This book is part of a book series called Magic Tree House Fact Tracker .

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

This is a chapter book. Publishers market early chapter books at readers aged 6-10 years. This book was published 2001 by Perfection Learning .

Mary Pope Osborne is the award-winning author of many distinguished books for children and young adults, including the bestselling Magic Treehouse series; Favorite Medieval Tales, illustrated by Troy Howell; American Tall Tales, illustrated by Michael McCurdy; Rocking Horse Christmas, illustrated by Ned Bittinger; and A daline Falling Star. The former president of the Author's Guild, she lives in New York City with her husband, Will. Giselle Potter has illustrated many books, including Kate and the Beanstalk by Mary Pope Osborne, an ALA-ALSC notable book; The Boy Who Loved Words by Roni Schotter, a Parents' Choice Gold Award winner; and Cecil the Pet Glacier by Matthea Harvey. She is the author and illustrator of Tell Me What to Dream About and This Is My Dollhouse --both inspired by her daughters--and The Year I Didn't Go to School , about traveling through Italy with her parents' puppet troupe when she was eight. Giselle also illustrates "Ties," a weekly column in the Well section of The New York Times . She lives in Rosendale, New York, with her husband and two daughters. Visit her online at GisellePotter. com. Mary Pope Osborne is the author of over forty books for young people. She was the president of the Author's Guild, the leading organization for professional writers in the US, for two years and has won many awards for her books. She lives in New York with her husband, Will, and their dog, Bailey, who sleeps on top of Mary's desk every day while she writes.