Revolutionary War on Wednesday

Magic Tree House #22

by Mary Pope Osborne, Salvatore Murdocca (Illustrator)

The Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie back to Colonial America. They arrive just as General george Washington is planning the crossing of the Delaware. Before they know it, Jack and Annie are in a boat with the Father of Our Country as history is made! From the Trade Paperback edition.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Childrens, Fiction, Chapter Books, Adventure, Middle Grade

96 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Mary Pope Osborne is an American author of children's books and audiobook narrator. She is best known as the author of the Magic Tree House series, which as of 2017 sold more than 134 million copies worldwide. Both the series and Osborne have won awards, including for Osborne's charitable efforts at promoting children's literacy. One of four children, Osborne moved around in her childhood before attending the University of North Carolina. Following college, Osborne traveled before moving to New York City. She somewhat spontaneously began to write, and her first book was published in 1982. She went on to write a variety of other children's and young adult books before starting the Magic Tree House series in 1992. Osborne's sister Natalie Pope Boyce has written several compendium books to the Magic Tree House series, sometimes with Osborne's husband Will Osborne.

Reviews

[Jasmine from How Useful It Is]

Listened to this audiobook with my first grader.

This story followed siblings Jack and Annie. This time they witnessed The Revolutionary War, the war between US soldiers (patriots) and British soldiers (red coats). The British also had German soldiers fighting for them. The US wanted to be free from the Britain's control. Jack and Annie learned that the Commander in Chief was George Washington, our first US president. The siblings experience the secret mission, crossing the Delaware river. It was cold and on Christmas night. Again, I'm glad my kiddo and I got to learn history in this book.

We listened to this audiobook via Cloud Library app.

[Kate Grabowski]

I wanted to read a book about the revolution but didn't have room for another non fiction in my life and this popped up when I searched "revolutionary war" on Libby. I won't lie, I got goosebumps when Jack and Annie realized the "commander-in-chief" was George Washington. Honestly might start from the top.

[Mohi Hajihoseini]

داستان درباره‌ی عبور جورج واشینگتن از رودخانه‌ی دلاویر در ۲۵ دسامبر ۱۷۷۶ در زمان جنگ استقلال آمریکاست. خوندن کتاب در ۲۵ دسامبر ۲۰۲۱ تصادف جالبی برام بود😁

[Priscilla Andrews]

I love these books it was great

[Kathy]

Another fun read with the kids

[Karen]

One of Jacob's favorite Magic Tree House books. He read this on his own. Jake is a big fan of George Washington and the Revolutionary War...krb 2/15/16

[Stella]

It was actually a pretty good short children story. I learn something about American Revolutionary War.

[Jordan Wilson]

**3.25 stars**

I’m not sure the magic tree house war books are for me, though I liked the spy component

[Jack Murphy]

I read this one with my summer school students. “The greater the conflict. The greater the triumph.”

[Kayla]

Proof Washington was mean! 😂😂

[Amaal]

Title: Revolutionary War on Wednesday
Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Date of Publication: 2000
Genre: Fiction/Chapter Book
Annotations: In this book of the Magic Tree House Series, Jack and Annie go back to the colonial times and learn about the conducts during the Revolutionary War. Will they find what it is they’re looking for? Will they be able to keep history intact?

This is my first time reading a book from the Magic Tree House Series. These books seem to have good connections to actual events in history. For those who haven’t been exposed to this series, Jack and Annie are children who live in Frog Creek, Pennsylvania. They discover a magic tree house that belongs to Morgan le Fey, a magical librarian from Camelot and the time of King Arthur. Morgan travels through time and space, gathering books. Jack and Annie help her when they can. All they have to do to complete missions is point to a picture in a book and off they go through time and space to retrieve something and return to the present. It’s definitely a good book to intrigue the imagination—be it a child or adult.

Discussion and Comprehension Questions for children:
What are Jack and Annie looking for? How do they travel?
What were people called that fought against Britain? What were they fighting for?
What were the British called during the Revolutionary War? Why were they called that?
Who won the Revolutionary War and who was their leader?
If you could go back in time, what time period would you go to? Who would you want to meet?
If you went back in time, do you think you’d have the power to change history? Why?

