Summary
A Good Night for Ghosts
When the magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1915, they find out that they have arrived on the eve of All Saints' Day--the spookiest night of the year Jack and Annie's mission is to find a musician named Louis Armstrong and help him bring his gift of music to the world. Unfortunately, he is busy doing anything but playing music It will take a host of New Orleans ghosts, plus a daring plan from Jack and Annie, to make this mission a success. . . .
Leprechaun in Late Winter
The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie off to a rainy winter day in Ireland long ago Their mission: to find a girl named Augusta and inspire her to share her creative talents with the world. But when Jack and Annie meet Augusta, they don't see how they can inspire her at all--she is the least exciting and imaginative person they've ever met
That's when a magic whistle comes in very handy But their plan backfires, and soon Jack and Annie are following a leprechaun into the great unknown to rescue Augusta.
Mary Pope Osborne was born in Fort Sill, Oklahoma on May 20, 1949. She grew up in a military family, and by the time she was 15 she had lived in Oklahoma, Austria, Florida, and four different army posts in Virginia and North Carolina. She attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she majored in religion. After graduation, she traveled around Europe and Asia. Before becoming an author, she worked as a window dresser, a medical assistant, a Russian travel consultant, a waitress, an acting teacher, a bartender, and an assistant editor for a children's magazine.
Her first book, Run, Run as Fast as You Can, was published in 1982. She is the author of the Magic Tree House series and the Merlin Missions series. Her husband, actor Will Osborne, helps her write the nonfiction companion series, Magic Tree House Research Guides. Her other books include The Deadly Power of Medusa, Jason and the Argonauts, Haunted Waters, and Moonhorse.
(Bowker Author Biography)
