Customer Reviews

Mummies in the Morning

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We've loved every other one of the Magic Tree House series, but this one (although interesting to me, the parent) was a bit too scary for my six year old son. We only read half way through it and that was it for him (the mummies were too much for him -- yet he didn't mind the ghost in the Wild West book). So parents, be prepared for this one if your child is young or a bit sensitive.

I really want to like this series. My 6 year old daughter loves the stories, and they offer wonderful opportunities to explore various periods in history. Jack and Annie have adventures, solve problems, meet historical figures, and use their imaginations. What's not to like?

Well, it seems nitpicky, but I have a huge problem with the editing of the early books in this series. (The later ones are better, but we just re-read Mummies in the Morning and it's all coming back to me!) The fragmented sentences are out of control. There are so many that I stopped counting! I'm sure that it won't matter to young readers, but I can't understand why we can't expose them to grammatically correct English while they're learning to read.

I also agree with other reviews that fault the thin character development and level of factual content. I know that these books are for beginning readers, but I think there are missed opportunities to add real knowledge. Again, I think the later books in the series are much better, and the research guides are a great companion to the stories.

Overall, I would say that reading the Magic Tree House series has been a worthwhile investment of our time. It just bothers me from time to time when I think about how much better it could have been done.

I enjoyed reading this book with my 10 yr. old grandson. The two main characters, Annie & Jack, prove that children can have fun using their imagination by reading a book and traveling through time using their imagination. The book provided useful information regarding Mummies in ancient Egyptian times and certainly kept my 10 yr. old's attention. From beginning to end, we found it to be an exciting and great little story that didn't take too long to read. We will certainly read more of the Magic Tree House books. We recommend it highly!!
Granny & Kenny

In this book there's one girl named Annie and a boy named Jack that are in a tree house.They imagine that they are in Egypt and they end up in Egypt. Then they see a parade of people going to a pyramid .They meet a queen and the queen asks Jack and Annie if they can help her. In the pyramid Jack and Annie have to find a book that the queen lost. I like this book because they go in a pyramid. They see a ghost queen and they get lost. You wonder if they will get out. The author is trying to teach about pyramids in Egypt. You should read it.

What would you do if you had a Magic Tree House? Mary Pope Osborne is the great writer of Magic Tree House! Jack and Annie go to their Magic Tree House and discover an Egyptian book. And decide to go there in Mummies in the Morning.

I think the story was great. I did not know anything about mummies. I thought it was boring because there were no mummies in chapter one, just a tree house, Jack and Annie. Then, It got better. The tree house began to spin back in time. When they woke up, they were in Egypt. They saw an Egyptian parade into the pyramid

When I first got the book, I thought it was going to be boring because it was about mummies. I had never read about mummies before. When I read the book, it was exciting. It was fun when Jack and Annie went on their adventure. I would love to read another Magic Treehouse book

I really liked this book a lot and I think you should read it. It's about two kids who travel to Egypt and you learn a lot about pyramids and mummies. Pyramids are called Houses of the Dead and mummies are buried inside them. When a royal person in Egypt died they would become a mummy.

In the time travel book they tell how mummies are made by drying the body out with salt. Then the brain is taken out and the body is rubbed with oil to keep the skin wet. I thought this part was kind of gross. Then the body is wrapped tight in white bandages. Once they are done wrapping the body the mummy is placed in a coffin called a sarcophagus.

I think the book is really interesting.

It is about a boy and a girl who loved to discover neat stuff. This time they discovered a pyrmid. It is worth the money. It is one of my favorite mummy books.

The book is about two kids who love to read.They read books about Egypt. They end up going to Egypt and they see a ghost queen. They go on an adventure in the creepy pyramid. I like this book because it was interesting. I like when the ghost queen met them and we could see through her. I think that the author is trying to tell us there are really mummies.