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Dolphins at Daybreak (Magic Tree House #9)
Morgan le Fay will make Jack and Annie masters of the tree house if only they can solve four riddles -- which will take four books, of course! Dolphins at Daybreak begins the third set of four books in this magical (and increasingly popular) series!Jack and Annie are off in the Magic Tree House again, this time to a whole new world under the ocean.Complete with a giant oct...more
Library Binding, 80 pages
Published
July 22nd 1997
by Random House for Young Readers
(first published April 29th 1997)
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Dolphins at Daybreak is the ninth book in the Magic Tree House Series. This is a basic chapter book consisting of fantasy and adventure for second and third graders. This book starts with Jack and Annie both having a dream about The Magic Treehouse. Jack, Annie, and Morgan meet at the treehouse and Morgan tells Jack and Annie that she sent them the dream because she is in need of their help. Morgan is unable to collect books for the treehouse because of a spell that Merlin casted, so she has ask...more
Apr 12, 2012
Rachel Hancock
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Do you like tales of adventure? Do you like getting swept away into another world? Do you like learning about nature? If so, “Dolphins at Daybreak” is the perfect book for you! Mary Pope Osborne’s book is a part of the Magic Tree House collection and takes readers on an exciting adventure as two children try to solve a riddle.
In this book, Jack and Annie are given a riddle that says, “Rough and gray as rock, I’m plain as plain can be. But hidden deep inside, there’s great beauty in me. What am...more
In this book, Jack and Annie are given a riddle that says, “Rough and gray as rock, I’m plain as plain can be. But hidden deep inside, there’s great beauty in me. What am...more
This was a good book. This book was written Mary pope Osborne. Mary pope Osborne is the author of all the magic tree house books.
This book was about a boy and a girl named Jack and Annie having an underwater adventure. The reason they are having this adventure is because they want to be master librarians. But to become master librarian's and you have to figure out three riddles. They came to a beach and read the riddle which says: rough and gray as rock I'm plain as plain can be. But hidden de...more
This book was about a boy and a girl named Jack and Annie having an underwater adventure. The reason they are having this adventure is because they want to be master librarians. But to become master librarian's and you have to figure out three riddles. They came to a beach and read the riddle which says: rough and gray as rock I'm plain as plain can be. But hidden de...more
The magic tree house books have always been a favorite for many elementary students. These books are beginning chapter books, there are small chapters and pictures as well. Children love reading books that include pictures, but since it is a chapter book, children feel even more accomplished. During dolphins at daybreak, Jack and Annie go on an adventures to the ocean. They are on a mission to solve a riddle. The two kids go in a submarine through the ocean and they can see all the different oce...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 on book 5 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). I think the writing was prac...more
I decided on book 5 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). I think the writing was prac...more
This would be a great read for grades 2-3. First off, the plot grabs your attention right away with Jack and Annie being asked to go on a secret mission. Right away the reader is connected to the two characters and is intrigued with the plot line. As they go on their adventure, it is a very informative book on life beneath the ocean. It could be a really cool fiction book to tie into a science unit on marine life. Students could find facts from this book and nonfiction books about animals and pl...more
This is book nine of the Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne.
Jack and his little sister Annie both have the same dream. They dream that Morgan comes to them and says the tree house is back and she is waiting.
As soon as they wake up they rush into the woods to see. Morgan is there and says she needs their help but first they need to become Master Librarians. In order to do so they need to solve four riddles.
The first riddle will be solved by going to the Ocean! Jack and Annie are both e...more
Jack and his little sister Annie both have the same dream. They dream that Morgan comes to them and says the tree house is back and she is waiting.
As soon as they wake up they rush into the woods to see. Morgan is there and says she needs their help but first they need to become Master Librarians. In order to do so they need to solve four riddles.
