Afternoon on the Amazon
Mary Pope Osborne, Salvatore Murdocca
Readers rate it 3.7 (26 on Hardcover)
80 pages · Released Sep 1, 1996 · Scholastic
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This is the fourth book in the Magic Tree House series, designed for early chapter-book readers. The story combines adventure and wildlife education with age-appropriate tension—dangerous animals are encountered but the children use smarts and teamwork to survive. There is no graphic content, and the themes emphasize curiosity, courage, and sibling loyalty.
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Eight-year-old Jack, his seven-year-old sister, Annie, and Peanut the mouse ride in a tree house to the Amazon rain forests, where they encounter giant ants, flesh-eating piranhas, hungry crocodiles, and wild jaguars. Eight-year-old Jack, his seven-year-old sister, Annie, and Peanut the mouse ride in a tree house to the Amazon rain forests, where they encounter giant ants, flesh-eating piranhas, hungry crocodiles, and wild jaguars.
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- Adventure and adventurers
- Fiction
- Rain forest animals
- Rain forests
- Spanish language materials
- Tree houses
- Juvenile fiction
- Magic
- Time travel
- Rain forests -- Fiction
- Rain forest animals -- Fiction
- Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction
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