By Mary Pope Osborne, Natalie Pope Boyce
The nonfiction dinosaur companion to Magic Tree House, packed with the real facts behind the very first adventure.
This is the fact book that goes with Magic Tree House number one, the one where Jack and Annie meet dinosaurs. It's nonfiction, written by Mary Pope Osborne with her sister Natalie Pope Boyce, and it walks through what we actually know about the dinosaurs the story only got to visit: which ones were huge, which were fast, what they ate, and how we figured any of it out from a pile of old bones. If your child finished the adventure and immediately wanted more dinosaurs, this is the book that answers them.
A Magic Tree House fan already trusts these authors, so the jump into nonfiction feels easy instead of like homework. Every Fact Tracker pairs with one of the adventures, and this one goes with the very first book, so a child gets the story and then the true stuff behind it. The chapters are short, there are facts to collect and repeat at dinner, and it's a painless way to show a child that the nonfiction shelf can be every bit as fun as the story shelf.