The Magic Tree House #37: Dragon of the Red Dawn | Book Report

Now here is my Book Report on Dragon of the Red Dawn, one of my favorite Magic Tree House books. This one, in particular, is a Merlin Mission.

Title: Dragon of the Red Dawn
Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Illustrator: Sal Murdocca

Characters:

• Jack
• Annie
• Teddy
• Kathleen
•  Basho

Location: Edo, Japan
Time: Early in the morning

About:

Jack and Annie go to Ancient Edo (now known as Tokyo) to find one of the four secrets of happiness, to help Merlin the Magician because he wouldn't eat, sleep or talk to anyone in Camelot. Now, Jack and Annie find a famous poet named Basho, who they stay with to be safe from the samurai. The next day, there was a fire! Everyone was trying to put it out including Jack and Annie. After trying their hardest, Annie uses the Wand of Dianthus to call the Cloud Dragon who controls the rain clouds. Then the dragon puts out the fire (although no one else noticed) which happened after Basho's hut is destroyed by the fire. But soon Jack and Annie cheer him up with the things he has left: his banana tree and his poems. And afterwards, they found out the first secret of happiness: finding beauty in small things of nature.

My Favorite Event: When the Cloud Dragon put out the fire
My Favorite Character: Annie
Because she:

• Likes to pretend
• Likes nature
• Is always eager for an adventure  

Overall: The story was exciting 

Oh well, I hope you liked this and I know you'll enjoy the book. HAPPY READING! 

Note: By the way, look closely at the cover picture and check to see that the dragon is drooling :)

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The Magic Tree House Series

After deciding to build our own library, my mom discovered a number of amazing book series that we could collect. One of them is the Magic Tree House series penned by Mary Pope Osborne. I already have a total of 19 books, the 3 you see in the photo are my mom's latest acquisitions for me from her book swap group she found on Facebook. She gets great deals by buying these secondhand books or what they call "preloved." I hope we get to collect all of them!

The Magic Tree House Series are about 8 and a half year old Jack and his little 7 year old sister Annie who live in Frog Creek, Pennsylvania. Jack and Annie find a mysterious tree house in the Frog Creek Woods, and discovered that it was filled with books. Soon, they found out that the tree house was magic! All they had to do was point at a picture in a book, wish to go there, and the tree house would take them there. Pretty soon they found out that the tree house belonged to a magic librarian called Morgan le Fay from the time of King Arthur. Then Morgan and later, a wizard called Merlin, set them on special missions.

There are currently 55 books in the series and they have a website: www.magictreehouse.com, where you can play games, create your own magic tree house, and even fill in your own magic tree house passport by taking trivias on the Magic Tree House books that you have read! Plus you can send letters and ask questions to Mary Pope Osborne herself! Hope you like this!

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