Magic Tree House Books in Order
Mary Pope Osborne's long-running illustrated chapter-book series follows siblings Jack and Annie, who travel through history and around the world via a magical tree house full of books. The original adventures (books 1-28) continue as the longer "Merlin Missions" quests (books 29-55) and a relaunched run of newer titles.
Publication order
In the order the books were originally released.
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Buy on Amazon1992 · Mary Pope Osborne
Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister Annie stumble upon a treehouse stuffed with books in the woods near their Pennsylvania home. When Jack…
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Buy on Amazon1993 · Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie return to the magic treehouse and open a book about the Middle Ages, sending them spinning back to a medieval castle. Exploring the…
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Buy on Amazon1993 · Mary Pope Osborne
A book about ancient Egypt carries Jack and Annie back thousands of years to a desert tomb. There they meet the ghost of a queen who needs help…
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Buy on Amazon1994 · Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie are whisked back in time by the magical tree house to the age of samurai warriors in Japan, where they must navigate a mysterious…
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Buy on Amazon1995 · Mary Pope Osborne
Returning to the treehouse one night, Jack and Annie are carried to feudal Japan, where a masked ninja master becomes their guide. To complete their…
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Buy on Amazon1995 · Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie travel deep into the Amazon rainforest, where a tiny female monkey and a mysterious woman aid them on their journey. Surrounded by…
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Buy on Amazon1996 · Mary Pope Osborne
The treehouse sends Jack and Annie to the last Ice Age, a frozen world of mammoths and saber-toothed tigers. Helped by a Cro-Magnon sorcerer, the…
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Buy on Amazon1996 · Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie blast off to the moon, where they explore a future moon base in space suits. Searching for the final clue to break the spell on their…
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Buy on Amazon1997 · Mary Pope Osborne
On their first mission as Master Librarians, Jack and Annie are sent to the ocean to answer a tricky riddle. With the help of a pair of friendly…
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Buy on Amazon1997 · Mary Pope Osborne
The magic treehouse drops Jack and Annie into a deserted town in the Old West. To solve their next riddle they wander the dusty streets at sundown,…
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Buy on Amazon1998 · Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie travel to the grasslands of Africa, where they join a scientist studying wildlife on the Serengeti. As they search for the answer to a…
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Buy on Amazon1998 · Mary Pope Osborne
The treehouse carries Jack and Annie to the frozen Arctic, where a mysterious masked man and a mother polar bear become part of their adventure. To…
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Buy on Amazon1998 · Mary Pope Osborne
Now Master Librarians searching for lost stories, Jack and Annie arrive in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. As they explore the bustling streets,…
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Buy on Amazon1998 · Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie travel back to ancient China during the reign of a powerful emperor who has ordered all books burned. On a quest to rescue a lost…
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Buy on Amazon1998 · Mary Pope Osborne
The treehouse sends Jack and Annie to a windswept monastery in medieval Ireland in search of an ancient story. With Viking raiders sailing toward…
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Buy on Amazon1998 · Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie journey to ancient Greece to find a lost tale during the early Olympic Games. There they meet a young girl who longs to learn and a…
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Buy on Amazon1999 · Mary Pope Osborne
On a new mission to help save lives, Jack and Annie board the doomed ocean liner Titanic. As the great ship sails toward an iceberg on its maiden…
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Buy on Amazon1999 · Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie travel to the Great Plains in the time of the Lakota people and the vast buffalo herds. Sent to give a special gift, they befriend a…
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Buy on Amazon1999 · Mary Pope Osborne
The treehouse carries Jack and Annie to the jungles of India, where they set out to give a special gift to help others. Guided by a young boy, they…
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Buy on Amazon2000 · Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie travel to the Australian Outback, a land of red deserts and unusual animals. As they search for a way to help, the two encounter…
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Buy on Amazon2000 · Mary Pope Osborne
Their first mission to learn from a hero of history takes Jack and Annie to a Civil War battlefield. Posing as a drummer boy and a nurse, the two…
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Buy on AmazonRevolutionary War on Wednesday
2000 · Mary Pope Osborne
The treehouse sends Jack and Annie to the time of the American Revolution, where they cross paths with General George Washington. On a cold December…
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Buy on Amazon2001 · Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie travel back to a pioneer farm on the Kansas prairie in the 1870s. While visiting a one-room schoolhouse, they meet a teacher and her…
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Buy on AmazonEarthquake in the Early Morning
2001 · Mary Pope Osborne
The treehouse carries Jack and Annie to San Francisco in 1906, just as a massive earthquake strikes the city. Amid collapsing buildings and raging…
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Buy on AmazonStage Fright on a Summer Night
2002 · Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie travel back to London during the time of William Shakespeare. Arriving at the Globe Theater, the two unexpectedly find themselves cast…
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Buy on Amazon2002 · Mary Pope Osborne
The treehouse takes Jack and Annie to the misty mountain forests of Africa in search of a special kind of magic. There they meet a family of mountain…
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Buy on Amazon2002 · Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie journey to Plymouth Colony in 1621 to share in the first Thanksgiving. Helping the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag prepare for the harvest…
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Buy on Amazon2003 · Mary Pope Osborne
The treehouse sends Jack and Annie to the Hawaiian islands long ago, where they learn to surf with a local brother and sister. After a day of riding…
