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Summary: Children love reading these books and they are educational
Review: My seven year old loves reading these books over and over again. While she is enjoying the books, she is learning about different places and times in history. She's learned about the Amazon, the wild west, hawaii, the civil and revolutionary wars, the middle ages, ocean mammals, and so much more. I highly recommend the whole series.
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Summary: Mary Pope Osborne's insightful look into Shakespeare's Time
Review: Once again Mary Pope Osborne delights her readers as she offers them a spectacular trip back in time to the Elizabethean Age and Shakespeare's theater. As Osborne lures readers in with her captivating tales, the illustrations by Sal Murdocca add to the book by showing readers what "Olde England" looked like. Stage Fright on a Summer Night gives vaulable historical data, while allowing Jack and Annie to experience the stage life and a personal encounter with Will Shakespeare. This book provides a great introduction for young readers to Shakespeare's plays and to common problems experienced by young actors. This Osborne book reminds me of King of Shadows by Susan Cooper, but Osborne focuses on a younger audience and shows us that youngsters,too deserve to know about one of the greatest writers ever known.
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Summary: Stage Fright on a Summer Night
Review: Stage Fright on a Summer Night by Mary Pope Osborne is a wonderful book for children. In this Magic Tree House book Jack and Annie travel back in time to Olde England and meet William Shakespeare as they are look for the magic to turn daytime in to night. In the book they the children learn about the city of London, the London Bridge and the theater in William Shakespeare's time.
Mrs. Osborne has a great way of making her readers feel as if they are actually in Olde England with Jack and Annie. She also gives her readers just enough just enough historical facts that the readers are learning without know that they are. They think that they are just having fun reading a good book. I also liked the way Mrs. Osborne included quotes from Shakespeare's plays and then at the end of the book told in what plays the reader could find these. A long with the quotes Mrs. Osborne also included a list of words that Shakespeare had invented and that we still use today. I think that this is a great for young readers to see. With both the quotes and the word list in the back of the book I think this would be a great book for a teacher to use in his/her classroom to introduce both London and William Shakespeare to students.
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Summary: Stage Fright on a Summer Night
Review: Stage Fright On A Summer Night is about Jack and Annie, two kids and time travellers. They go to many exotic places. This time, Jack and Annie find themselves in Elizabethian England just in time for,"A Midsummer Night's Dream." It's just their luck that two actors are missing! Jack fills in for his part easily. But since girls aren't allowed to act, Annie is transformed to Andy! They hop on the stage and act the parts of two fairys!All through the book "Will" guides them through the theatre until they see Queen Elizabeth! At the end of the book, they find that "Will" is in reality William Shakespeare!
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Summary: Great Introduction to Shakespeare!
Review: This book was great, my 7-year-old daughter really enjoyed it. The book successfully introduces kids to historical facts about Shakespeare and his theater, while also having a fun story about Jack and Annie and their adventures in "merry olde England". We eagerly await the next installment in the Magic Tree House series!
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