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Mummies in the Morning (Magic Tree House, Book 3)
- By Mary Pope Osborne
- Genre: Fantasy
Common Sense Media says
Exciting time travel to Egypt.
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that there's nothing to be concerned about here, and much that's educational. A flying tree house is sure to spark young imaginations, as well as interest in Ancient Egypt. Girl and boy central characters try to do the right thing as they solve the mystery and aid a ghost-queen.
What's the story?
The treehouse is spinning again, and Jack and Annie are whisked back to Ancient Egypt. Their third easy-to-read, exciting adventure has them decoding hieroglyphs to help usher a ghost-queen mummy into the next life. Complete with black cats and secret codes.
Eight-year-old Jack and seven-year-old Annie are set for their third adventure when they find a book on pyramids in the magic treehouse. They soon land in the desert of Ancient Egypt, where they witness an Egyptian funeral procession carrying a sarcophagus on its way to a pyramid.
Then it disappears, and Jack and Annie follow a mysterious black cat to the burial chamber. Spooky shadows and strange cries lead them to a mummy queen, a ghost who needs help finding the Book of the Dead. The two adventurers follow hieroglyphic clues of stairs, boat, jug, and folded cloth to uncover the Book of the Dead and return it to Queen Hutepi.
Is it any good?
Mary Pope Osborne has the magic formula for creating suspense and intrigue without being too scary. The page-turning plot is episodic; each chapter moves quickly from pyramids, mirages, and black cats to tomb robbers, mummies, and false passages.
Jack reads from his book and records notes -- a clever device that gives kids just enough background on unfamiliar facts and terms of ancient Egypt, such as sarcophagi and hieroglyphs, to understand the story line. Not a thread is left untied; just when it seems the mystery is complete, Annie gets lost in a false passage. Suspense builds, as the two do-gooders have to crack codes to complete their mission.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about the history of ancient Egypt, and perhaps do some research. Why did Egyptians mummify their dead? Why did they build the giant pyramids?
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awesome! Read them with your 4/5 year old.....great imagination!
This has interested my 5 year old son to want to read chapter books. It is awesome to hear him talking about what book is next and what book he has already read in class. He is excited and learning a lot from them
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magic treehouse books #3 Mummies In The Morning
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I liked it...
I liked it...when I was in 3rd grade. Not a bad book, it can teach a young child, but the series starts to get boring once you reach 5th grade, tops. I recommend them for any gender, ages 7-10.
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I loved these books when i was little!
I remember this book! I read almost all of these before I got to old for them... haha this one freaked me out cause I hated (and hate but not as intensely) mummies, skeletons/bones, blood, etc. haha!
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Jack Rulez Annie Rox
I love this book. The way they escape from the Mummy is the highlight of the story
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It took me on an adventure
I read all of the books at my old school then I moved with my mom now i have a new lunch numer so i can read and retake them.I read all the one when they had to free Morgan from a spell.Weird thing is my names Morgan to.
Every night I dream about going in the magic tree house and taking an adventure.I read Dolphins at Daybreak and made a 100 I always make 100's on the test I also read the books twice before taking the test Earthquake in the Earlymorning is cool it made me ask a question How Do Earthquakes start?Can a volcano start them?so i looked online and in the exiclopida sometimes a volcano starts them sometimes it's the undergroung that starts the to!I love the books.Please please please make more.
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my review
its a great book though! i liked it and i got as an assignment to do a summary for it... so i think iwont be able to do that cause the book's too small and the vocab is so easy the only good thing about it is that i finished it in half an hour which is no time compare to charles dickens and Shakespeare. so yes its good for kids.... but not people from 10 and up.
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| Author: | Mary Pope Osborne |
| Illustrator: | Sal Murdocca |
| Book type: | Fiction |
| Genre: | Fantasy |
| Publisher: | Random House |
| Publication date: | January 1, 1993 |
| Number of pages: | 64 |
| Hardcover price: | $11.99 |
| Paperback price: | $3.99 |
| Publisher's recommended age(s): | 4 - 7 |
| Read aloud: | 4 |
| Read alone: | 7 |
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