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 Other Number: 79833 System Availability: 4 Current Holds: 1 # Local items: 4 Control Number: 79833 Call Number: FIC OSBORNE, M. Course Reserves: 0 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Place Request Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Suggestions and more Author Notes Mary Pope Osborne was born in Fort Sill, Oklahoma on May 20, 1949. She grew up in a military family, and by the time she was 15 she had lived in Oklahoma, Austria, Florida, and four different army posts in Virginia and North Carolina. She attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she majored in religion. After graduation, she traveled around Europe and Asia. Before becoming an author, she worked as a window dresser, a medical assistant, a Russian travel consultant, a waitress, an acting teacher, a bartender, and an assistant editor for a children's magazine. Her first book, Run, Run as Fast as You Can, was published in 1982. She is the author of the Magic Tree House series and the Merlin Missions series. Her husband, actor Will Osborne, helps her write the nonfiction companion series, Magic Tree House Research Guides. Her other books include The Deadly Power of Medusa, Jason and the Argonauts, Haunted Waters, and Moonhorse. (Bowker Author Biography) 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
