Mummies in the Morning (Magic Tree House Series #3)

by Mary Pope Osborne, Salvatore Murdocca (Illustrator)

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

The Magic Treehouse is back, and where once there were dinosaurs and knights, there are now mummies. Join Jack and Annie as they get all wrapped up in their latest time traveling adventure.

Jack and Annie find themselves whisked away to ancient Egypt, where they

come face to face with a dead queen—and her 1,000-year-old mummy! "This will

be welcomed by beginning readers making the transition to chapter

books."—Booklist.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780780725768
Publisher:	Perfection Learning Corporation
Publication date:	09/01/1993
Series:	Magic Tree House
Pages:	64
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	6 - 9 Years

About the Author

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.

Hometown:

Goshen, Connecticut

Date of Birth:

May 20, 1949

Place of Birth:

Fort Sill, Oklahoma

Education:

B.A., University of North Carolina

Website:

http://www.marypopeosborne.com

Editorial Reviews

In this sequel to "Dinosaurs before Dark" (1992) and "The Knight at Dawn" (1993), Jack and Annie return to the mysterious, book-filled tree house that transports them through time and space. For this adventure, they select a story on Ancient Egypt and travel back to the pyramid of Queen Hutepi, who needs help finding her copy of the Book of the Dead for a journey through the underworld. This story, like most series books, is heavy on suspense and light on character development, but is distinguished by the intriguing details of Ancient Egyptian life and burial customs. Even the overused theme of reading allowing one to travel anywhere works well here. Some foreshadowing (clues about the mysterious owner of the tree house, who leaves souvenirs marked with the letter "M") and a hint about the pair's next destination add to the appeal. Illustrated with frequent black-and-white drawings, this will be welcomed by beginning readers making the transition to chapter books.

Kay Weisman

"This will be welcomed by beginning readers making the transition to chapter books."—Booklist.  

From the Publisher