Lions at Lunchtime (Magic Tree House Series #11)

by Mary Pope Osborne, Salvatore Murdocca (Illustrator)

Overview

In this latest installment of the magical series, Jack and Annie are whisked off to the vast plains of Africa, where they must solve Morgan le Fay's third magical riddle. Once the riddle is solved, they still have to get past a pride of lions, a herd of rampaging wildebeests and one very hungry Masai warrior.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780679883401
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	01/28/1998
Series:	Magic Tree House
Edition description:	1st Paperback Edition
Pages:	96
Sales rank:	9,472
Product dimensions:	5.13(w) x 7.63(h) x 0.23(d)
Lexile:	370L (what's this?)
Age Range:	6 - 8 Years

About the Author

*  Mary Pope Osborne grew up in the military, and by the time she was fifteen had lived in Oklahoma, Austria, Florida and four different army posts in Virginia and North Carolina.

* After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the early 1970's, Mary traveled all over Europe, and spent the first six weeks of her trip living in a cave on the island of Crete.  She then joined up with a group of European young people and traveled in rickety vans through sixteen Asian countries, including Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Nepal.

* She was a bartender, an acting teacher, a waitress, a travel agent, a window dresser, and a medical assistant — all before becoming an author!  Now she is the author of many highly acclaimed picture books, early chapter books, middle-grade biographies, and young adult novels.

* In February 1993, Mary was elected the 27th president of the Author's Guild, the oldest, most established organization for writers in the United States.

* Mary her husband Will spilt their time between an apartment in Greenwich Village, New York and a cabin in Pennsylvania.  They own a terrier named Bailey, who sleeps on the top of Mary's desk every day while she writes!  

Hometown:

Goshen, Connecticut

Date of Birth:

May 20, 1949

Place of Birth:

Fort Sill, Oklahoma

Education:

B.A., University of North Carolina

Website:

http://www.marypopeosborne.com

Table of Contents

Editorial Reviews

Number eleven in the "Magic Tree House" series, this title follows Jack and Annie on another adventure. On the way home from the store, Jack and Annie spot a strange looking deer near their home. As they follow it into the woods, they come upon the Magic Tree, the source of all their adventures, and they are met by Morgan le Fay, their goddess of knowledge. She supplies the riddles that need to be answered by Jack and Annie. This latest story transports Jack and Annie to Africa. They have a series of adventures with various plains animals; a lion, wildebeests, hyenas, elephant, giraffe, and a honey guide, a bird who helps natives find honey. The text also includes some paragraphs that feature facts about the African plains. Some black and white drawings are included.

Children's Literature - Meredith Kiger