Dinosaurs Before Dark - Paperback

$14.19

Availability: 50 left in stock

by Mary Pope Osborne (Author), Sal Murdocca (Illustrator)

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 series has been a beloved favorite for over 25 years and is sure to inspire a love of reading--and adventure--in every child who joins Jack and Annie!

Did you know that there's a Magic Tree House book for every kid?
- Magic Tree House: Adventures with Jack and Annie, perfect for readers who are just beginning chapter books
- Magic Tree House Graphic Novels: Jack and Annie's original adventures come to life with full-color, vibrant art, perfect for graphic novel fans and reluctant readers
- Merlin Missions: More challenging adventures for the experienced reader
- Super Edition: A longer and more dangerous adventure
- Fact Trackers: Nonfiction companions to your favorite Magic Tree House adventures

Front Jacket

Illus. in black-and-white. "With an entertaining blend of fact, farce, and fantasy, Osborne tells the story of Jack and his sister, Annie, who take a trip in a magic tree house and land in a time 65 million years ago. They find dinosaurs and volcanoes and adventure. Veteran storyteller Osborne builds the power of reading into the story: it's the books in the tree house that give the kids the magic to travel and see far, far away."--"Booklist.

Author Biography

MARY POPE OSBORNE is the author of the New York Times number one bestselling Magic Tree House series. She and her husband, writer Will Osborne (author of Magic Tree House: The Musical), live in northwestern Connecticut with their three dogs. Ms. Osborne is also the coauthor of the companion Magic Tree House Fact Trackers series with Will, and with her sister, Natalie Pope Boyce.

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.

Number of Pages: 80

Dimensions: 0.3 x 7.4 x 5.1 IN

Illustrated: Yes

Publication Date: July 28, 1992

Accelerated Reader:

Quiz Name: Dinosaurs Before Dark

Interest Level: Lower Grades, K-3

Reading Level: 2.6

Point Value: 1