Helen Plum Library

Publisher

Scholastic, Inc

Pub. Date

[1989]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 2

Language

English

Description

Retells twelve tales from Greek mythology, including the stories of King Midas, Echo and Narcissus, the Golden Apples, and Cupid and Psyche

2) One world, many religions: the ways we worship

Author

Publisher

Knopf

Pub. Date

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 2

Language

English

Description

An illustrated introduction to comparative religion, discussing Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism

3) American tall tales

Author

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 3

Language

English

Formats

Description

A collection of tall tales about such American folk heroes as Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind, Pecos Bill, John Henry, and Paul Bunyan

4) Tsunamis and other natural disasters: a nonfiction companion to High tide in Hawaii

Author

Magic tree house research guide

Series

Publisher

Random House

Pub. Date

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Designed for younger readers, this is an informative, fact-filled guide to all kinds of natural disasters

5) Sharks and other predators

Author

Series

Magic tree house fact trackers volume 32

Publisher

Random House

Pub. Date

[2015]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

"When Jack and Annie came back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #53: 'Shadow of the Shark,' they had lots of questions. How many teeth do sharks have? What is their favorite food? What are some other top predators? How do they keep life in balance? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts about sharks and other predators"--

6) Return to Ithaca

Author

Series

Mary Pope Osborne's Tales from the Odyssey volume 5

Publisher

Hyperion Books for Children

Pub. Date

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Retells part of Homer's Odyssey in which Odysseus, with the help of the goddess Athena, plans to get revenge on those who have plagued his wife and son during his absence

7) Memories and life lessons from the Magic tree house

Author

Publisher

Random House

Pub. Date

[2022]

Language

English

Description

"Mary Pope Osborne recalls memories and lessons from her childhood side-by-side with quotations from her bestselling Magic Tree House series."--

8) The gray-eyed goddess

Author

Series

Mary Pope Osborne's Tales from the Odyssey volume 4

Publisher

Hyperion Books for Children

Pub. Date

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Retells a part of the Odyssey in which Ithaca, his wife, Penelope, and their son, Telemachus, are desperately warding off the men who want to marry her. Then a visit from a mysterious stranger gives Telemachus the courage to confront the suitors, and to search for his long-lost father

9) Midnight on the Moon

Author

Series

Magic tree house. Original series volume 8

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Formats

Description

The magic treehouse takes Jack and Annie to a moon base in the future where they continue to search for the fourth thing they need to free their friend Morgan from the magician's spell

10) Pirates past noon

Author

Series

Magic tree house. Original series volume 4

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Formats

Description

The magic treehouse whisks Jack and Annie back to the days of deserted islands, secret maps, hidden gold, and nasty pirates

11) Adaline Falling Star

Author

Publisher

Books on Tape

Pub. Date

2009

Language

English

Description

After her mother dies, Adaline is sent to live in St. Louis while her father–the famous scout Kit Carson–explores the West. But cruel relatives and her own daring nature soon force Adaline to extreme measures. Yearning for the faraway world of her mother’s people, and desperate for proof of her father’s love, she runs away and forges her own course through the wilderness. When she allows an abandoned dog to join her on the...

12) Dingoes at dinnertime

Author

Series

Magic tree house. Original series volume 20

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Formats

Description

The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie away to Australia, where they must save some animals from a wildfire

13) Magic Tree House Collection, Books 1-8: Dinosaurs Before Dark / The Knight at Dawn / Mummies in the Morning / Pirates Past Noon / Night of the Ninjas / Afternoon on the Amazon / Sunset of the Sabertooth / Midnight on...

Author

Series

Magic Tree House

Publisher

Books on Tape

Pub. Date

2017

Language

English

Description

Books 1-8 of the New York Times bestselling Magic Tree House series plus an interview with Mary Pope Osborne!

Meet Jack and Annie!

Jack and his younger sister, Annie, are just regular kids. But when they discover a tree house in the woods, something magical happens. In books 1-4, Jack and Annie are whisked back in time to the Age of Dinosaurs, a medieval castle, ancient pyramids, and treasure-seeking pirates....

14) The One-Eyed Giant & The Land of the Dead

Author

Series

Tales from the Odyssey

Publisher

HarperCollins

Pub. Date

2005

Language

English

Description

Mary Pope Osborne retells thrilling stories from Homer's Odyssey, one of the greatest epics of all time.

Volume One includes:

Book One: The One-Eyed Giant

When Odysseus must leave his home to fight in the Trojan War, he never imagines that he'll be away from his family for so many years. Now, at long last, he is leading his men across the seas. But many dangers await them — and none is more terrifying than

...

15) Dolphins at daybreak

Author

Series

Magic tree house. Original series volume 9

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Formats

Description

Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie deep into the sea, where they meet up with dolphins, sharks, and octopi as they search for the answer to an ancient riddle

16) Stage fright on a summer night

Author

Series

Magic tree house. Original series volume 25

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

Jack and Annie travel in their magic tree house to Elizabethan London, where they become actors in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and try to rescue a tame bear

17) Mummies in the morning

Author

Series

Magic tree house. Original series volume 3

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Formats

Description

Jack and his younger sister take a trip in their tree house back to ancient Egypt, where they help a queen's mummy continue her voyage to the Next Life

18) Dinosaurs Before Dark

Author

eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Playaway

Series

Magic tree house. Original series volume 1

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Formats

Description

Read the #1 bestselling chapter book that started it all! Magic. Mystery. Time-travel. Get whisked back in time in the magic tree house with Jack and Annie!
Where did the tree house come from?
Before Jack and Annie can find out, the mysterious tree house whisks them to the prehistoric past. Now they have to figure out how to get home. Can they do it before dark…or will they become a dinosaur’s dinner?
The Magic Tree House...

19) High Tide In Hawaii

Author

Series

Magic tree house. Original series volume 28

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

Jack and Annie travel in their Magic Tree House back to a Hawaiian island of long ago where they make friends, learn how to surf, and encounter a tsunami

20) Good morning, gorillas

Author

Series

Magic tree house. Original series volume 26

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description