Okay, so I have a new least favorite... I suppose it's a good thing I started with the books I did or I would never have given this series this much of a chance.

My biggest issues here are that Morgan's note is written in cursive and then never repeated in print. Even my 3rd graders didn't start learning cursive until September... and from what I understand this series is directed at children even younger than that. It's incomprehensible to me that they'd make a book designed to encourage childre More...

Night of the Ninjas, by Mary Pope Osborne, is a historical fiction book intended for upper elementary readers with a lexile level of 280. The main characters in this book are Jack, Annie, Peanut the mouse, the ninjas, the ninja master, and the samurai warrior. The point of view of this book is third person. The setting is in ancient Japan where Ninjas and warriors are common in the forest. The plot of this book is that Jack and Annie must help their friend Morgan le Fay and to do so they travel More...

I've been reading the Magic Tree House books with my four-year-old for the past week, and we've really enjoyed them. They have a bit of magic, a bit of excitement, and really interesting settings. They are short enough that we can read an entire book in a single sitting of thirty to forty minutes, and my daughter stays engaged.

That said, they're pretty formulaic. There isn't much action happening. Each book takes Jack and Annie (the brother and sister protagonists) to a different time and place More...

If you've read my reviews of Sunset of the Sabertooth and Afternoon on the Amazon, you know my feelings about this series, which I consider to be poorly written and insubstantial in terms of information. After reading a few, I figured I'd go back to well-written books and when Logan could read, he could read all the Magic Tree House books he wanted. But then he found this one at a used-book store and what with his current passion for ninja, we couldn't pass it up. "That's okay," I thought. "I'll More...

As I always say, my 8 year old niece brought me the first 2 of these books to read. She loves them and she wanted me to read them too so we can talk about them. I find them fun and informative for kids about different time periods and different things around the world. I decided with this one to start reading them aloud for my dogs enjoyment too. (I know, you may think I am crazy - but they like them. Well one gets rather scared sometimes, but the other loves to listen). The ninjas were a bit s More...

It was a decent read. It may have probably been best if I started from the beginning of the series as opposed to starting with book #5 but I understood what was going on. Both Jack and Annie are travelers who travel to different places through pictures in books by the use of a Magical tree house that belongs to Morgan Le Fey. In Night of the Ninjas the siblings realize that Morgan needs their help. The magical librarian has left behind an unfinished message for them with clues, they must find fo More...

Mary Pope Osborne, the writer of the famous children's series: The Magic Tree House. Sends Jack and Annie back a few hundred year to the time of the Ninja and the Samurai, in Mid-Asia. The kids where on the side of the Chinese Ninja, and the Japanese Samurai where the enemy. What I liked about this book is the Ninjas, I love the weapons and their art of stealth. This book was full of facts, but it was a little to childish for my liking. These books are also not incredably long. There was not a l More...

The story was about this boy and girl named jack and Annie. they wanted to get a moonstone.Then this ninja came inside the tree house to see what they had inside it.

This story is about a brother and sister named Jack and Annie.They went inside a magic tree house.They needed to have a mission from Morgan.They needed to find a moon stone to complete their mission.They went to Japan to see the ninja king.Annie found a mouse on the floor and keep I for her own.She called it Peanut.Then the ninja kin More...

I never liked ninjas and this story was no exception, even in my young life. While the mysteries of where the tree house came from and how it worked and all the questions that readers wondered about it are all solved in Book 4, this is the start of a new set of adventures involving a mouse.

The mouse is the first of several animals that accompany Jack and Annie on their magical excursions.
The thrill of the riddles and the mystic of the ninjas are what make this a good read, and young children, More...

This is book five of the Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne.

Jack and his little sister Annie find a note in the tree house from Morgan. She needs their help. Shes been put under a spell and needs them to find four things to help her.
Jack and Annie find a mouse in the tree house that Annie calls Peanut. So the children see an open book make a wish and end up in ancient Japan. They look out the window and see 2 ninjas headed their way.

My son and I loved adventuring with Jack and Annie. More...

Jack and Annie feel called to the woods near their house and find that the tree house is there, but Morgan is not. A mouse is there and a scrap of paper is there. The paper is from Morgan asking them for help....they need to find 4 things and the first place they go is to Ancient Japan to a time of Samurai and Ninjas. They are taken to the Ninja Master and are given a challenge to get back to their treehouse without the help of the Ninjas, just by following Nature, using Nature and being Nature. More...

Between books 4 and 5, several weeks go by and the tree house is not in the woods, but the children keep looking. In this adventure, when the tree house reappears, Jack and Annie go to Japan on a mission to help Morgan. She has been put under a spell and the children need to find 4 things to help her.

In old Japan, Jack and Annie meet ninjas who teach them to 1) use nature, 2) be nature, and 3) follow nature.

They also have to escape from some samurai warriors and meet a mouse named Peanut who hel More...

