Osborne, Mary Pope

Discusses facts behind Mary Pope Osborne's A GHOST TALE FOR CHRISTMAS TIME, covering topics such as the Victorian lifestyle and the lives of children during the time of Charles Dickens.

Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to Africa, where they meet up with wild animals and a very hungry warrior, and solve a riddle.

The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to Washington D.C. in the 1860s where they meet Abraham Lincoln and collect a feather that will help break a magic spell.

Jack and Annie research leprechauns and Irish folklore, hoping to separate fact from fiction. Includes definitions, illustrations, facts, and more.

Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to a monastery in medieval Ireland, where they try to retrieve a lost book while being menaced by Viking raiders.

The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back in time to feudal Japan where the siblings learn about the ways of the ninja.

"Jack and Annie use the magic tree house to travel back in time to 1947 Brooklyn, New York, where they pretend to be batboys at Jackie Robinson's first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Boston Braves"--Provided by publisher.

"Jack and Annie are magically transported to mid-1800's Thebes where they are saved from a dangerous accident by Florence Nightingale!"--Publisher.

In their magic treehouse, Jack and Annie are again transported to King Arthur's realm, where invisible beings, giant ravens, and mistaken magic spells have a duke's castle in an uproar on Halloween night.