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Buy on Amazon2001 · Mary Pope Osborne
Invited by King Arthur himself, Jack and Annie travel to Camelot one Christmas Eve to find the castle under a sorrowful spell. To restore hope to the…
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Buy on Amazon2003 · Mary Pope Osborne
On a Merlin Mission, Jack and Annie return to Camelot, where Merlin has vanished. Aided by the young magicians Teddy and Kathleen, they journey to a…
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Buy on Amazon2004 · Mary Pope Osborne
Merlin sends Jack and Annie on a quest to the frozen land of the far north to recover an enchanted eye stolen by the Ice Wizard. Joined by their…
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Buy on Amazon2005 · Mary Pope Osborne
Merlin sends Jack and Annie to Venice, Italy, during the lively carnival season to find a secret library and prevent a disaster. Amid masked revelers…
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Buy on Amazon2005 · Mary Pope Osborne
On a Merlin Mission, Jack and Annie travel to ancient Baghdad to help a caliph share wisdom and books with the world. Crossing the desert with a…
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Buy on Amazon2006 · Mary Pope Osborne
Merlin sends Jack and Annie to the 1889 World's Fair in Paris, where four brilliant innovators have gathered. With a mysterious masked sorcerer…
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Buy on Amazon2006 · Mary Pope Osborne
On a Merlin Mission set in 1938 New York City, Jack and Annie search for a magical unicorn hidden in the metropolis. Following clues through museums…
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Buy on Amazon2007 · Mary Pope Osborne
Merlin, troubled and weary, sends Jack and Annie to old Edo, Japan, to discover the secret of happiness. There they meet a renowned haiku poet and…
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Buy on Amazon2007 · Mary Pope Osborne
On a Merlin Mission, Jack and Annie travel to Florence during the Italian Renaissance to spend a day with the brilliant Leonardo da Vinci. Helping…
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Buy on Amazon2008 · Mary Pope Osborne
Merlin sends Jack and Annie aboard a 19th-century sailing ship on a scientific voyage across the ocean. While searching for the secret of a happy…
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Buy on Amazon2009 · Mary Pope Osborne
On a Merlin Mission, Jack and Annie travel to Vienna, Austria, in the time of the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Using a magic flute, the two help…
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Buy on Amazon2009 · Mary Pope Osborne
Merlin sends Jack and Annie to New Orleans in 1915 to meet a young Louis Armstrong before he becomes a famous musician. Wandering the lively city on…
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Buy on Amazon2010 · Mary Pope Osborne
On a Merlin Mission, Jack and Annie travel to 19th-century Ireland to inspire a shy young poet named William Butler Yeats. Guided into the world of…
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Buy on AmazonA ghost tale for Christmas time
2010 · Mary Pope Osborne
Merlin sends Jack and Annie to Victorian London to help the writer Charles Dickens. On a snowy Christmas, the two try to lift the spirits of the…
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Buy on Amazon2011 · Mary Pope Osborne
On a Merlin Mission, Jack and Annie travel to India in the time of a great emperor to recover a special emerald. Their adventure leads them through a…
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Buy on Amazon2011 · Mary Pope Osborne
Merlin sends Jack and Annie to Vienna, Austria, in the time of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven. To help break a magic spell, the two must make sure…
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Buy on Amazon2011 · Mary Pope Osborne
On a Merlin Mission, Jack and Annie travel back in time to meet Abraham Lincoln, journeying through several stages of his life. Searching for a way…
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Buy on AmazonA Big Day for Baseball (Magic Tree House (R))
2017 · Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie are sent on a mission tied to the early days of baseball, where the magic rule is that everyone gets to play. Caught up in a game from…
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Buy on Amazon2018 · Mary Pope Osborne
The treehouse carries Jack and Annie to the Texas Gulf Coast as a powerful hurricane approaches. With the storm bearing down, the two must act as…
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Buy on AmazonWarriors in Winter (Magic Tree House (R))
2019 · Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie travel back to the time of the ancient Roman Empire and its legions in winter. Caught up among soldiers and the warriors who opposed…
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Buy on Amazon2019 · Mary Pope Osborne
The treehouse sends Jack and Annie back to colonial America to spend time with the inventor and statesman Benjamin Franklin. Helping with his famous…
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Buy on Amazon2020 · Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie travel to the cold waters of the Arctic in search of a narwhal, the so-called unicorn of the sea. On a clear, sunny night among the…
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Buy on Amazon2020 · Mary Pope Osborne
The treehouse carries Jack and Annie high into the Andes mountains of South America, home to herds of llamas. As the two carry out their mission in…
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Buy on Amazon2021 · Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie travel to California to meet the famous naturalist John Muir in the wilderness of Yosemite. Camping among towering trees and granite…
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Buy on Amazon2022 · Mary Pope Osborne
The treehouse sends Jack and Annie to the high mountains of Asia in search of a rare and elusive snow leopard. Braving the cold, rugged terrain, the…
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Buy on Amazon2023 · Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie travel to Africa on a mission connected to rhinoceroses. Out on the savanna, the two learn about these enormous animals and the…
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Buy on Amazon2023 · Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie travel to ancient Mesoamerica during the height of the Turtle King's reign, discovering the secrets of a lost civilization as they…
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2024 · Mary Pope Osborne
The siblings journey to the American frontier during a wild horse stampede, learning about the untamed landscapes of the Great Plains while helping…
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Buy on Amazon2025 · Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie dive into the coastal waters of California to witness the beauty and vulnerability of sea otters in their natural habitat, discovering…
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Companion & related books
Short-story collections and companion titles in this series.
