Magic Tree House Books 1-28 Boxed Set

Great books my 3rd graders loved the whole set

I know several folks about my age who read some of these growing up, but I'm reading these for the first time when reading to my son at bedtime. These are approachable, easy to read aloud to a child, not too stimulating, and the chapters are short enough and the structure predictable enough that it makes a parent's role easier. The contents are also predictable in the sense that you don't have to worry too much about content filtering for age appropriateness; no questionable moral messages. A couple minor criticisms: (Acknowledging that these are children's books...) The contents are generally very simple, sometimes too simple in my opinion, even for the target audience. There's a good variety of settings, but the arc of each book (and even the longer arcs that carry across books) are like boring side quests to an aimless video game. I've observed it's hard for any of us to get invested in the characters or feel their adventures are much more than an errand. I think part of the problem is the limitations of the format, but also limited stakes, growth, and hurdles. There's also errors that can be annoying if you let them. Like the Moon book where the author obviously used her imagination and pre-1950 ideas about being on the moon, rather than doing some homework on it before world building. To be fair, I think these were written in the mid 90s before most of the modern Internet, but still... gravity doesn't change when you step outside, space suit oxygen systems and airlocks don't work that way, you wouldn't build a pressurized dome as the landing pad for a rocket, etc. Similar ideas in other books, like the antics with the octopus and mini-sub in the Reef book. These sorts of things aren't explained a way by contrivances or magic systems, but are giving children the idea that "this is how it really works". Truly, these are nitpicks, but depending on how much you care about a given topic, you may feel the need to pause and correct the author's lack of due diligence.

Amazing. I grew up on these books. I’m so excited to finally find a legit set to begin/add to my collection!

Our daughter loved these books before she could read. Highly recommend to your young readers - boy or girl alike. Once she started learning to read, these became her first chapter books. They've helped expand her vocabulary and taught her about history and some science in an incredibly fun way. We are almost complete with this set. It is amazing to see how quickly she can read these compared to when we started. The author is celebrated for a reason. She tells these stories in a way the is incredibly engaging to kids. And she knows how to cover historical topics that need to be handled delicately (like war) in a way that I've not seen with other books.

My seven year old son really liked them, he actually finished all of them.

Will for ever recommend these books! They are so fun for the whole family to read!

The books themselves are great but the box that holds them hardly keeps them all upright, it's very unstable

My son was having difficulty reading on his own. He always wanted to pick Star Wars or comic books for his nightly school reading. His teacher suggested that he read The Magic Treehouse series and I read the first 3 chapters of the 1st book to him and he was caught! He now reads them aloud to me. He has also started playing a game called "Magic Tree House" where he is Jack and his little sister is Annie. They both put on their school backpacks and explore all kinds of places. Not only am I happy my son is learning to love reading rather than watching television, but he is incorporating his love of the series into his imaginative play. I had to order the first set online because his teacher is missing some books in her loaning set at school. I think once my daughter moves through them I will donate them to the school so other children can benefit from the stories. I also like the historical element to them. My son was very interested in Eqypt after we read on book, so I took him to the local museum which just happens to be an Eqyptian museum. He enjoys the stories so much he wants to learn more about the places that Jack and Annie travel too! Excellent series I highly recommend them.

Compramos estos libros de 2a mano y en verdad están como nuevos, excelente compra a menor precio!

A great set of books for our junior library :)

Box is very flimsy but books are great. My daughter will love them. The UK version is much more appealing but this is not bad at all.

Coleção top. Vale muito a pena. Ótimo para crianças de 8-11a. Recomendo. Ler com as crianças e deixá-las lerem sozinhas.

I came across the Magic Tree House in a roundabout way through the French translation. I was immediately taken and they seemed to answer all my prayers and I ordered the box set. My son is just moving into chapter books and has struggled with distracting illustration or lack of fact. He does not do fantasy at all and loses interest very fast. For starters the layout of the pages was clear, no fancy wrap around pictures text, which makes reading harder for children who are moving onto chapter books. In fact most of the images are on separate pages. The images are clear and to the point, complementing the story effectively rather than great works of art competing with the text and distracting the reader. Some pages have no pictures. Great illustration is fine and fantastic in books read by parents to children but can really get in the way of a beginner reader trying to concentrating on the text. The stories are solid and sound based in reality with adventure and lots of fact. The Tree House device is not unlike the magic Key in the Oxford tree series. I think these are great follow on books at a great price, less the £2 per book! The two characters can be identified with. No poo or fart story lines here, thank goodness. My son's reading confidence is growing as he is working through his first chapter books. I am already a fan