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A Good Night for Ghosts (Magic Tree House #42)
Jack and Annie are on their second mission to find—and inspire—artists to bring happiness to millions. After traveling to New Orleans, Jack and Annie come head to head with some real ghosts, as well as discover the world of jazz when they meet a young Louis Armstrong!
Hardcover, 128 pages
Published
July 28th 2009
by Random House for Young Readers
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Osborne uses a variety of small pictures throughout the story to break up and add detail to the text. Much like the story, “Horrid Henry,” the illustrations elaborate on more abstract ideas and scenes. The chapters are broken up into about 5-6 pages each, which makes good stopping points and rest points for slower or beginning readers. The text size is pretty standard. There are several characters in the book which means a lot of punctuation and quotation marks. The...more
Osborne uses a variety of small pictures throughout the story to break up and add detail to the text. Much like the story, “Horrid Henry,” the illustrations elaborate on more abstract ideas and scenes. The chapters are broken up into about 5-6 pages each, which makes good stopping points and rest points for slower or beginning readers. The text size is pretty standard. There are several characters in the book which means a lot of punctuation and quotation marks. The...more
Again, I commend Ms. Pope Osborne for "introducing" her readership to "The Great Satchmo" (I think that was one of Louis Armstrong's nicknames) and making him someone "accessible" to young folks.
My one "beef" with this particular installment is that Jack and Annie finally revealed to a historical figure that they were "from the future" if only to assure "Dipper" Armstrong that music was his destiny, was bound to be his legac...more
My one "beef" with this particular installment is that Jack and Annie finally revealed to a historical figure that they were "from the future" if only to assure "Dipper" Armstrong that music was his destiny, was bound to be his legac...more
Cathy
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My little guy was right when he said I'd love this one. There are many stories in this series that connected with my heart, but none more so that this tale about Loiis Armstrong. Maybe this will help yet another generations discover this wonderfully talented man and his music, as I've tried to introduce him to my boys. What a heartfelt joy this book is to me.
If you have yet to discover it, my favorite collaboration Louis did was a series of albums with Ella Fitzgerald. They are m...more
If you have yet to discover it, my favorite collaboration Louis did was a series of albums with Ella Fitzgerald. They are m...more
Although I'm sure the literary quality of the Magic Tree House Series is debatable, my kids love these books. When my daughter first started reading, the predictability of them acted as a vital support to her independent reading. I think that the books later in the series are significantly better than the early ones. A Good Night for Ghosts is set in the early 1900s in New Orleans. It provides an introduction to Jazz and has a fourteen-year-old Louis Armstrong as a main character. I read it...more
New Orleans, a teenage Louis Armstrong, and ghosts are just a few of the topics covered in this Merlin Mission. This book was a page turner and much better than the last Magic Tree House book I read (years ago). Can Jack and Annie convince young Louis to stop working to earn money for his family and spend more time on his musical talents? The Merlin Missions which start with #29, Christmas in Camelot are much more enjoyable than the original Magic Tree House books. This series has come a lon...more
This is just what you'd expect from a Magic Tree House book, just done a little better than usual. I really enjoy the Merlin Mission and it's neat what Osborne does with Louis Armstrong in this book. The title is a little misleading, considering that what Jack and Annie really have to do is get Louis Armstrong as a teen to realize that music is his future. However, there is a ghost scene which is done rather well and is ultimately very important to the story.
Great family read aloud a...more
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3.5 stars.
Better than many of the Magic Treehouse books (especially the more recent ones), this book actually adds some real history, features a real person, and briefly (too briefly for me, but I am reading to a kid who is about to age out of these) addresses the legalized racism of c1920 New Orleans.
There is also a small section my son loved--he hid under the covers, but that was in a good way--featuring a group of ghosts. It might scare younger kids or more sensitive k...more
Better than many of the Magic Treehouse books (especially the more recent ones), this book actually adds some real history, features a real person, and briefly (too briefly for me, but I am reading to a kid who is about to age out of these) addresses the legalized racism of c1920 New Orleans.
There is also a small section my son loved--he hid under the covers, but that was in a good way--featuring a group of ghosts. It might scare younger kids or more sensitive k...more
Another fun story in the Magic Tree House series. Magic, great music and some fantastic paranormal activity abound in this New Orleans tale. It's not as exciting as some of the other missions Jack and Annie have gone on, but it was a neat story about Louis Armstrong and his beginnings in music. Our girls enjoyed this story and I really liked how Mary Pope Osborne used titles of songs that Louis Armstrong recorded early in his career as chapter titles for the book.
I know this received a lot of great reviews but it just didn't work for me at all. My almost 8 year old brought this home, and we were reading it together, and it was a struggle. It just seemed so boring and dry, I haven't read any other Magic Tree house books, maybe if I had I'd like it better ..I don't know. It was just like reading a text book to me. It's nice that it has so much good history in it, but it would be a lot better if the story was more exciting.
I thought that it was okay. It seemed like they were trying to teach a history lesson rather than write an interesting book for children. It was my first magic tree house book and I probably wont' read any more. I know a lot of kids really like them but my kids didn't though it did hold my 3 and 5 year old attention but that could have been because I was letting them stay up while I read to them.
I started reading the Magic Tree House series to my kids in August. We've read many of them but not all yet. I recently skipped ahead to two that have Halloween as part of the story - this one and Haunted Castle on Hallow's Eve. I must say that A Good Night for Ghosts, a fun and informational story about Louis Armstrong and New Orleans, is my favorite so far!
This book just came out and we read it in one sitting. My kids and I love the Magic Treehouse series. We recently got "Magic Treehouse the Musical" CD and I would recommend it to any Magic Treehouse fans. It follows the story in the series "Christmas in Camelot."
This time the kids are sent to New Orleans to meet a young Louis Armstrong.
There they learn about the city, jazz and racism.
Would be a good book for lower grade teachers to read to their classes during Black History Month.
There they learn about the city, jazz and racism.
Would be a good book for lower grade teachers to read to their classes during Black History Month.
They met Louis Armstrong and it started to rain. And they went into this old shop that was haunted by ghosts, and they didn't know it. So they ran out and Louis Armstrong went on this boat and played music. The end.
My daugher read this and seemed to like it--historical fiction about Louis Armstrong. We all loved getting on Youtube to see him in action.
I read these books all the time when I was little! I love them as much as I did back then, even if the stories aren't at my level.
Great book for third graders. Good facts about historical personalties. A sequel is needed to find out more about Armstrong's life at the elementary level.
I liked the part when the met the jazz player, Louis Armstrong. Jack and Annie traveled to New Orleans.
I have to say the series just gets better and better with every book Mary Pope Osbourne writes!
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My favorite part was when the pirate ghosts came, but it was still kind of creepy.
This series is a family favorite and the kids are even more eager to read this one since it is based in New Orleans where Miss Deborah lives.
Boring storyline. Absolutely no action, "bad" suddenly becomes "happy".
I read this last summer with my Mom. It was fun to read together!
In this series, there are two kids named Jack and Annie who have a magic tree house and can go back in time to different places. In this book, they went back in time to find the King of Jazz. They met a boy named Dipper and went into a shack. They lit a match, but the match went out so the lit lanterns -- that's what you see on the cover. Then they saw a ghost and played music to a bunch of ghosts to keep them away. Then they went back home. They never found the King of Jazz. (Sam)
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read as e-book on my phone as an experiment - not ideal...
Up to the usual standards. This is such a good series.
I realy don't like this book. I think it stinks!=(
Check out my review at kissthebook.blogspot.com
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It was kind of wierd. I was a good book though.
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