Viking Ships At Sunrise (Magic Tree House 15, paper) (Paperback)

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Product Description

Jack and Annie are off in search of another story in jeopardy, this time at

a monastery in ancient Ireland. Trouble arrives when Vikings land, and Jack and

Annie must find a way to escape!

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Jack and Annie are off in search of another story in jeopardy, this time at a monastery in ancient Ireland. Trouble arrives when Vikings land, and Jack and Annie must find a way to escape!  

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (August 11, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0679890610
• ISBN-13: 978-0679890614
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #18,423 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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• This is item 15 in The Magic Tree House Series.

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Accurate and engaging, October 14, 2001

By	Catherine Hallberg "(Kate)" (Boulder, CO USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Magic Tree House #15: Viking Ships at Sunrise (A Stepping Stone Book(TM)) (Library Binding)

This was our first Magic Treehouse book and I am pleased. I had just returned from Scandinavia when I bought this for my 6 yo and 4 yo daughters, hoping that they could learn something of what I had garnered from my trip. Happily, I think they did.

I like the format of the series. As a child I would have *loved* to have travelled via a treehouse to distant times and places. What child wouldn't want to meet characters from somewhere else? I like the idea of fetching books- I love books so the task would be appealing to me.

From my reading of Viking raids, it is very likely that raids took place as described here, against the Irish monks. Vikings were in search of stored foods, wealth and whatever else they could grab on a quick morning attack. There would have been many ships and a fast assault as portrayed here. Many aspects of the raids were left out, and that is just fine for the young school-age reader.

These are chapter books that can be easily read by an advanced first grader over several days, or read as bedtime stories by parents over one or two evenings. There are some illustrations to augment the storyline, but the main focus of the book is the text.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good book about the Vikings, November 8, 2001

By	Johnathan Bogart (Boise, ID United States) - See all my reviews

This Magic Tree House book really teaches you about the Vikings. It's a neat setting, and there's some good action, especially when Jack and Annie are in their darkest hour. I highly recommend this book to any Magic Tree House fan, because this is more than one of the best. Enjoy!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars READ ME!!!!!!!, January 19, 2006

A Kid's Review

It was about Annie and Jack going to a island trying to find civilization and they meet some monks on the island. They go to their village and look at it and vikings come. I like the part when the sea monster saves them. I did not like the beginning of the book becouse they where not at the island.