| Title | : | The Knight at Dawn (Magic Tree House, #2) |
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| ISBN | : | 067982412X |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780679824121 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 66 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 1993 |
That's what Jack and Annie find when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to the Middle Ages for another wild adventure. In the Great Gall of the castle, a feast is under way. But Jack and Annie aren't exactly welcome guests!
The Knight at Dawn (Magic Tree House, #2) Reviews
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Mary Pope Osborne's Magic Treehouse series is quite extensive. I read "The Knight at Dawn." This was rather cute, and I will hang onto it for the great grandkids, as it will be fun to read to them. The text is short, but I have a vivid imagination, and think like a kid, so my wife says, so it will be fun. Where were these books when I was a kid?
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3.5 Stars. This was another cute installment to the series! I'm a huge fan of dinosaurs so I can't lie and say that I didn't enjoy the first one just a tad better. Nevertheless, I did enjoy learning more about knights and the overall layout of the castle. In terms of character development, I think that I'm really going to enjoy Annie. She's so fearless and while Jack may have more knowledge about random things, I think that it's Annie's courage and quick thinking that gets them out of sticky situations. The artwork accompanied the text perfectly and I still see why this is such a fun and somewhat addictive series for younger readers. With the mystery surrounding this letter "M" on the medallion as well as the bookmark, I'm excited to dive further into the rest of the series.
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Not a bad concept, but why are these books so bland and character-less? I can’t stand to listen to them in the car, even though the kid seems to sort of like them?
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To start with, I still don't understand the popularity of these books, at least not for the age group it's often suggested for. My five-year-old finds them dull, though he might like them more if he were an independent reader. The story was too dry and lacked any real excitement. However, my nearly two-year-old is starting to get interested.
As a parent I found this book a little annoying. Annie doesn't think before she acts. The story is overly vague and bland. I had a hard time following the story in the book because it all seemed to be repetitive sneaking around with a handful of random, vague facts spattered around. Even the dialogue with the contemps was pretty inconsistent. There was a "thou" thrown in there, but also the slang "'em". It just didn't seem to flow. Then there was the obvious curiosity about kids wandering off in the middle of the night and trying not to get caught by their parents.
That being said, while I don't think it's a great story for the grade levels it's promoted for, I do think it will be fantastic for a younger age group. I wouldn't really use it as an introduction to history, but it could be a fun read and encourage a younger child to have interest in a variety of things. It could give a lot of inspiration to a younger child interested in make-believe. I like it a lot for a younger age group, just not the age group it seems to be used for. -
The events in this one are much less exciting and logical than in the others I've read. The reason why the children are captured by the men in the castle is never clearly given, nor is the reason why they're placed into a storage room.
However, the descriptions of the castle, given both from Annie and Jack's pov and from the book, were fascinating, thorough, and historically accurate. As were the details about the armor. And the fantastically beautiful illustrations once again served to make these descriptions even more vivid.
Also interesting to me in this one was the dichotomy between Jack's determination to learn all he could about the castle from his book and Annie's determination to explore the castle for herself. Jack finally being convinced that he should go see the REAL castle has to be one of the first times I've read a children's book in which it seems that children are being encouraged to experience the world for themselves instead of reading about it. It just fascinated me that such a concept should be directed at so young an audience. -
The Knight at Dawn is one of many belonging to the Magic Tree House series. I remember reading these when I was younger. The adventures and stories were vividly depicted and easy to follow along with. I enjoyed these books so much I read them all within a month. I could not put them down. Children today still feel that way. The librarian told me this when I went to check one out.
Mary Pope Osborne does an excellent job of creating a world of mystery and adventure for Jack and Annie, two little children that discover this magical tree house. The tree house takes them on wild adventures where they are the heros and always have to save someone or something. All the books teach a lesson in the end and have an excellent plot. Children can also have the added benefit of having the opportunity to read not just one put over 30 books in this series. A great book with illustrations added within. Highly recommend for children who love reading about mystery/detective type stories. -
A book my 6 yr old loved, a little old for my preschoolers. A solid reading level 3 book, this reader has a good amount of advanced vocabulary words, but not so long that it discourages a new reader. Used it for his read out loud book, which was perfect. It took about 15 mins for him to read and had just enough new vocabulary words to make it challenging. Also, it was a fun and interesting story he could get into. He liked it so much, he asked for more by this author. Great reading book!
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Loving this series just as much as my son is!
