Magic Tree House #2 The Knight at Dawn (13)

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Title	Magic Tree House #2 The Knight at Dawn (13)
Author	Mary Pope Osborne
Pages	68	Word count	5340
HENS Level		Cumulative word count	354833
Author	Osborne was born in Oklahoma, Until she was 15, Osborne's family relocated frequently for her father's career; they lived in Oklahoma, Australia, Florida and on four different Army posts before ending up in North Carolina, where they settled after her father retired. After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Osborne traveled extensively around the world before settling in New York City. In 1976, she married Will Osborne, actor, musician, and playwright. They have collaborated occasionally. Osborne's first book in print was published 10 years before the first Magic Tree House entry. That was Run, Run, As Fast As You Can in 1982, a semi-autobiographical story of a young girl growing up in a military family,
Summary	Jack and Annie couldn’t sleep because of the adventure they had the other night. They went to the magic tree house again. Annie found an book interesting which was about knights and castles. There was a picture of a knight on a black horse. Pointing the knight, Annie made a wish. Now, they could hear a horse neighing and then everything changed by the tree house spinning faster and faster. The kids followed after the knight who was crossing the bridge through the mist. There was a feast in the castle. They were caught by soldiers and thrown into a dungeon. The kinght came to them and guided out of the misty castle safely. Opening the Frog Creek page and making a wish of going back to the present, Jack and Annie came to the magic tree house. Jack found a bookmark with M.
Review	I found Magic tree house series amazing. The stories are connected and summarized in a first part of a next story, and then developed into new adventures of Jack aand Annie. The stories are interesting enough for young beginner readers to keep reading. With the first book, I did an activity with my students: 1. giving out 2 or 3 pages to each student, 2. having them read their text and draw pictures of each page. They involved the activity quite deeply. After the activity, I planned to have students share the story and pictures, but running out the time, I put the pictures on the wall of the classroom, instead.