6 Books for Kids Who Love Tree Houses

Night of the Ninth Dragon (Magic Treehouse Series #55), by Mary Pope Osborne and Salvatore Murdocca
The author who put tree houses on the map is back with the astonishing 55th book in her long-running, enormously popular series. In this story, siblings Jack and Annie are back to revisit old friends (and enemies) in Camelot. And if you’ve read any of the other page-turners in this series, you know that these siblings are in store for some fun and exciting adventures set in the past! (As an added bonus, these books teach a bit about history along the way.)

The 52-Story Treehouse (The Treehouse Books Series #4), by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton
A 52-story treehouse seems like something a NYC real estate developer would think up, but this hilariously absurd continuation to The Treehouse series is a total delight. (Climb down a few floors and start with The 13-Story Treehouse if you are new to the series.) With floors to spare, this treehouse boasts a pizza parlor and a detective agency! How cool is that?

Tree House Mystery (The Box Car Children Graphic Novel Series #8), by Christopher E. Long and Mark Bloodworth
As a kid, I was a big fan of the original Box Car Children books, so it was cool to discover that they’ve been updated into a graphic novel series for the next generation of readers. In this book, we have a treehouse, a telescope, and a hidden room, which combine to make for a fun mystery for the Aldens!

The Secret No-Girls Club (Kids in the Treehouse, #1), by Rachel Elizabeth Cole
Once you have a treehouse, you’re probably going to want to start a club. After all, what better place to have club meetings and conduct important club business than a secret place in the trees where you can pull up the ladder and no one can bother you? Best friends Logan and Caleb decide to do just this. They start a club with no girls. But how do they vote for club president when there are only two members? They just might need to bring in a girl after all…

The Berenstain Bears’ Moving Day, by Stan Berenstain
Perhaps one of the most famous fictional families to live in a tree house is the Berenstain Bears! In The Berenstain Bears’ Moving Day we learn the story of just how these grizzlies came to live in their fabulous tree house in Bear Country. (Sadly, the way it manages to be so spacious on the inside when it looks so tiny from the outside remains a mystery for the ages.) This is a particularly great book to read to a child before a big move (whether or not it’s to a tree house).

Treehouses & Playhouses You Can Build, by David Stiles and Jeanie Stiles
After reading all of these books about tree houses, your kids will probably be clamoring for one of their own. For the more ambitions DIY parents, this book will give you step by step instructions on how to turn a fantasy into reality with a hammer, saw, lumber, and a little elbow grease. But even if you don’t foresee a construction project in your future, the photographs of actual tree houses (including an awesome pirate ship!) is fun for kids and adults to admire.
 What fictional tree houses would you still totally live in?