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Mummies in the Morning
(Magic Tree House #3)
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Jack and Annie don't need another mummy. But that's what they get when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to ancient Egypt. There they meet a long-dead queen who needs their help. Will Jack and Annie be able to solve the puzzle, or will they end up as mummies themselves?
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Paperback, 65 pages
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August 24th 1993
by Random House
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These books are like single bites of Twinkie - fluffy and insubsantial, and you hardly notice them go down. Because of that, I haven't bothered with reviews for the first two, but I'm feeling the need to point something out now with the third. This was an issue with the first two, but it's becoming increasingly egregious with this one: Osborne is kind of out-of-control with her sentence fragments.
Look at this two-page stretch as an example:

I count seven sentence fragments in this short passag ...more
Look at this two-page stretch as an example:

I count seven sentence fragments in this short passag ...more

Sep 24, 2008
C.
rated it
it was amazing
Recommends it for:
Magic Tree House readers
Recommended to C. by:
Nobody. I just found it.
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This book was a very quick read. I really like the Ancient Egypt aspect of this book and the fact that there was hieroglyphics all over the pyramid. I was skiiming this book and it made me realize how intriguing it can be to read this series. This series always makes me curious about what will happen next.
One of the parts that stood out to me was when the ghost queen was gone after they found the ancient book.
Even though this is a childrens book, it still has that element of surprise, suspense a ...more
One of the parts that stood out to me was when the ghost queen was gone after they found the ancient book.
Even though this is a childrens book, it still has that element of surprise, suspense a ...more

I finished this one a month ago on my last day of my tutoring job but forgot to post a review. I read this as a kid but barely remembered it. Honestly, this was a really good little book. Reading this as an adult, I liked it a lot more than the previous two books. The writing seemed to flow smoother.
FINAL VERDICT: 4 stars
FINAL VERDICT: 4 stars

these books are pretty entertaining, idk why i'm reading children's books these past few days 😔😔
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First of all, the cover is kind of scary looking, in my opinion. Also, in the book there was a rather gruesome description of a mummy which I thought went above the target age of the book.
Jack and Annie travel to Egypt, go inside an pyramid and meet a ghost queen. They help her find her way to the afterlife. I wasn't crazy about them meeting a ghost, since this book is supposed to teach history, but oh well.
Hate the way the author uses sentence fragments constantly. Is annoying. ...more
Jack and Annie travel to Egypt, go inside an pyramid and meet a ghost queen. They help her find her way to the afterlife. I wasn't crazy about them meeting a ghost, since this book is supposed to teach history, but oh well.
Hate the way the author uses sentence fragments constantly. Is annoying. ...more

My 6 year old son, Daniel, says, "I wish I could give it 10 stars! It's the best book ever!".
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This was another cute installment in the Magic Tree House series which takes place in ancient Egypt and I feel love any book with Egyptian themes. I definitely was intrigued by the mummy ghost and why she needed their help. Once again we also see the appearance of something that belongs to "M" so I'm hoping that in the next few installments we figure out who that is. I'll be doing a full review of this one soon.
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This is the third book in the series, and I have to say it's an improvement over the other two, but not much. The story isn't as flat and bland as the previous two. They discover hieroglyphics and learn about translating them. They solve a small puzzle. All-in-all I think my five-year-old would be more interested in this one than the last two, so I might have to try reading it with him. I think my almost-three-year-old would probably really enjoy this one because it will give him a whole new pla
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"Mummmies in the Morning" was an okay book in this series. It was not my favorite one. This book starts off when Jack and Annie are in the treehouse and pick a book about Ancient Egypt. Right as they are about to start their adventure a black cat appears in the treehouse. When they get to the pyramid in Egypt the black cat takes them inside the pyramid. Inside they find a mummy who needs the Book of the Dead so she can go to her next life. Jack and Anne find the book and the magic septer and giv
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"I liked this book because it was very interesting and super creative." - Eva, 8 years old
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Feb 10, 2015
Blake
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“Mummies in the Morning” is the third book in Mary Pope Osborne's Magic Tree House chapter book series. This book is probably one of my favorites in the series because this book stretches farther than just the main idea of all the other books in the series.
The book started out just like the others, Jack and Annie went into the Frog Creek woods to the tree house. This time Jack wished to go back in time to ancient Egypt to see the pyramids. When the tree house stopped spinning, Jack and Annie lo ...more

I didn't care for "Mummies in the Morning" by Mary Pope Osborne, because I didn't like the place they traveled to. Jack and his sister Annie went to the magic tree house and when they got there all the books were thrown every where. When they were cleaning up they saw a shadow behind Jack. The shadow disappeared and they were really creeped out. Jack and Annie time traveled to the dinosaur era. They were looking for four items for Daisy. They didn't want to stay in the dinosaur era, because it w
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I am a second grade teacher and I was looking in our literacy library for some new selections to use with my 5 reading groups. I saw this as an option for one of my groups to read during guided reading and I was so excited! My students love this series and one of my students came up to me after finishing and said he'd never heard of the series before but now he wants to read the whole series.
I really enjoy the way that Jack and Annie go on adventures and teach kids about different cultures and ...more
I really enjoy the way that Jack and Annie go on adventures and teach kids about different cultures and ...more

Oct 17, 2019
Erica Clou
rated it
it was ok
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I am not feeling the ghosts. Time hopping to see real things is one thing. Time hopping to see fake things is another.

