History Literature / TheMagicTreehouse

* TheAmericanRevolution: ''Revolutionary War On Wednesday''

** {{Plato}} -- ''Hour Of The Olympics''

* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: ''Eve of the Emperor Penguins'', and the titular penguin Penny who lives in Camelot.

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: ''Tigers at Twilight'' and ''Good Morning Gorilla'' had monkeys.

There's also a [[UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} Japanese]] adaptation with Main/{{Manga}} [[ContemptibleCover illustrations]]. They all contain paper dolls of Jack and Annie with outfits corresponding to the stories. The first 28 volumes were published into 14 Japanese volumes, two stories to a book. After that, each book was published individually. There was also an anime movie based on the book series.

* ExcellentAdventure: All of their stories.

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[[caption-width:270:''Dinosaurs Before Dark'', the first book in the series]]

''The Magic Treehouse'' is a successful series of children's books written by Mary Pope Osbourne. There are over fifty books in the series so far, not counting the research guides that go along with them. The books are about two kids from Frog Creek, Pennsylvania, siblings Jack and Annie. In most of the books, Morgan le Fay orders them to go on missions through time and all around the world to solve ancient riddles, save ancient stories, and become Master Librarians. That was for the first 28 of the books, and the next series was about Jack and Annie going on Merlin's Missions, traveling to places like Camelot. The books teach kids about history and the different cultures that Jack and Annie visit.

** Jack and Annie also get into this too. They were transformed into ravens along with Teddy in ''Haunted Castle on Hallow's Eve'' and were turned into dogs in ''Dogs in the Dead of Night''. [[spoiler: Annie also transformed two rival wizards into ducks in ''Blizzard of the Blue Moon'']]

* BrattyHalfPint: Wolfie in ''Moonlight on the Magic Flute'' (WolfgangAmadeusMozart [[YoungFutureFamousPeople as a child]])

* CatsAreMean: ''Sunset of the Sabertooth''

* CowboyEpisode: ''GhostTown at Sundown''.

''The Magic Treehouse'' is a successful series of children's books written by Mary Pope Osbourne. There are 48 books in the series so far, not counting the research guides that go along with them. The books are about two kids from Frog Creek, Pennsylvania, siblings Jack and Annie. In most of the books, Morgan le Fay orders them to go on missions through time and all around the world to solve ancient riddles, save ancient stories, and become Master Librarians. That was for the first 28 of the books, and the next series was about Jack and Annie going on Merlin's Missions, traveling to places like Camelot. The books teach kids about history and the different cultures that Jack and Annie visit.

** Creator/WilliamShakespeare -- ''Stage Fright On A Summer's Night''

** Jack and Annie also get into this too. They were transformed into ravens along with Teddy in ''Haunted Castle on Hallow's Eve'' and were turned into dogs in ''Dogs in the Dead of Night''. [[spoiler: Annie also transformed two rival wizards into ducks in ''Blizzard of the Blue Moon'']]

* EverythingsWorseWithBears: Subverted in ''Stage Fright On A Summer's Night''. The dancing bear's actually one of the nicer characters.
** And averted in ''Polar Bears Past Bedtime'' with a mother polar bear and her adorable cubs.

* AmericanCivilWar: ''Civil War On Sunday'' and the future ''Abe Lincoln at Last''

* AncientEgypt: ''Mummies in the Morning'' and the future ''Autumn in Ancient Egypt''

** But this is averted in ''Good Night For Ghosts'' with Louis Armstrong. He has no clue about it and is just too busy making money for his family. After using the Wand of Dianthus and Louis having no sense of what to do next [[spoiler: Annie tells Jack that they actually have to show him the book to set things straight.]]

* ExactWords: In ''Blizzard of the Blue Moon'', Jack and Annie need to call out the name of a unicorn known as 'Divine Flower of Rome'. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, neither of them knew that they were supposed to say his name in Latin--which is Dianthus--and thus got them into a bit of trouble later on.]]

* FreeRangeChildren: The trope is averted by having no time pass while the treehouse takes the eight and seven year olds anywhere or anytime in the world.

** ''Perfect Time For Pandas'' has got to be an ironic title, considering that Jack and Annie were transported to the time of the Great Sichuan Earthquake of 2008. The Result? [[spoiler: All but 2 roly, poly pandas live.]]

* CatsAreMagic: ''Mummies in the Morning'' has a cat that leads Jack and Annie to a pyramid, and successfully leads them out of one.

* HeroicDog: The subject of the next book ''Dogs in the Dead of Night''.

** ThomasEdison, AlexanderGrahamBell, LouisePasteur, GustaveEiffel -- ''Night of the New Magicians''

** In ''Abe Lincoln at Last'', Jack and Annie befriend President Lincoln's young son Willie. When they return, they find out that he [[spoiler:died of typhoid fever a year later.]]

** In Abe Lincoln at Last'', Jack and Annie befriend President Lincoln's young son Willie. When they return, they find out that he [[spoiler:died of typhoid fever a year later.]]

* Bratty HalfPint: Wolfie in ''Moonlight on the Magic Flute (WolfgangAmadeusMozart [[YoungFutureFamousPeople as a child]])

** [[spoiler:Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, Louis Pasteur and Gustave Eiffel]] from''Night of the New Magicians'' seem to think that Jack and Annie are crazy. They're nice about it though.

* TheMusical: Information for the curious [[http://mthmusical.com/#/home here]]. It involved {{Camelot}}.

Research guides about the settings of the books have been written for 22 of them.

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There's also a [[UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} Japanese]] adaptation with [[{{Main/Manga}} manga]] [[ContemptibleCover illustrations]]. They all contain paper dolls of Jack and Annie with outfits corresponding to the stories. The first 28 volumes were published into 14 Japanese volumes, two stories to a book. After that, each book was published individually. There was also an anime movie based on the book series.

** [[TheVirginQueen Elizabeth I]] and WilliamShakespeare -- ''Stage Fright On A Summer's Night''

** WilliamShakespeare -- ''Stage Fright On A Summer's Night''

* OutdoorsyGal: Annie is the first one to climb into the treehouse that will take them anywhere and the first one to jump into adventure when they get where they're going.

* ThanksgivingEpisode: ''Thanksgiving On Thursday'', with the [[UsefulNotesThanksgiving original Pilgrims and Indians]].