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Knight at Dawn (Magic Tree House, Book 2)

(1993, Fiction - Fantasy, Written by Mary Osborne, Illustrated by Sal Murdocca)

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 0, age appropriate for kids over 4; suggested age 4.

  • Is it any good?

    2.0

  • Common Sense says

    Predictable -- choose other books in this series.

Why We Rated This on for Ages 4 and Up

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  • Messages:

    Not an issue.
 

What to watch out for

  • Violence & scariness:

    Not an issue.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Knight at Dawn (Magic Tree House, Book 2)

Parents need to know that there's nothing of concern here. Time travel is fascinating to the young imagination, set here in a story with plain, repetitive language and short sentences, sprinkled with facts about castles and knights.

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  • Families can talk about the medieval background. How much of this is true, how much made up? If they read other books in the series, they could talk about what they like best, and what about the main characters stays true throughout.
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  1. Teen Reviewer Age 15
    mkalv
    Lives in New York
    I rate this title on for age 5 and give it 2.0
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    Meh time travel adventure.

    This book isn't one of the best in the series, but its educational, I guess.

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    bellaMOM
    I rate this title on for age 5 and give it 4.0

    Get beginner reader series

    This book held my sons interest enough that he wanted to pick it up and read some himself. I just started reading from the Magic tree house series based on recommendations from 2 media specialists because I was looking for something to peek his interest in reading. This series did that! He is excited and gets into the stories. The sentences are nice a short and it is a series to intorduce hesitiant readers into chapter books.

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  3. Kid Reviewer Age 8
    fran.santosrdz@h ...
    Lives in Kansas
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 2.0

    preety bad

    its not a very fun book

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  4. Parent Reviewer
    ChefMom
    Lives in Washington
    I rate this title iffy for age 8 and give it 1.0

    Not for my five year old.

    I began reading this book to my five year old son who is interested in fantasy. I had to explain a lot to him in the beginning about the Middle Ages; which was a good thing. The good thing about this book (and series) is that it teaches children about different places and periods of time. The book has hints of violence through it. My son asked me to stop reading about half way through when the children get thrown into a dungeon. It was just too scary. Characters in the book were mean and the 7 year old sister was rude and behaved poorly. I wouldn't recommend it until a child is 8.

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  5. Kid Reviewer Age 8
    zeal
    Lives in California
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 3.0

    comachello cha ka dragon

    It's not good for kids 0 up to 2 but I likeed the book.

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