Civil War On Sunday (Magic Tree House #21)

by Mary Pope Osborne

Book Overview

The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system! Cannon fire! That's what Jack and Annie hear when the Magic Tree House... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067989067X
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.6" x 0.3" x 5.2"

Customer Reviews

Civil War on Sunday

Civil War on Sunday is a story of courage and excitment.Jack and Annie travel to the Civil War in order to finda type of writing for Morgan.Something to follow.There are many interesting facts about the Civil Warthat are simple to understand.I recomend this volume to second grade and up.This book is also recommended to history lovers.Civil War on Sunday is Historical Fiction and writen by Mary Pope Osborne.

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!

"Civil War On Sunday" is where the Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie back to the Civil War, and they become nurses helping a famous nurse, named Clara Barton. The "ambulence" is neat, and meeting John, the drummer boy, and later learning he was Jack and Annie's great-great-great-grandfather was a big surprise to me. What also surprised me is that Mrs. Osborne had more that 20 books. But now that doesn't surprise me since her books are so wonderful! So enjoy reading this.

Civil War on Sunday was a FABULOUSE read!

I bet a lot of people have heard of the Magic Tree House series. Well I really like book #21 Civil War on Sunday. It is about Jack and Annie go back to the Civil War. They help some people and meet some people along the way of helping people. My favorite part was when Annie and Jack were in the tent with the wounded drummer boy John. What they did for him was very nice. They were nice to cheer him up. I would recommend this book for K-4. You might need to read it out loud to a kindergartner, first graders could get through it with some help, it is just right for second graders, but for third and fourth grade it might not be much of a challenge. This book has 21 others in its series. The next book will come out in May of 2001. These great series of books can also help teach many different things. This book was written by Mary Pope Osborne.

St. Patrick school loves Civil War on Sunday

The second grade class at St. Patrick School in Largo, Florida really enjoyed this book. We learned a lot about history. We learned about Clara Barton and drummer boys. We liked the way they made the connection between the drummer boy and their family. We thought the pictures appeared real. We also learned that war is not a game it is cruel. We liked this book!!

Good Series, Great Installment

I've now read 21 Magic Tree House books to my son, and he truly has enjoyed them all. In this series, the author employs a creative time travel portal - siblings Jack and Annie visit exotic times and places through the books they discover in Morgan le Fay's enchanted tree-top bookmobile. My son particularly enjoyed following Jack and Annie on their adventures in Pompeii (featuring Hercules), outer space, under water, and the Wild West (where he learned the song Red River Valley). He's reveled at accompanying Jack and Annie when they've met pirates, ninjas, knights, mummies, and Eskimoes. Conversely, as a parent that frequently reads children's books aloud, I've often been disappointed with the books' repetition, limited vocabulary, and uninspired plot development. Fortunately, that was not the case with Mary Pope Osborne's most recent tree house installment, Civil War on Sunday. Like her other books, Osborne offers young readers an intriguing view of a complex subject, in this case the Civil War. She also introduces Clara Barton and provides some insight into the birth of the Red Cross. As is often the case, Jack and Annie learn a difficult lesson in compassion. But the Civil War on Sunday goes deeper. Rather than serving as mere interlopers in significant chains of events, here, for the first time, Osborne actually makes Jack and Annie relevant to the thread of history. (Sorry, but I can't explain how without spoiling the story.) This minor adaptation goes a long way, particularly towards keeping a young reader's attention through the closing chapter. (Even four-year-olds quickly discern that the concluding chapters in most of these books - once the Tree House returns to Frog Creek - are not very entertaining.) This is Osborne's most complete effort, and I hope she continues her series in this new direction.