Pirates: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #4: Pirates Past Noon

The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system Getting the facts behind the fiction has never looked better. Track the facts with Jack and Annie

When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #4: Pirates Past Noon, they had lots of questions. Did pirates really make people walk the plank? What was life like on a pirate ship? Is there any buried treasure around today? Argh How do you talk like a pirate? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts.

Filled with up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures. And teachers can use Fact Trackers alongside their Magic Tree House fiction companions to meet common core text pairing needs.
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Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Published: 05/22/2001
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.29lbs
Size: 7.58h x 5.21w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9780375802997
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.9
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 51906 / Pirates: A Nonfiction Companion to Pirates Past Noon


Review Citation(s):
Ingram Children's Advance 05/01/2001 pg. 39
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2001 pg. 190 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2002 pg. 190 - Recommended, Satisfactory

About the Author
WILL OSBORNE and MARY POPE OSBORNE have been married for a number of years and live in northwestern Connecticut with their three dogs, Joey, Mr. Bezo, and Little Bear.

Mary is the author of over one hundred books for children, including novels, picture books, biographies, and retellings of fairy tales and world mythologies. Will has worked for many years in the theater as an actor, director, and playwright. Together he and Mary have coauthored two books of Greek mythology and eight Magic Tree House(R) Fact Trackers. Will has also written a multimedia planetarium show, Magic Tree House Space Mission, and is cocreator with Randy Courts of Magic Tree House: The Musical, a full-scale Broadway-style family musical based on Christmas in Camelot.

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.