Teachers and librarians love Magic Tree House ® books, too! Thank you for opening faraway places and times to my class through your books. They have given me the chance to bring in additional books, materials, and videos to share with the class. âJ. Cameron It excites me to see how involved [my fourth-grade reading class] is in your books â¦Â I would do anything to get my students more involved, and this has done it. âC. Rutz I discovered your books last year â¦Â WOW! Our students have gone crazy over them. I canât order enough copies! â¦Â Thanks for contributing so much to childrenâs literature! âC. Kendziora I first came across your Magic Tree House series when my son brought one home â¦Â I have since introduced this great series to my class. They have absolutely fallen in love with these books! â¦Â My students are now asking me for more independent reading time to read them. Your stories have inspired even my most struggling readers. âM. Payne I love how I can go beyond the [Magic Tree House] books and use them as springboards for other learning. âR. Gale We have enjoyed your books all year long. We check your Web site to find new information. We pull our map down to find the areas where the adventures take place. My class always chimes in at key parts of the story. It feels good to hear my students ask for a book and cheer when a new book comes out. âJ. Korinek Our students have âMagic Tree House fever.â I canât keep your books on the library shelf. âJ. Rafferty Your books truly invite children into the pleasure of reading. Thanks for such terrific work. âS. Smith The children in the fourth grade even hide the [Magic Tree House] books in the library so that they will be able to find them when they are ready to check them out. âK. Mortensen My Magic Tree House books are never on the bookshelf because they are always being read by my students. Thank you for creating such a wonderful series. âK. Mahoney
Dear Readers, After I finished Magic Tree House ® #22, Revolutionary War on Wednesday , I decided I wanted to write about pioneer times on the prairie frontier. As I always do, I went to the library for research. I read many nonfiction books about prairie pioneers. One day, I found a collection of true stories about women who had lived on the Kansas frontier in the late 1800s. When I read a passage about a tornado roaring toward a prairie schoolhouse, I got very excited. Iâd always wanted to write about a tornadoâand Iâd been thinking about setting my new book in a prairie schoolhouse! Now I could combine these two ideasâand be true to real life. I hope youâll enjoy your journey with Jack and Annie to the Kansas frontier. But when the wind starts to blowâwatch out! All my best,     Â
Osborne, Mary Pope. Twister on Tuesday / by Mary Pope Osborne ; illustrated by Sal Murdocca. p. cm. â (Magic tree house ; #23) âA Stepping stone book.â SUMMARY: When Jack and Annie travel back to the Kansas prairie in search of âsomething to learn,â they gain an understanding of how hard life was for pioneers and they experience the terror of a tornado. eISBN: 978-0-375-89480-0 [1. Time travelâFiction. 2. Frontier and pioneer lifeâKansasâFiction. 3. TornadoesâFiction. 4. KansasâFiction. 5. MagicâFiction. 6. Tree housesâFiction.] I. Murdocca, Sal, ill. II. Title. PZ7.O81167 Tw 2001 [Fic]âdc21