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susanneverreads's review against another edition
4.0
I had an assignment for class and choose to read this book for it.
Personally, I have always loved reading The Magic Tree House series. I read a lot of these books in elementary school and apparently my love from them is still here. I almost felt like I was a little girl again reading this book. I can't wait until my niece and nephew are old enough for these books!
Personally, I have always loved reading The Magic Tree House series. I read a lot of these books in elementary school and apparently my love from them is still here. I almost felt like I was a little girl again reading this book. I can't wait until my niece and nephew are old enough for these books!
4saradouglas's review against another edition
3.0
Not bad. This is actually my first experience with Magic Tree House books. My 1st grader thought it was amazing. Lots of action and absolutely no waiting for it. They used some good vocabulary as well. As I said, not bad.
jodi_ice's review against another edition
3.0
Cawpile: 6.93 3.5*
These little books are perfect for Readathon prompt fillers
These little books are perfect for Readathon prompt fillers
kice7788's review against another edition
3.0
I liked this but not the best in the series! Not a huge fan of the Merlin mission books. Seemed like there was so much extra in the book just to make it longer.
jbuck1975's review against another edition
4.0
For a little while now we haven’t read any Magic Tree House books, but last week my son brought this one home from the library at his school and this week he brought home another one so I guess he is ready to read more of them! I’m glad because this is a series I can really get into and that I enjoy with them, more so than some of the other chapter books they’ve self selected at library. If you are unfamiliar with the characters there is a prologue to help you jump in, but basically Jack and Annie are a brother and sister from Frog Creek Pennsylvania who find a magical tree house in the woods by their house. They find that they can wish to go places from books that are in the tree and in each place they learn something or go on a mission for either Morgan Le Fee or Merlin to find or help someone. We read the first 24 books in order but have skipped around through the rest, but that doesn’t seem to bother my children at all and it is easy to find where they are as each book is separate from the others. I would be more inclined to read them in order but that may just be my grown up sense of order!
In this book they go to a time before Camelot to save the Sword of Light so Arthur can later use it. They encounter a sea knight (a knight who rides a half horse/half water animal), selkies (people who are people on land and put on seal skins to be seals in the sea), a sea serpent and a spider queen. Using a riddle written by Merlin they navigate their way through this fantasy place to retrieve the sword for Merlin. They get the chance to become selkies and fight a sea serpent. This really held my children’s attention and was really well paced. I recommend this series to just about everyone, I've used it since I taught first and second grade. I look forward to finishing our book for this week as well. Check it out if you have kids!
In this book they go to a time before Camelot to save the Sword of Light so Arthur can later use it. They encounter a sea knight (a knight who rides a half horse/half water animal), selkies (people who are people on land and put on seal skins to be seals in the sea), a sea serpent and a spider queen. Using a riddle written by Merlin they navigate their way through this fantasy place to retrieve the sword for Merlin. They get the chance to become selkies and fight a sea serpent. This really held my children’s attention and was really well paced. I recommend this series to just about everyone, I've used it since I taught first and second grade. I look forward to finishing our book for this week as well. Check it out if you have kids!
nick13's review
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
I really liked how this one was more of just a journey through a fantasy world than one single concept, however, that strength is also this book's flaw as none of it seems too developed like the last book in the series.
Also the seal skin really creeped me out lol
Also the seal skin really creeped me out lol
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror
aggrano's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
nik_payne's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
librariann's review against another edition
3.0
How do *I* get a selkie skin, because I would like to swim through all of the jellyfish, please.