Dec 04, 2015
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Title: Mummies in the Morning
Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Illustrator: Sal Murdocca
Genre: Historic (realistic) fiction
Theme(s): Cooperation, teamwork, ancient civilizations, friendship
Opening line/sentence: “’It’s still here,’ said Jack.”
Brief Book Summary: After Jack and Annie find themselves in ancient Egypt, they must help a ghostly Egyptian queen find her Book of the Dead so she can go on to her Next Life. As the story progresses, Jack and Annie partake on a journey filled with magic, mystery a ...more
Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Illustrator: Sal Murdocca
Genre: Historic (realistic) fiction
Theme(s): Cooperation, teamwork, ancient civilizations, friendship
Opening line/sentence: “’It’s still here,’ said Jack.”
Brief Book Summary: After Jack and Annie find themselves in ancient Egypt, they must help a ghostly Egyptian queen find her Book of the Dead so she can go on to her Next Life. As the story progresses, Jack and Annie partake on a journey filled with magic, mystery a ...more

Personal Response:
I read Mummies in the Morning to my younger brother, Tinsae, who was nine years old. He really liked the book because he now wants a the magical tree house. I thought the book was okay, because I found the book too kiddish. I found this book to be kiddish because I know the magic tree house can’t be real.
Plot:
The book started off when Jack and Annie were in the treehouse about to pick a book. The book they chose was about Ancient Egypt. Right as they were about to start their ...more
I read Mummies in the Morning to my younger brother, Tinsae, who was nine years old. He really liked the book because he now wants a the magical tree house. I thought the book was okay, because I found the book too kiddish. I found this book to be kiddish because I know the magic tree house can’t be real.
Plot:
The book started off when Jack and Annie were in the treehouse about to pick a book. The book they chose was about Ancient Egypt. Right as they were about to start their ...more

For me there is nothing better than sharing my love of reading with my kids. My youngest son who is in first grade is finally getting interested in chapter books, so I introduced him to the Magic Tree House series. So far we have read books 1-3 in the series and he is LOVING them. Since he is the youngest, he wants to be like his older brother and sister by learning to read quickly as well as jumping into other academic subjects. I am amazed at his reading ability! During the first book, he need
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This book is an adventure book in a series following the Magic Tree House. Jack and Annie are swept away on another adventure into Ancient Egypt. Through the story they are trying to help ghost mummy queen find a lost book. They are also intrigued though the series by the letter M. A cat follows them though this story also. In the story they are met with challenges. One of them being that the ghost queen has bad vision. So Jack gives her his glasses and then she is able to read the hieroglyphics
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The beginning of this books starts off with the listing what they know to be true. Previously, Jack and Annie found a book mark in one of the treehouse books that had the letter M in the same font as the M they found on the medallion in the first book. This could only mean that Jack and Annie have found the medallion from whoever it is that made the tree house. Once again, curiosity strikes in this book. As supposed to last book where Annie was the only one who wanted to see the nights, Jack als
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Magic Tree House books take everyone on an adventure. Jack and Annie close their eyes and suddenly their tree house starts to spin... and suddenly they are in another world! This graphic novel series is excellent for children beginning to read. It takes them on an adventure that lets their imagination soar. In this book, Jack and Annie explore Egypt and learn about mummies and pharoahs. Not only is the series imaginative and fun, but it's informative and includes a learning opportunity about uni
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Aidan and I really liked this book! Mostly because of the mummy aspect, to be honest. The writing is still a bit hard for me to get used to as I am not overly fond of fragmented sentences; there were more than a few paragraphs where multiple sentences could have been reduced to one or two.
This one MAY be a bit too "scary" for really little readers; there's talk about the mummification process up to how the brain was removed (Annie stopped Jack from explaining exactly HOW the brain was actually ...more
This one MAY be a bit too "scary" for really little readers; there's talk about the mummification process up to how the brain was removed (Annie stopped Jack from explaining exactly HOW the brain was actually ...more

This one definitely kept my son on the edge of his seat when I read it aloud to him. He even admitted that he thought it was a little spooky. It has definitely inspired him to learn more about Ancient Egypt and he wants to get his hands on a copy of the non-fiction companion novel which explains things a bit more. I love when books spark an interest in a new topic. We are are loving this series!

We are loving the series, although this one seems slightly less good than the others, hence the merely good rating. The others, even though the premise of how the children get to the place, seem grounded in science, but once they've arrived in the pyramid the children are visited by the ghost of a Nile Queen and their adventure proceeds from there.
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