Displaying 1 of 1 1995 Format: Book Author: Osborne, Mary Pope Title: Afternoon on the Amazon / by Mary Pope Osborne ; illustrated by Sal Murdocca. Publisher, Date: New York : Random House, 1995. Description: 67 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. Summary: 8-year-old Jack, his 7-year-old sister, Annie, and Peanut the mouse ride in a tree house to the Amazon rain forests, where they encounter giant ants, flesh-eating piranhas, hungry crocodiles, and wild jaguars. Target Audience Note: RL:2.1 006-009 Series: Magic tree house series ; 06 Magic tree house series 06. Subjects: Rain forests -- Juvenile fiction Rain forest animals -- Juvenile fiction. Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction Tree houses -- Juvenile fiction Other Author: Murdocca, Sal Notes: "A First stepping stone book." LCCN: 95003237 ISBN: 0679863729 (pbk.) 0679963723 0590965425 9781439589267 System Availability: 9 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 9 Control Number: 79833 Call Number: J FIC OSBORNE, M. Course Reserves: 0 # Local items in: 2 # System items in: 2 Place Request Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Suggestions and more Author Notes MARY POPE OSBORNE is the author of the New York Times number one bestselling Magic Tree House series. She and her husband, writer Will Osborne (author of Magic Tree House: The Musical ), live in northwestern Connecticut with their three dogs. Ms. Osborne is also the coauthor of the companion Magic Tree House Fact Trackers series with Will, and with her sister, Natalie Pope Boyce. SAL MURDOCCA has illustrated more than 200 children's trade and text books. He is also a librettist for children's opera, a video artist, an avid runner, hiker, and bicyclist, and a teacher of children's illustration at the Parsons School of Design. Sal lives and works in New York with his wife, Nancy. Fiction/Biography Profile Characters Jack (Boy), Student, Annie's brother; discovers a tree house with magical books; searching the Amazon rainforest for a magical object for Morgan le FayAnnie (Girl), Student, Jack's sister; discovers a tree house with magical books; searching the Amazon rainforest for a magical object for Morgan le Fay Genre AdventureFantasyFictionJuvenile Topics Brothers and sistersMagicTime travelMagiciansMissing personsRiver adventureRain forestsAnimals Setting Frog Creek, Pennsylvania - Mid-Atlantic States (U.S.)Pennsylvania - Mid-Atlantic States (U.S.)Amazon - South America Time Period 1990s -- 20th century Large Cover Image Series Summary The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system! Vampire bats and killer ants? That's what Jack and Annie are about to run into when the Magic Tree House whisks them away to the Amazon River. It's not long before they get hopelessly lost. Will they be able to find their way back to the tree house? Or are Jack and Annie stuck forever in the rain forest? Did you know that there's a Magic Tree House book for every kid? Magic Tree House: Adventures with Jack and Annie, perfect for readers who are just beginning chapter books Merlin Missions: More challenging adventures for the experienced reader Super Edition: A longer and more dangerous adventure Fact Trackers: Nonfiction companions to your favorite Magic Tree House adventures Librarian's View Find Similar Titles Displaying 1 of 1
