Magic Tree House Books 21-24 Boxed Set: American History Quartet

We started reading the magic tree house series after a trip to America where I think the books are more widely known. The stories follow Jack and Annie on their travels through time to various places in history in a magic tree house. The books are all 10 chapters in length and are all based around some form of historic event or time. For example, we've read about the pyramids, ancient Greece, Pompei and the wild west to name few.As much as the books are fun fictional stories, the subject matter is factual and educational without children seeing it as such. Each story book does have an accompanying fact book although I can't comment on these as we haven't bought them.They did run an English version of the books (which are American based) for the first few although eventually they went back to a common series. We're on book 22 now and I believe there's more than 40.My 4 year old is too young to read them herself, although now she's learning to read at school she does read some of the words. They're probably better suited to 6+ as actual reading material. If like us though you're looking for a good bedtime series to get your teeth into then I can't recommend them enough.

Bought for my 5 year old son as an introduction to reading chapter books. He loves the different adventures in each book.There are generally 10 chapters in each book with about 6 pages to read in each chapter. My son currently reads the first page of each, then I read the rest.There are black and white pictures on roughly every 2nd or 3rd double page.These book sets are the American (rather than the English) version of the books, but there doesn't seem to be a lot of difference between the two (just the odd English/American word and the fact that the American books are set in Frog Creek woods, Pennsylvania, compared to the English version which is set in Frog Valley woods). Buying the sets (which only come in the American version) can save you a lot of money compared to buying each book individually.

This review is second-hand, as it were, because I haven't read it myself. Passed on unopened to my French grand-daughter who totally adores this series & just can't get enough of them. The accompanying map got a 10-star rating from her. Draws children into history in an engaging way.

Great series. My child flies through these historical stories.

Beautiful books. Had them within 2 days of ordering them. Fantastic service and beautiful product