading the book in hand they learn and learn things about dinosaurs.
In the “Knight at Dawn”, jack and Annie are transported back to medieval times. They find a castle and go exploring and find themselves on the run from the castle guards and worry they will never get back to the key tree house.
“mummies In the Daylight” Jack has always been fascinated by and pick up a book that has them roving back to ancient Egypt. Jack and Annie enter a pyramid and get lost inside. Inside they find the ghost of an Egyptian queen whose been trapped inside the pyramid for ages and Jack and Annie try to set her free.
“Pirates Past Noon” Jack and Annie picture a wonderful beach and are transported to the times of Pirates everywhere they are capture by Captain Bones who is seeking the treasure of Captain Kidd.
These books are geared for kids from the 2nd to the 5th grade I would say. They are entertaining, imaginative reads that help teach kids about description even as being fun to read as well. Some have commented that the writing, technically speaking is weak. That may be in some spots but I feel this is mostly intentional as they are writing for 6 – 10 year olds.
These books are really a joy to read and I loved reading them along with my son. I’m glad we saved them!
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|Fantastic Chapter Books for First, Second & Third Graders,
This is the first series of chapter books my son really wanted to read by himself. Even as many of the reviewers complain about grammatical errors, etc., I feel these can be overlooked as these delightful tales keep a outcome’s interest from start to end. Each chapter is honestly small and has frequent pictures (a must for beginning chapter readers). The main font have all sorts of adventures and the reader really learns some historical facts. Even as the books are probably too simple for advanced readers, they must fascinate to most beginning chapter readers. I reckon it is very vital that children reckon reading is fun and the books from The Key Tree House Series provide a wonderful introduction to chapter book reading!
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|Excellent intro to the next level of chapter books,
This series is an fascinating mix of fiction & nonfiction. Each book takes the font (siblings Jack & Annie) to another place and/or time to get a clue to solve a mystery or challenge. The mysteries come in 4 book units, so this box set gives one full tale unit. Our kids didn’t really get that involved in the ‘mystery’ aspect, in part because we were getting them mostly from the library, which never seemed to have all 4 of a given mystery group. What they loved was that it was a excellent simple chapter book, with many subjects or topics that were fascinating to them.
I would agree with the reviewer who complained about the standard of writing- it’s not fantastic- and would add that if your outcome is particularly well-versed in a topic in one of the books they are likely to find that they know more than is presented in the tale. I would place these squarely at 1st grade level… The Boxcar children are regularly threatened by rather sinister types, and because the tales are seen to be more current, it can seem more frightening than something that is clearly happening in another time- Pharoic Egypt, dinosaurs, etc.).
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