![]() Despite that, they manage to illustrate a magical world where siblings Jack and Annie have a magic tree house that takes them through time, with each book focusing on a different time and place, like the Wild West, or Ancient Egypt. (The repetition is intentional, as it helps build reading skills). They’re short books, with black and white illustrations, and basic, if not somewhat repetitive, language. The original series (as opposed to the Merlin Missions) is geared toward beginning chapter book readers. There are also the Merlin Mission books, for more advanced chapter book readers, some graphic novels, some activity books…there is a whole Magic Tree House universe out there. Then I realized there were also the Fact Tracker nonfiction books that went along with each book. So I found a boxed set of the first 30 or so books and bought some others, and we were set. While we don’t do all of that, I thought to myself, great! There are like a million of these books, it will be perfect for the summer. It involved reading each book, doing some worksheets on each one, supplemental games and books, and related television shows/movies one could watch. It all started out so innocently: I was looking for a fun unit study for my son, and I saw that there was a Magic Tree House unit study available. For my son, it’s been the Magic Tree House and the Magic School Bus series. If we’re lucky enough, we have that first series that was the catalyst for a love of reading. The shared love of the series with friends of mine created a bond that eventually spread beyond just BSC books - and even today, 35 years later, some of these friends and I still message on social media about books we’ve read and share them with each other. Sure, there might have been books before those (I’m sure there were), but that’s the first time I can really remember being a part of something larger with books. If there were no new BSC books, I’d choose a different book or try a new series. After that, every time they’d pick me up from school and we’d go to a bookstore, I’d race over to the shelves, hoping to see a new addition or two to the series. ![]() I remember my grandparents buying me the first book, and after I loved it, they bought me the next two. She is a new-ish mom, so the coffee comes in extra handy.ĭo you remember the books that made you a reader? What were the first books you had to have each time a new one came out the books that you traded with your friends and discussed endlessly? For me, it was the Baby-Sitters Club. She is a writer, editor, and book reviewer who drinks way too much coffee. Jaime Herndon finished her MFA in nonfiction writing at Columbia, after leaving a life of psychosocial oncology and maternal-child health work.
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