That’s not my favorite for little listeners who are trying to figure out the world. It’s a supernatual-ified historical fiction. It would be easier if it were straight historical fiction, but it’s not. But the Magic Tree House books are a hybrid of the two and he just can’t quite keep straight what happened and what is made up. He understands that The Wind in the Willows is make-believe, and Little House in the Big Woods really happened a long time ago. My son has quite a bit of trouble distinguishing whether these books are fact or fiction. It can be difficult to explain while reading that parts of the story actually happened and parts of it are fantasy. There is always an additional supernatural element added to an otherwise historical setting. They go to the first Olympics, but Pegasus is there. The kids go to the pyramids and learn about ancient Egypt, but they also help a ghost cross to the afterlife. I’m going to be honest, my kids are crazy, so I don’t need to have sneaking out of the house normalized for them.įinally, the books are historical…sort of. AND NO CONSEQUENCES OF SNEAKING OUT AND LYING.
They are two elementary aged kids who sneak away from their parents all of the time and have awesome adventures. I don’t mind books where children make poor choices, as long as there are consequences of those choices or the characters have a guilty conscious. The author makes a point of hammering home that these elementary aged children are actively choosing to keep secrets from their parents. In many of the books the kids leave the house in the middle of the night while their parents are sleeping. Second, I dislike that in every book Jack and Annie sneak out of their house and do not tell their parents where they are going. And it just bugs me how much the author says “Jack and Annie” – when I read the books out loud to my kids I’m dying for a pronoun or two. The sentence structure is extremely simplistic. It is great for a beginning reader to read to themselves, but as a read aloud it is not my preference.
#Books and magical trees series
The Bad in Magic Tree Houseīefore you go and immediately buy the whole series on Amazon for the low, low price of $100.38, let me just tell you that I have some problems with the series.įirst, I do not love reading these books out loud because of the reading level. Jack and Annie have a lot of characteristics I would like my kids to have, too. They know the power of books and knowledge. It can be tough to find books that model a consistently positive sibling relationship. One of the things I like about the books is that they are so nice to each other. The main characters are a brother and sister named Jack and Annie who are in elementary school. These are all things I look for when choosing a book to read aloud to young kids. There are only a few characters in each book. The story lines are told from a single point of view. However, the chapters are short enough to read several in one sitting. The books are the perfect length to break up over several days. There are some really great things about the Magic Tree House series. That is a beautiful gift that Osborne has given to so many children! But I still wouldn’t personally recommend Magic Tree House books to read aloud to your family, and I’ll tell you why. And I’m so thankful that it is a clean series that has introduced so many children to reading. This series is an American institution, for crying out loud. Countless kids have discovered a love of reading because of these books. Their popularity has never wavered over the years. I know, what am I thinking offering a Magic Tree House review to the internet? Magic Tree House books have been around for generations.
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