Follow the 3 rules of ninja!
1. Use nature
2. Be nature
3. Follow nature

Oh yes, I am ninja. Why? Because Jack and Annie taught me how to be one!!! Haha!! Another adventure, even more fun! This time, Morgan has left a message. She is under a spell and needs Jack & Annie to help her by finding 4 things!! I loved this one. Not just because it had ninjas, but because it had ninjas AND samurais. What could be better than that?? [Toss in Godzilla and you've got destruction all over little Tokyo lol] More...

I like Ninjas so I liked this book. There is a master ninja in the book.

-RANDOM HOUSE,level?
-Time 10/2 = 20 minutes: 10/6 = 45 minutes.
-7-word summary: Jack - Annie - back - ancient- Japan - learn - ninja.
-Discussion questions:
1.When do you want to go back?
I want to go back to high school,especially third grade because it was hard to study, but other things was very exciting!
2.Are you interested in ancient Japan?
Yes,because I liked to learn Japanese history.And,it's amazing to leave something related to the time even now.

I like MAGIC TREE HOUSE's series.I want to ex More...

After their last adventure, Jack and Annie discovered that The M Person was Morgan le Fay. The books inside the magic tree house belong to her. In Night of the Ninjas, Morgan le Fay disappears, leaving behind a message and a little mouse, which Annie calls Peanut. In order to help Morgan le Fay, Jack and Annie must find four things. They travel back in time to ancient Japan, where they learn the secrets of the ninja from a ninja master, avoid evil samurai warriors, and find the first of the four More...

-Random House
-10/9= 15 minutes, 10/10= 15minutes, 10/14= 30minutes, 10=60 minutes
-7words:Japan, Ninja, Samurai, Nature, Mouse, adventure, children
-Disuccusion questions
1. If you could go back to past, what would you want to do?
-I would want to see Cleopatra! and check how she was beautiful.
2. If you could travel only one country, what country would you want to go?
And why?
-I would want to France! It is because I major in French as second language.
Moreover, heritages in France are very beautiful : More...

Jack and Annie went to ancient Japan.

the best book ever

ISBN 0679863710 - Books in series for kids aren't new - Nancy Drew, Trixie Belden, the Bobbsey Twins.. right on through to the Babysitters Club and Goosebumps - they've been out there for generations. This series, however, does seem to have a slightly younger target audience than most and that, in my opinion, is a very good thing. The younger they're hooked, the harder it is to give up the habit, and reading is a habit you want to encourage.

Jack and Annie are headed home from the library, wonder More...

Reading this book I understood why my sone loves reading these books. Eight year old jack and seven year old Annie have a Magic Tree House filled with books. this tree travels to anyplace they wish. In this book their friend is taken away and they mus t find her. this adventure takes them to Japan where they encounter NInjas. they then learn a great lesson about how to be a Ninja by using nature, being nature and following nature. In the end they dont find their freind but they get a clue that m More...

I read the first 4 books in this series aloud to G the summer before she started kindergarten but this summer I decided to try something new - we got both the book and the audio out of the library and she is reading along while the audio plays. It's a great confidence builder for her and I hope that she will at some point choose to read without listening along as I think these are solidly within her abilities. We also use each book to inspire a week or three of themed reading which is fun for bo More...

My generic review for the Magic Tree House books -

We've loved them all so far. They are fun, easy to read and contain quite a bit of historical information. We use them as read-alouds, but most elementary/middle school kids could read them on their own.

It does have a touch of 'girl power' at the expense of making the brother seem a little dumb. That kinda bugs. But it's not obvious and my boys haven't noticed. They think Jack is just as cool as his sister.

1.amount of the time I read
・about 60 minutes
2.word summary
(1)boy (2)girl (3)tree (4) Morgan (5)old Japan (6)Ninjas (7)Samurai
3.two disuccusion
(1)Which do you like ninjas or samurai?
・Hmm... it's difficult question. I like sumurai, because I think samurai is more tradicional in Japan. I studied that there were many samurais in old Japan.
(2)Do you like nature?
Yes, of course. When I was a elementary school student, I often play with my friends outside.

We read this on in two sittings, and if I'd let her, Emma would have insisted on reading the whole thing at once. She lives that the story is continued from each book. So even though the books are very short, it all comes together nicely now that we are several in. My biggest complaint is that every spoken word is "he said" or "she said"...not very much new vocabulary there, which is a little dull for reading aloud. So I make up my own "he replied" or "she exclaimed" :-)

Jack and his little sister Annie are two regular kids from Frog Creek, Pennsylvania... until they discover a mysterious tree house full of all sorts of books. From that point on their lives will never be the same again! They soon go on amazing adventures (plus children are learning bits of history and most don't realize it) as they travel through time with the help of the magic tree house. The chapters are short with pictures every few pages, making these books perfect for the beginning reader. More...