Customer Reviews

The Magic Tunnel

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My daughter,eleven, can't put this book down. Although it is fairly short for her advanced reader status, the book has captivated her. She is drawn by the way it makes another time period and way of life feel real. She likes lots of books, but loves this one.

This is a good candidate for reprinting.

I've been searching for this book since childhood -- bless the internet for leading me back to this wonderful place. As New York grows ever more homogenized, with fewer landmarks to its history, this book and its story of Dutch days in New Amsterdam becomes ever more meaningful. Loved it as a kid, and still do.

I teach second grade in New York City, where the curriculum is the history of New York City, and this book is perfect. It provides a comprehensive and age appropriate description of life in New Amsterdam, couched in a compelling time travel story that keeps kids raised on the Magic Tree House engaged. I use it as a read aloud and it is both a big hit, and a cornerstone of my social studies teaching.

Kids love it on their own as well.

The first thing I liked is when they go back in time by a wishing to be somewhere that isn't so crowded and noisy. It was cool how the book made them stay where they were but be back in time. I wanted to know what would happen. People who like very exciting but sometimes sad books would like this book.