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| Magic Tree House #39: Dark Day in the Deep Sea (A Stepping Stone Book(TM)) | 
 enlarge | Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Creator: Sal Murdocca
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Category: Book
List Price: $11.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (7 reviews)
Sales Rank: 909
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.8 x 0.7
ISBN: 0375837310
EAN: 9780375837319
ASIN: 0375837310
Publication Date: March 25, 2008
Release Date: March 25, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Great kids' adventure series April 9, 2008
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
OK, I'm not reviewing this for myself, although I do enjoy the concept and the stories, but for my (nearly) six year old grandson. He simply adores this series by Mary Pope Osborne...except...at the start of each adventure, when the tree house moves and then stops...when it says..."then everything was still...absolutely still"...anyone remember Abbott and Costello's "slowly I turn, step by step..."?
He just plain squeals when anyone either reads him that part or just starts the quotation (he loves it, though!)
The series shows great imagination (if you can "get over" the part where "magic" is involved. Sometimes I think we lose sight of the fact that magic is simply a storyteller's device to see a different angle of the story or to introduce elements that are more imaginary. If you believe it exists, it does...if you don't, it doesn't) and helps kids to come to grips with cooperation and a bit of self sacrifice, as well as helpfulness. (I don't know about you, but I struggle with that myself, and for our current generation of kids, they need all the help they can get!)
And, quite frankly, I bought it for the grandson because of the Octopus on the cover. He is enamored of this particular sea creature, and the story did not disappoint. (although we have read over 20 of the rest of the series as well, and he only found fault with one that I can remember, and I can't recall which title that was...)
As soon as his mom had read him this one (it was a birthday present), he wanted it read to him again, and that to me says that it hit the right note with him.
The "Magic Tree House" series is a grand adventure for all concerned. It enthralls the younger readers (or being read to), and is a joy for the parents to read to their children or grandchildren. Covering all sorts of adventure and relationship topics, as well as great brother-sister dialogue, it's just plain fun!
compassion April 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
the lesson in this book is about compassion for creatures we may not know much about; which takes place in the 1800's and scientists on the HMS Challenger, which really existed, as did the scientist Moseley. This was a time of exploration for scientist and a field that opened up called oceanography. My four year old enjoys these books immensely. This was not one of his favorites, but he still rates it as a "love it."
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