Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House, No. 1)

Good book

Great book!!

This was a great chapter book. It was a really fun adventure. The two characters, Jack and his younger sister Annie, find all kinds of fun and trouble on their magical trip to a world filled with dinosaurs. This book had really cool illustrations too. They were beautiful and did a fantastic job of giving a sense of scale. They made the tree house look like it was way up high in the tree and they made the dinosaurs look huge. Sal Murdocca is a talented artist. They did a great job incorporating them with the typography. I could tell some of the illustrations were designed specifically to leave space for a paragraph or two of text and it made the book even more fun to read than just having little illustrations placed on the top of the page every once in a while. There was usually only one illustration per chapter but they always took up at least one whole page and sometimes two pages in a big spread. A lot of thought went into the layout and illustrations of this book and it makes for one heck of a read for a small exciting 10 chapter story. I read this book because I'm getting into writing chapter books and this book came highly recommended from the research I did on great kids chapter books. Now I can see why. Great writing that I can tell was crafted into very neat and easy to read sentences. A well plotted little story that just moves and keeps the reader engaged. A really fun magical adventure, and gorgeous well used illustrations along the way. I can't wait to read Magic Tree House # 2 and visit a castle!

Granddaughter loves these... her favorite series! She is a precocious 2nd grader who loves to read. I ask her which book does she want me to buy her and she always answers "The Tree House!" By now I think I've ordered the entire series!

Was a little boring for my 9 year old. Was good to use and work on reading comprehension but not his favorite book.

Just bought more the often more students to read them. Very popular and offer AR quizzes for points!

Childhood classic. An easy introduction to short chapter books, but still have pictures often enough to hold their attention. We have only used it as a read aloud so far.

PERFECT

Wonderful story book.

とても読みやすく、勉強になります。こういうものを学校の教科書にすれば良いと思う。

It was too magical and absolutely super book for kids

Pequeño, manejable y fácil de leer. La calidad del papel es tipo reciclado, nada de hojas blancas satinadas y sin dibujos a color. La historia muy chula.

We got this book as the gift. We fell in love with it so I bought my kids full sets (not so great colorful quality like this particular edition - I would bankrupt considering the number of books in set) but still good for my little book-dragons. My son literally devoured it - nice illustrations and great story.