This is sixth in the series of books the Magic Tree House. Although it is a chapter book my son and I sat and read it for about 30 minutes or so. Very interesting, keeping our attention. Just enough 'Science' to keep it educational but yet enough imagination in it to keep it fun too. Looking forward to reading some more.This was wasn't disappointing after enjoying the first one as much as we did. Each book apparently will have a 'guide' to the two children in the book but to the reader-listener it will give History lesson or a Science lesson to the time frame of where the children are. A really neat series of books!This sixth book in the series was very good. It's starting to wrap the series together although you CAN read them individually, it's just nicer to read them in order to understand what is really going on. At the beginning of this book is a prologue that kind of summarizes the stories up till now so if you haven't read those before you can kind of catch up. In this one the kids go in search of their friend Morgan and adventure to the rain forest. This is a good book if your child is researching or are interesting in the rain forest. The author puts just enough to spark your interest and then you can go and research on your own more about the rainforest. This particular book didn't have anyone chasing after the children or scaring them like the others but instead the rainforest itself and the creatures that lives there. Was a wonderful 'science' lesson wrapped around a good book! We look forward to continuing reading this series
The book, “Afternoon in the Amazon” is about a girl and a boy named Annie and Jack. They found a magic house to any where and they decide to go to the Amazon. They travel to the Amazon because they like the animals. When they get there they find a library with a woman inside. Her name is Morgan LaFay. She sends them on a journey to find four items. Throughout their journey they find some of the items. They find a boat and Annie sees a monkey. The monkey throws mangoes at them and follows them. The monkey almost falls into the river, but he grabs the vine instead. They keep traveling without the monkey down the Amazon River. She finds a mouse. It starts raining and they need to go back to the treehouse, but they can’t find it because it is raining so hard. Do they make it back safely to the treehouse and their home?Annie and Jack are adventurous kids. They are around nine or ten years old. They are brother and sister and are very close with each other. Annie is more talkative and Jack is a researcher.The story takes place in Frog Creek and then they travel to the Amazon. The story takes place over the span of about two days.The main theme is about adventure and completing a job that was given to them. They try hard to get the four items, but fail. The lesson for the reader is to try no matter what.I would recommend this book to younger kids. Both boys and girls would like this because of the adventure in the story.
I said in my review of "Sunset of the Sabertooth" that I loathe these books, so I'm not going to say it again here. Logan actually didn't like this one so much as it fed his already growing fear of dangerous wildlife. And I find that a lackluster story interspersed with a wooden main character reading aloud from a reference book isn't really the way I want Logan to get his facts. In a 67-page story, here is what we got:--The Amazon rainforest is hot & steamy, has a lot of plants, and is made up of three layers: the floor, the understory and the canopy. --When an animal blends into its surroundings, that's camouflage--Flesh-eating army ants march in hordes and eat flesh.--The Amazon river is over 4000 miles long.--Piranhas will eat anything, even people (seriously, that's all the info we got.)--Green snakes look like vines. No name for the snake though.--The jaguar is the biggest predator in the Western hemisphere.--Vampire bats suck blood at night. Again, that's all we got. Only the scary part.--Mangos taste like peaches.These facts are so random, short, and without context that they aren't really more than memorizing trivia. Yep. I'm not too impressed with these books.
—Logan
This book is really fun to read because Jack and Annie go to a rain forest and they don't know but right as they get there, this monkey comes and throws the fruit at them and that's what they were supposed to get. If they knew, they could have just gone back in the tree house, but they didn't so they just kept going on the adventure. They go sailing in a river that says it goes all the way to the Atlantic Ocean! They sail on a dugout log. That reminds me of some of the rides I rode at Disney Wor
—Ethan
I read the Swedish translation, where the kids are called Viktor and Hanna. In their magical tree house they can open a book and travel to any adventure they point to. In this book they go to the Amazon rainforest where they come across different dangerous animals. This series is popular at my school library, and I guess it's fun to read after getting past beginner chapter books. I personally found the story a bit boring as there are no real interactions. Viktor and Hanna simply run from problem to problem and exclaim, "Oh no!" over and over. I think the pattern helps kids get through the books, though, and they can learn a few random facts about things like the Amazon. It's a good series for kids to read by themselves, but otherwise not very impressive.
—Jennifer