The first riddle will be solved by going to the Ocean! Jack and Annie are both e...more
Dec 08, 2009
Christopher
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5 of 5 stars
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Read A loud: Kindergarten - 2nd grade
Read Alone: 3rd grade - 5th grade
The Magic Tree House series is a great first chapter book series. The stories are episodic but they continue with an interesting story that lends itself to a lot of curriculum. Dolphins at Daybreak would be good for any reader who was ready to make the step from easy readers to chapter books. vocabulary is at a level that challenges but does not scare off the reader, and new words are included in the context of the text. There...more
Read Alone: 3rd grade - 5th grade
The Magic Tree House series is a great first chapter book series. The stories are episodic but they continue with an interesting story that lends itself to a lot of curriculum. Dolphins at Daybreak would be good for any reader who was ready to make the step from easy readers to chapter books. vocabulary is at a level that challenges but does not scare off the reader, and new words are included in the context of the text. There...more
It has been awhile since Jack and Annie have seen the tree house or Morgan. But one night they both have a dream about her.
Turns out she is sending them under the ocean and they must solve a riddle:
...Rough and gray as rock
I'm as plain as I can be
But hidden deep inside
There's great beauty in me.
What am I?...
Jack and Annie travel in a mini-sub. They see a coral reef and lots of fascinating animals under the sea including an octopus, sea horses, jellyfish and starfish. Two dolphins named Suki and...more
Turns out she is sending them under the ocean and they must solve a riddle:
...Rough and gray as rock
I'm as plain as I can be
But hidden deep inside
There's great beauty in me.
What am I?...
Jack and Annie travel in a mini-sub. They see a coral reef and lots of fascinating animals under the sea including an octopus, sea horses, jellyfish and starfish. Two dolphins named Suki and...more
Mar 07, 2012
Brianna
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3 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
Young readers
I remember reading the Magic Treehouse series during Middle School, and they were always entertaining. I loved how they went all around the world, all throughout history, and you learned about different places and time periods as you followed your favorite characters through wonderful adventures. It was really cool. I recommend these books to your little adventurer. They are sure to not disappoint.
Do it! Read the book, because who knows what new world one might fall into? What interesting chara...more
Do it! Read the book, because who knows what new world one might fall into? What interesting chara...more
Sep 05, 2009
Sherry
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4 of 5 stars
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DOLPHINS AT DAYLIGHT
I liked this book for its excitement.
I think people should read this book because the excitement and discovery.
DAN AGE 10
Dolphins at daybreak
I really liked the dolphins because they helped Jack and Annie. They helped them swim back from the middle of the ocean when the mini sub broke. They saved their lives.
ALEXANDER AGE 8
Dolphins at daybreak
I like the book because when they
Went they went on the adventure.
KIMBERLY AGE 9
Dolphins at Day break
The dolphins looked really, re...more
I liked this book for its excitement.
I think people should read this book because the excitement and discovery.
DAN AGE 10
Dolphins at daybreak
I really liked the dolphins because they helped Jack and Annie. They helped them swim back from the middle of the ocean when the mini sub broke. They saved their lives.
ALEXANDER AGE 8
Dolphins at daybreak
I like the book because when they
Went they went on the adventure.
KIMBERLY AGE 9
Dolphins at Day break
The dolphins looked really, re...more
Dolphins at Daybreak continues the series of Magic Tree House Books. This one is a bit more interesting in its plot as it is driven by a single riddle. So while it is connected to the next four books in that they each have riddle that the protagonists, Jack and Annie, must solve to become Master Librarians, it is fairly self contained.
As always, Mary Pope Osborne does a great job using a basic formula to give a taste of time, place, and a bit of history in each book. This one takes Jack and Ann...more
As always, Mary Pope Osborne does a great job using a basic formula to give a taste of time, place, and a bit of history in each book. This one takes Jack and Ann...more
Oct 29, 2009
Sarah Sammis
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4 of 5 stars
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Sean received a box set of the first eight Magic Tree House books about a year ago. He and Ian read through them. Now that he's in second grade he's allowed to check out chapter books from the library. He has decided to continue reading the Magic Tree House Books and has wrangled me this time.
In Dolphins at Daybreak (Magic Tree House #9) by Mary Pope Osborne, Annie and Jack reunite with Morgan La Fay. She's having so much trouble with Merlin that her library duties are being put on the back burn...more
In Dolphins at Daybreak (Magic Tree House #9) by Mary Pope Osborne, Annie and Jack reunite with Morgan La Fay. She's having so much trouble with Merlin that her library duties are being put on the back burn...more
What happened to the lovely historical accuracy I've loved in several of the others in this series? This one crossed over the line of implausibility right into the ridiculous.
