Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne

Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister Annie find a magic treehouse, which whisks them back to an ancient time zone where they see live dinosaurs.

I read the Magic Tree House books as a kid and this immediately transported me back. I had so much fun reading this, even though it's super short and definitely written for children. Reading this made me want to dig out my old copies of the books so I can read them as the graphic novels are coming out!

Thank you to Random House Children's and NetGalley for providing me with an eBook copy to review.

absolutely adored these books as a kid. i still remember buying a 5-book bundle at the scholastic book fair and losing my entire child mind. i think i read up to the 20s in this series but i can't remember exactly. but wow what a good time these were.

I finally got around to reading the first five books of the Magic Tree House series, and I have to say that these are perfect for my early chapter book readers. We've got a boy and a girl main character...check. We've got adventure and action...check. We've got readable text...check. What more could I ask for?