An unusual and memorable part of the history of the World Trade Center is captured in this exhilarating movie about a man who walked on a tightrope between the two towers.
Moongobble and Edward are off on another Mighty Task, even more dangerous than the first. Urk the toad, Fireball the dragon, and the Rusty Knight are coming along too, of course. This time their adventures will lead them right into the fearsome Forest of NIght. They're expecting danger. They're expecting adventure. What they aren't expecting is a discovery that will change Edward's life forever!
"Where are the lions?" Jack wonders when the Magic Tree House whisks him and his sister to the vast plains of Africa. Before he can find out, Annie starts to help hundreds of wildebeests cross a rushing river. Next, they follow a honey of a bird and meet an awesome Masai warrior. Jack hopes any lions will just stay away. But Jack is about to be very disappointed.
The Magic Tree House transports Jack and Annie to the freezing Arctic where they must solve Morgan le Fay's final riddle in order to become master librarians. But it's not going to be easy — especially when they have cracking ice, a seal hunter, and a prodigious polar bear to deal with.
Jack and Annie travel back to the ancient Roman Empire at the request of Morgan le Fay, who asks the siblings to retrieve a book for her library. The search, however, becomes much more difficult as Jack and Annie have only a few minutes before Mount Vesuvius erupts!
Jack and Annie set off to find an original copy of an ancient Chinese myth. Armed only with their magic library cards, they must take on a book-burning emperor. But with the help of a scholar and a silk weaver, they triumph again.
Eight-year-old Jack and his seven-year-old sister, Annie, are on the third of their four searches to save a dog, Teddy, from a spell. When they are sent to the jungles of India, will Jack and Annie be able to survive the wild beasts?
Where did the tree house come from? Before Jack and Annie can find out, the mysterious tree house whisks them back 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?
Wildfire! That's what Jack and Annie are up against when they are whisked away to the land of Australia. And they're not alone! Jack and Annie must help a baby kangaroo and a koala escape from a fire-filled forest. Will they be able to rescue the animals in time?
The Magic Tree House takes Jack and Annie back in time to the American Civil War. They meet Clara Barton, the famous nurse, and help take care of wounded soldiers.
The Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie back to Colonial America. They arrive just as General George Washington is planning the crossing of the Delaware. Before they know it, Jack and Annie are in a boat with the Father of Our Country as history is made!
In the latest book from this popular time-travel series, Jack and Annie find themselves in San Francisco on the morning of the great earthquake, helping get some kids to safety. The many factual details about 1906 disasters make this a great addition to your social studies curriculum.
Jack and Annie are whisked back to Elizabethan England where they meet the Bard of Avon himself, William Shakespeare, and luckily for them he is desperate for two small actors for his latest play! An exciting adventure and wonderful introduction to Shakespeare.
The Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie off to the mountains of Africa. There, they run into a huge mountain gorilla! At first they don't know whether they should shake hands or turn tail. But the ominous-looking creature turns out to be surprisingly gentle. Not only that, the gorilla may be able to help them learn their next bit of magic, which Morgan has challenged them to do.
