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Reviewed by: Billy Burgess

Magic Tree House #1: Dinosaurs Before Dark

BY: Mary Pope Osborne

ILLUSTRATIONS BY: Sal Murdocca

PUBLISHED BY: Random House Children’s Books

ISBN-13: 9780679824114

Publication: 1992

Ages: 4-8

Jack and his sister Annie stumble across a tree house in the woods that contains dozens of books. He opens a book on dinosaurs and they are magically transported back to the days of dinosaurs.

Jack finds a golden medallion in the grass with a fancy M engraved on it. The explore the dinosaur world. The meet a friendly Pteranodon and a nasty Tyrannosaurus. How will Jack and Annie find their way home?

This is a charming book that children will love. It teaches them about dinosaurs, reading books and using your imagination.

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Billy Burgess lives in Missouri and has been writing since he was a child. Two of his articles, You Never Forget Your First Rejection & A Book At Hand, will be published in an upcoming issues of Once Upon A Time Magazine, and his article, Where is Scrooge McDuck Hiding at?, was published in the June 2008 issue of the SFC Newsletter for Writers. His short stories, Full Moon, will be published in the SFC Magazine in October 2008; The Greeting Card, will be published in the SFC Magazine in February 2009; and The Blue T-Shirt, will be published in the My Light Magazine in October 2008. He has written several book reviews that have appeared on the SFC website. Besides writing, Billy is a cartoon aficianado of cartoons from the 80s such as Duck Tales, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, etc. Billy hopes to write better cartoons for television some day. Billy is a collector of anything of Garfield. Billy has a habit of keeping every book that he reads, and now has his own personal library.