Book Review

So a couple of my nephews like the Magic Tree House series. They are chapter books for new readers. I read #12, "Polar Bears Past Bedtime," by Mary Pope Osborne. As an adult it's pretty fast reading. The sentences are not long. Nor do they have a lot of commas which is good for new readers. The story kept going and kept at an even pace. The story is about two children, Annie and Jack, who in past adventures have climbed a magic tree house and have been whisked away to far off places. This time they climb up the magic tree house and the enchantress librarian, Morgan le Fay, has another journey for them to go on and another riddle to solve. She gives them a book on the Arctic. The tree house starts spinning and the children end up in the Arctic. They meet a seal hunter, go on a dogsled ride, see an igloo, play with baby polar bears and learn interesting facts about the Arctic along the way.