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Time of the Turtle King
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Time of the Turtle King

Magic Tree House Series

Author: Mary Pope Osborne

Illustrator: A.G. Ford

Book 38 in the Magic Tree House series

Pages: 112

Published: 2023

Age: 6+

The Magic Tree House series is ready to whisk you away across the world with Jack and Annie--this time as World Turtle Experts in the Galapagos Islands!

It's just a regular day when ordinary kids Jack and Annie are whisked away in the magic tree house to the Galapagos islands, where they must save a giant tortoise from an erupting volcano! But what do Jack and Annie know about saving turtles?! Plenty, thanks to some magic that makes them experts. A helicopter ride, rushing lava, and a whole lot of determination make this one adventure Jack and Annie will never forget!

About the Magic Tree House Series

Books in series order

  1. 1.Dinosaurs Before Dark(1992)
  2. 2.The Knight at Dawn(1993)
  3. 3.Mummies in the Morning(1993)
  4. 4.Pirates Past Noon(1994)
  5. 5.Night of the Ninjas(1995)
  6. 6.Afternoon on the Amazon(1995)
  7. 7.Sunset of the Sabertooth(1996)
  8. 8.Midnight on the Moon(1996)
  9. 9.Dolphins at Daybreak(1997)
  10. 10.Ghost Town at Sundown(1997)
  11. 11.Lions at Lunchtime(1998)
  12. 12.Polar Bears Past Bedtime(1998)
  13. 13.Vacation Under the Volcano(1998)
  14. 14.Day of the Dragon King(1998)
  15. 15.Viking Ships at Sunrise(1998)
  16. 16.Hour of the Olympics(1998)
  17. 17.Tonight on the Titanic(1999)
  18. 18.Buffalo Before Breakfast(1999)
  19. 19.Tigers at Twilight(1999)
  20. 20.Dingoes at Dinnertime(2000)
  21. 21.Civil War on Sunday(2000)
  22. 22.Revolutionary War on Wednesday(2000)
  23. 23.Twister on Tuesday(2001)
  24. 24.Earthquake in the Early Morning(2001)
  25. 25.Stage Fright on a Summer Night(2002)
  26. 26.Good morning, Gorillas(2002)
  27. 27.Thanksgiving on Thursday(2002)
  28. 28.High Tide in Hawaii(2003)
  29. 29.A Big Day for Baseball(2017)
  30. 30.Hurricane Heroes in Texas(2018)
  31. 31.Warriors in Winter(2019)
  32. 32.To the Future, Ben Franklin!(2019)
  33. 33.Narwhal on a Sunny Night(2020)
  34. 34.Late Lunch with Llamas(2020)
  35. 35.Camp Time in California(2021)
  36. 36.Sunlight on the Snow Leopard(2022)
  37. 37.Rhinos at Recess(2023)
  38. 38.Time of the Turtle King(2023)
  39. 39.Windy Night with Wild Horses(2024)
  40. +Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #1: Christmas in Camelot(2001)

Reading age: 6+ years

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Get ready for a world of adventure with the beloved Magic Tree House series!

Jack and his little sister Annie are just two regular kids from Frog Creek, Pennsylvania. Then they discover a mysterious tree house packed with all sorts of books... and their lives are never the same! Soon they are traveling through time and space in the magic tree house and having amazing adventures. Whether it's watching baby dinosaurs hatch, finding a secret passage in a castle, helping a ghost queen in an Egyptian pyramid, or finding pirate treasure, readers won't want to miss a single story.

The first Magic Tree House book was published in 1992 – introducing the world to Jack and Annie. In Dinosaurs Before Dark, the tree house takes them on their first journey, an adventure in prehistoric times. Since then, the magic tree house has whisked Jack and Annie – and lucky readers! – on many more adventures through time to different places around the world.