Jack and Annie discover a "mini-sub" abandoned on the beach and decide to climb in. Annie manages not only to turn it on, but to navigate it using "video-game-like" controls in which the picture of a starfish, when pressed, will cause the sub to descend, and the picture of a wave will cause the sub to ascend....
The eye-roll...more
Jack and Annie discover a "mini-sub" abandoned on the beach and decide to climb in. Annie manages not only to turn it on, but to navigate it using "video-game-like" controls in which the picture of a starfish, when pressed, will cause the sub to descend, and the picture of a wave will cause the sub to ascend....
The eye-roll...more
This was the first of Mary Pope Osborne's books that I read. Number four in the series. Sitting on my couch, new-ish, brown, sunlight steaming on me. I'd rented it from the classroom library.
It has remained my favorite book of the series even as I've aged and matured and read many, many, many of her other Magic Tree House books. They are all filled with magic, and the miracles and magic contained within nature and real life. In this one, the "real" magic is with the dolphins, a touching rescue...more
It has remained my favorite book of the series even as I've aged and matured and read many, many, many of her other Magic Tree House books. They are all filled with magic, and the miracles and magic contained within nature and real life. In this one, the "real" magic is with the dolphins, a touching rescue...more
While this adventure was not my absolute favorite, I enjoyed it none the less.
The submarine reminded me of Sky Kids, a movie I madly loved as a child. The adventure underwater and the scary creatures like the octopus and sharks were thrilling at the age of 9 which was when I probably read this book for the first time.
I was sad that the sub had to be abandoned to sink in the ocean when Jack and Annie had to escape the shark, but it was more alarming to think about swimming in the water with a sha...more
The submarine reminded me of Sky Kids, a movie I madly loved as a child. The adventure underwater and the scary creatures like the octopus and sharks were thrilling at the age of 9 which was when I probably read this book for the first time.
I was sad that the sub had to be abandoned to sink in the ocean when Jack and Annie had to escape the shark, but it was more alarming to think about swimming in the water with a sha...more
May 02, 2013
Alyssa Tobin
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5 of 5 stars
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This book is the ninth of the series and is as great as all of them. Jack and Annie head off on a new adventure with just clues to what they need to find. In this book the children get to experience sharks, submarines, and dolphins for sure. The book is not just fun to read, but contains great information too.
This is a great book to have in the classroom. Students not only get to read a great story, but each book contains lots of great information. When I was a child I read several of these book...more
This is a great book to have in the classroom. Students not only get to read a great story, but each book contains lots of great information. When I was a child I read several of these book...more
I liked this book because I like underwater adventures and also I learnt that an octopus will squirt black ink at its enemy. My favourite part of the book was when Jack and Annie had a ride on the dolphins. They saved them from the hammerhead shark. Annie liked the dolphins. At the end Jack and Annie were sad because they couldn't solve the riddle but then on the sand something hurt Annie's foot and the thing that hurt her foot was the answer to the riddle. The riddle was 'Rough and grey as a ro...more
-Random House
-Time: 10/16 =30 minutes, 10/21 =30 minutes, 10/22 =30 minutes
-7 words: sea,dolphins,reef,mini-sub,children,swimming,octopus
-Discussion questions
1. Have you ever watched dolphins? And where?
-Yep:) When I was a elementary school students and I visited Guam, I went to dolphin watching!
It was amazing!! and the sea was very beautiful.
2. Have you ever experienced anything dangerous in the sea?
-Yes. When I was 10 years old, my family went to the sea. Then, when my parents were buying food...more
-Time: 10/16 =30 minutes, 10/21 =30 minutes, 10/22 =30 minutes
-7 words: sea,dolphins,reef,mini-sub,children,swimming,octopus
-Discussion questions
1. Have you ever watched dolphins? And where?
-Yep:) When I was a elementary school students and I visited Guam, I went to dolphin watching!
It was amazing!! and the sea was very beautiful.