[Malia Gaddis]

Summary: This Magic Tree House book tells about Jack and Annie traveling to the time of General George Washington to find something to send. The General is leading his people across the Deleware River to attack their enemy.

Evaluation: This book is a quick, easy read for 2-4th grades. The book contains some illustrations to help the reader imagine what is happening during the time period.

Teaching: I would use this book to read when learning about the Revolutionary War. I would read this book to help introduce the War because it doesn't have enough information. After each chapter, we will discuss the events that led to the war and how it affected the soldiers. This book will be used to help teach cause and effect. The students need to understand that there were events that happened in the war, which caused even more problems.

[Marissa]

Ah, yes. One of my childhood favorites. :’) Definitely contributed to my colonial America hyper fixation in elementary school.

[Molly Duncan]

The six year old reports that he loved this one, and that it was "epic" (his new favorite word for something good). The four year old had mixed feelings, and states that he only "kind of sometimes likes" Magic Tree House these days because there aren't enough pictures.

We read this one because we're studying American history this year and coming up on our Revolutionary War weeks. Personally, I enjoyed this one a bit more than some of the other MTH books primarily because the setting is one that I liked. I'm looking forward to reading to them about George Washington crossing the Delaware from some other books in a few weeks and watching them get excited because they already know a bit about this. I also liked the snippets of George Washington's real speech, although I wonder if that was as engaging for the child audience of this novel as it was enjoyable for me, and my guess is probably not. But anyway, this volume seemed like a good balance of some beautiful and educational and patriotic things I want to teach the boys while also being adventurous and exciting for them.

[KWilcox]

The Magic Tree House series is a great way for younger readers who are newer to chapter to gain confidence in their ability to read. These books are achievable due to being small in length with less words per page, a full page drawing per chapter, and a formula which each book in the series follows which lessens the amount of information a younger reader has to work at comprehending. These books are also good for older English Language Learners to use to increase their reading skills while learning about a part of history, without the books being insultingly young.
This particular book does not teach very much history in the story, compared to some of the other Magic Tree House books, but at the end of the book is a few pages about the Revolutionary War, George Washington, and Thomas Paine that are short, yet very informative in a readable manner. Then it has Jack and Annie's Guide to the 13 Colonies. This is very well done, giving simplified, yet full descriptions of the economies of the 3 main regions of the Colonies, and what life was like in each area. There are also accurately drawn pictures that support what is being described. I think if this book is being used to teach about that era, I would definitely start from the back and then go towards the front.

[Kevin Patton]

Carli’s review: I noticed the scroll in George Washington’s hand on the front cover. One thing I pictured was Jack and Annie with their new clothes on (when they traveled back in time). I wonder why Annie wanted to see George Washington on the boat. My favorite thing about this story was seeing George Washington.

[Alex]

I enjoyed this book because I liked the part when I learned that the Commander-in-chief was George Washington. I also enjoyed this book because I liked the part when the Patriots won the war by crossing the Delaware River and attacking on a stormy Christmas night.

[Olivia Gault]

Always a classic series. Because we finished Amelia Bedelia but still had 10 hours of the shift, I had an afternoon peruse of the book shelf and we read this icon. I’m not back at work tomorrow so the patient reading has come to an end for now but it’s been a lovely, nostalgic time.

[Marguerite Gray]

I read and used this as part of my research!

[Nickie]

This book was a fun Fourth of July read, especially since I’m 99% sure I’ve never read it before. And obviously I was living for the George Washington cameo.

[Martine]

3.5/5

[Danielle]

Boring

[Abby]

Another Emmett pick. He’s a fan!

[Sharon🔮👽]

I loved this!

[Shiv Goyal]

i had to do it for home work in a short period of time

[Elireadsandcrochet_]

Amazingggggggggggggggg

[Rachel]

Cameron has been so excited to make it to the George Washington adventure. This series has been so much fun to do with my kids and to talk about history.

[Rhiannon Peatross]

This was a great way to introduce my kids to George washington and learn about colonists and the early u.s.

[ccatieeeeeeeee]

This is the best textbook I’ve ever read for school. I can’t believe Jack and Annie are the reason America is a free country.

[Micah]

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