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Buy on Amazon1999 · Will Osborne
A nonfiction companion to the Magic Tree House adventures, this Fact Tracker by Jack and Annie explores the world's rain forests. Packed with photos,…
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Buy on Amazon2000 · Will Osborne
In this nonfiction companion to the Magic Tree House series, Jack and Annie share everything they learned about dinosaurs. The Fact Tracker covers…
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Buy on Amazon2000 · Will Osborne
This nonfiction Magic Tree House companion follows Jack and Annie as they explore the world of the Middle Ages. The Fact Tracker is filled with…
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Buy on AmazonMummies and Pyramids (Magic Tree House Research Guide)
2001 · Will Osborne
This nonfiction research guide explores the fascinating history, architecture, and religious beliefs of ancient Egypt's mummies and pyramids,…
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Buy on Amazon2001 · Will Osborne
A research companion that explores the real history of pirates, treasure, naval warfare, and seafaring adventure during the Golden Age of Piracy,…
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Buy on Amazon2002 · Mary Pope Osborne
This nonfiction guide examines the characteristics, behaviors, and ecosystems of dolphins and sharks, presenting scientific facts about these…
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Buy on AmazonSpace (Magic Tree House Rsrch Gdes(R))
2002 · Will Osborne
A research guide that explores the wonders of space exploration, planets, stars, and astronomy, providing factual information about our solar system…
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Buy on Amazon2002 · Mary Pope Osborne
This companion book presents the true story of the Titanic's fateful voyage and sinking, exploring the ship's construction, its passengers, and the…
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Buy on AmazonTwisters and Other Terrible Storms
2003 · Will Osborne
A nonfiction exploration of meteorology and weather phenomena including tornadoes, hurricanes, and thunderstorms, explaining how these powerful…
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Buy on Amazon2004 · Mary Pope Osborne
A nonfiction companion examining the causes, key figures, and pivotal moments of the American Revolution, exploring how thirteen colonies became an…
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Buy on AmazonAncient Greece and the Olympics
2004 · Mary Pope Osborne
This research guide delves into ancient Greek civilization, Olympic games, mythology, and culture, offering historical facts and context about one of…
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Buy on Amazon2005 · Mary Pope Osborne
This guide explores the true story of the Pilgrims, their journey across the Atlantic, and their settlement at Plymouth, revealing the complex…
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Buy on Amazon2005 · Mary Pope Osborne
A research book examining sabertooth cats and other megafauna of the Ice Age, presenting scientific evidence about these extinct animals and the…
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Buy on Amazon2006 · Mary Pope Osborne
This nonfiction companion explores the glory and architecture of ancient Rome, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, and the tragic preservation of the…
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Buy on AmazonPolar Bears and the Arctic (Magic Tree House Research Guide)
2007 · Mary Pope Osborne
A research guide about polar bears and Arctic ecosystems, presenting facts about arctic wildlife, indigenous peoples, climate, and the challenges…
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Buy on AmazonTsunamis and Other Natural Disasters
2007 · Mary Pope Osborne
This guide explores powerful natural disasters including tsunamis, earthquakes, and floods, examining how these events form, their historical…
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Buy on Amazon2008 · Mary Pope Osborne
This research guide presents facts about penguins and Antarctic ecosystems, exploring the unique adaptations of penguin species and the extreme…
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Buy on Amazon2008 · Mary Pope Osborne
A nonfiction exploration of legendary sea monsters from history and mythology, examining the creatures and legends sailors have encountered or…
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Buy on Amazon2009 · Mary Pope Osborne
A nonfiction companion investigating ghost stories, paranormal phenomena, and the cultural history of ghosts across different civilizations and time…
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Buy on Amazon2009 · Mary Pope Osborne
This guide explores the life and achievements of Leonardo da Vinci, one of history's greatest minds, covering his art, inventions, scientific…
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Frequently asked questions
What order should I read the Magic Tree House books in?
Publication order — Publication order — the order in which the books were first published. This is the standard, most widely recommended way to read the series. Start with “Dinosaurs Before Dark.”
How many books are in the Magic Tree House series?
We list 57 books by Mary Pope Osborne , published between 1992–2025.
Where can I buy the Magic Tree House books?
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Reading order compiled from author/publisher guidance and verified bibliographic data. Spotted an error? We continuously correct the catalog.