2. Have you ever experienced anything dangerous in the sea?
-Yes. When I was 10 years old, my family went to the sea. Then, when my parents were buying food...more
Jan 26, 2010
Jodi
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5 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
young readers
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books-read-to-my-children,
books-in-a-series
Book #9 in the Magic Tree House series. In this book, Jack and Annie visit a coral reef and have an adventure under the ocean. Cute, clean book and easy enough for young readers to read themselves such as my first grader. My five year old also likes them because of the adventure in them - he is very resistant to the idea of chapter books but is willing to listen to these because the chapters are short, written with a second grade reading level and have pictures sprinkled on just about every othe...more
Mar 14, 2012
Patty Valencia
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magic-tree-house,
children-chapter
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Magic Tree House Series! Always fun, exciting, and informative! These are great beginning chapter books for students. A couple of my first graders are plucking through them, and they cannot put their books down! Large print and plenty of illustrations help students with new vocabulary and lessons. This one introduces submarines, coral reefs, and a variety of sea creatures. I also like how there is a variety of text within the book, including riddles, lists, notes, textbook excerpts, and dialogue...more
I really love this book because is about dolphins and i love dolphins. It is about that Annie and Jack went in a mission and there they pass through many things they got in a problem because they found a mini-sub but they didn't know it was broken so they went in the mini-sub and they went down the water they saw alot of animals until the mini-sub was filling all with water so they got out from there and they had to swim to but the shark that they saw when they were in the mini-sub was in the ba...more
Annie and Jack saw the tree house again. And the magic lady Morgan told them they needed to find books. But they can't become libarians until they find all the riddles. They went to the wrong place in the ocean to find it. They didn't know the oyster at the first coral reef was the first riddle. But the dolphins were nice and helped them swim back to the reef. And they found the first riddle, it was the oyster. But they still need to find two more. They would not have believe it in the end but t...more
Morgan le Fay will make Jack and Annie masters of the tree house if only they can solve four riddles -- which will take four books, of course! Dolphins at Daybreak begins the third set of four books in this magical (and increasingly popular) series! Jack and Annie are off in the Magic Tree House again, this time to a whole new world under the ocean. Complete with a giant octopus, a hungry shark, and dolphins to the rescue, this Magic Tree House book delivers an underwater adventure kids can drea...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.
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.
The Magic Tree House series is very popular in Second Grade. For my students who are just barely ready for actual chapter book reading, these books are a perfect bridge for their learning. Often times I use Dolphins at Daybreak with a group of "bubble" readers. We call it a book club and we meet every once in a while to discuss what is happening. The students really love the topic and it encourages them to begin reading chapter books - while also feeling successful.
I took about 80 minute to read this book.
Discussion Question
1 In this story, two children were given a book to solve the riddle. So, what kind of book do you like?
I like mistery book. Especially the book of Yamada Yusuke. It makes me exciting.
2 In this book, two children had a kind of magic journey. So, where do you want to go?
I want to go to Peru. I want to see the Machu Picchu!
Summary
dream,tree, waman, riddle, ocean, dolphin,pearl
Discussion Question
1 In this story, two children were given a book to solve the riddle. So, what kind of book do you like?
I like mistery book. Especially the book of Yamada Yusuke. It makes me exciting.
2 In this book, two children had a kind of magic journey. So, where do you want to go?
I want to go to Peru. I want to see the Machu Picchu!
Summary
dream,tree, waman, riddle, ocean, dolphin,pearl
Lots of interesting facts and good suspense in this one. I loved when they swam with the dolphins; it's fun to see a personal fantasy of mine transmitted down to the next generation. I also enjoyed the way Annie always picks out names for the animals they meet. My guy is the same way, so he relates to that. Also, it adds some depth to the character. Hard to do in short books, but the development is there over the arcs of the series.
The riddle was easily solved from page one. The dolphins were described accurately as playful, compassionate, and intelligent. There was a sense of danger with a broken mini-sub, shark, and inking octopus. The boys also learned about coral reefs, which I connected to Nemo and saving the environment in a teachable moment. It went along perfectly in theme with the Hardy Boy mystery game where we were scuba diving in Hawaii.
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Mary Pope Osborne has channeled a lifelong love of exploration and travel into one of the most popular children’s book series of the past two decades. With her fantastic Magic Tree House series, Mary Pope Osborne keeps the good times rolling for kids all over the world.
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