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The Knight at Dawn is the second book in the Magic Tree House series. This is a cute story about Jack, and his sister Annie traveling through time to a time with knights and castles. I read this to my six year old and he absolutely loved it. My three year old also sat through the story with us and she loved it as well, though she did have a few questions. She had a harder time understanding the story. All in all we love the Magic Tree House stories and plan to continue on with the series. I definitely recommend this book to people with young children who love stories with action, and easy to understand dialogue!
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and let me present my last review of 2022:
annie is a girlboss good for her -
I thought that this book was very fun and exciting as well as adventures book for me. That I really enjoyed to read and have connections to. I finished this book in not even a day for how much I enjoyed to read it. I read this book with great fluency and the book also influenced me to read more of that serious in books.
I would rate this book in between 4 and 5 because there were some parts n the book that I wanted to skip and not read but I read it anyway. There were also more parts in the book that really caught my attention and also impressed me. I normally do not read that much but when I read this book It caught my attention so much that I felt like reading another book. -
Mother Read: 8/2/16
Oldest Son Read: -
Read this with my son. Chapter books aren't my favorite genre, but if it helps him learn to love reading, I guess we'll keep going with the series.
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Read aloud to S and D.
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“The Knight at Dawn” by Mary Pope Osborne is the second book in the Magic Tree House book series. The book starts off that the previous day Jack and his sister Annie found a tree house in the frog creek woods which was full of books. When they selected a book and wished upon it, they were sent in time travel to that place. In the middle of the next night Annie comes into Jack’s room and neither of them can sleep, because they are thinking of the tree house. Annie eventually convinces Jack to come along to the tree house. When they get to it they go inside and try to figure out who’s tree house it is and why are all the books there. While Jack wanted to leave Annie found a book about knights on black horses. Just as Jack was about to leave Annie wishes them to the knight in armour. When they get there, they sneak into the guarded castle and watch what they do in that time period. Not to long after that they get caught by some guards and get thrown into the dungeon. To escape the dungeon, Annie uses her flashlight as a pretend “magic wand” and the guards become scared. They escaped the castle and just outside the moat was a knight on his horse waiting for them. They both got set onto the horse and he took them back to the tree house. They went back home and Jack realized that on the books all of the same letter “M” was on all of them. He figured out all of the books were for the same person.
The characters in the book are two young kids Jack and Annie, whom are brother and sister. Jack is the older brother to Annie and did all of the thinking between them. Annie was the explorer type and did everything Jack didn't want to. They both end up saving each other in different situations and always making it back home safely.
The setting of the story takes place starting out in the frog creek woods were the tree house is located in the tallest tree in the woods. The rest of the book takes place in the medieval time period with knights and dungeons. The author gives very good, detailed descriptions of the setting and how it is at the time period.
I would recommend this book to elementary through middle school kids who are looking for a good book series to read. It is a very good short chapter book to read on your free time. I enjoyed this book and is one of my favorites in the book series. -
Overall, this was a quick read. I loved the fact that this series is an ongoing mystery. Each book has a clue that leads to something significant. The stories keep getting better,but I love them equally. My favourite part was when the kids were trying to escape the castle after they got caught. that was intense. The whole time I was skimming the book and I still understood what happened.
I agree with what I said in my review about the first book of the series.
My elementary self would loved, but as of now, it was okay. Although, it did bring nostalgia to me as I was reading this book and possibly continuing the series. -
Santa brought this book to my 6 year old son for us to read together. This is the first Magic Tree House book I have read (we skipped the first but will go back and read it). I love being able to ask my son what he thought would happen to Jack and Annie on their adventure. Our favorite part was when Annie was quick thinking enough to use her flashlight as a magic wand. My son enjoyed it so much he wanted to get the 3rd as soon as we closed the cover on the second. I'm so excited to be reading these books to help develop a love of reading in my son.
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Don't judge me.
I stole this from my public library.
A long time ago I checked this book out for some AR points, yeah this was a long time ago. Once the checkout time arrived, I had literally no idea where it went.
Guess what? I just found it.
Eventually my mom just bought the book from the library, since my attempts of searching were no good.
I've read 50 of the Magic Tree House books because I LOVED them. Most of my childhood was imagining what it would be like if I had a teleported tree house. -
It is a sequel to Magic Tree House: Dinosaurs Before Dark. The same children, Jack and Annie, go into the treehouse and look at a book about a medieval Scottish castle and find themselves in the same sort of situation as last time. They get captured by the guards and can barely find the book that takes them home.
I think it was as good as the last one, except this time it is people, not dinosaurs that are the enemies.
I learned a bit about history. I learned that there were rumors that there were crocodiles in motes and what they ate in Scottish castles.
