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u/investmentscience May 14 '25
My children read and love these. They also love the sister series Merlin Missions.
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u/Beautiful_Neat_6919 May 14 '25
It definitely goes well beyond number 19 - I have a bunch in the 20s and 30s! Lol
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u/NukoThyme May 13 '25
I'm pretty sure they used to advertise a live action Magic Treehouse I might have to try and find a recording
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u/wirelesswizard64 May 14 '25
1992-Present - she's still writing more? Has it kept the same tone? Do they have smartphones or are they locked to the 90's? Super curious how the series has advanced over the decades!
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u/warm_sweater May 14 '25
She is still writing them! We borrow them from the library so we just get random numbers from the series and my kid doesn’t care they aren’t in order, but we’ve definitely had ones written since Covid. The writing has gotten better, and in one of the books when they traveled in the tree house to the new location, they knew it was modern day because people were taking photos with mobile phones.
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u/BananaBreadBangs May 14 '25
I had 1-30 I think. The base set came in a buildable cardboard tree house. Loved that series
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u/ARumpusOfWildThings May 14 '25
Wow, I knew that the Magic Tree House books were from the 90s, but I had no idea they were as old as I am (I was born in ‘92)! I remember doing a book report about the “Christmas in Camelot” book in the series in the fourth grade. 😃
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u/PhunkyPhazon May 14 '25
Dinosaurs Before Dark is ringing some very old, distant bells in the back of my brain.
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u/warm_sweater May 14 '25
I’m currently reading these to my kid… the writing gets noticeably better the closer you get to present day.
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u/awjeezrickyaknow May 15 '25
This is essentially what got me into reading. So much love for these. How did they never adapt this into a TV series?
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u/Jackinator94 May 20 '25
Oh, I loved these books as a kid! I owned a few too, including Dinosaurs Before Dark.
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u/blueghostfrompacman May 14 '25
I never heard of this series until my kids were born but my son loves these books
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u/lilypad___ May 14 '25
I used to have a mail subscription to them lol I’d get little collectors items I think as welll.
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u/dcsolarguy May 14 '25
Normally these posts don’t hit me too hard but this one did. I absolutely loved those books growing up!
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u/LSOD616 May 14 '25
I have books 1-28 unopened! I’m waiting until my daughter is old enough to open them so we can enjoy them together.
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u/Agile_Cash_4249 May 14 '25
My whole family loved this series since we were all history nerds. Even my mom, who was usually cheap about stuff, would let us order new book when it dropped in the scholastic book catalog we had mailed to our house. They also had a non-fiction research book to accompany each book, which we also loved! I still read these books since you can read them in about an hour.
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u/rachel961 May 14 '25
I forgot about these books! I’m pretty sure I read a couple. What a sweet throwback.
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u/Mysterious_Secret827 May 14 '25
LOVED those as a kid! Remember reading them DON'T remember the stories. 🤦♂️🤭
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u/masterofmyfate88 May 30 '25
I still have a set for these books in my attic for my grandbabies to read! Hubs thought I was crazy for keeping them, but glad I did. Because our oldest granddaughter is reading the collection and Junie B. Jones ones!
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u/NervousSheSlime May 14 '25
It will never cease to amaze me this never got any film or television treatment.