World History Magic Tree House & Imagination Station Book List : Half a Hundred Acre Wood

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During the early elementary years (1st to 3rd grade) our children have naturally gravitated towards the Magic Tree House and Imagination Station series. Our children have enjoyed these books even more than the Who Was… series.

I cannot emphasize enough the importance of finding books that your child enjoys reading. If their favorite books don’t line up with what you’re studying, that’s fine! What’s important is that they grow in their love for reading. So let them read Hank the Cowdog if that’s what they enjoy. (After all, those are great books, too!)

Our second son taught me tons about letting go of my utopian ideals. Five years ago, much to my horror, he boldly announced that he hated reading. By God’s grace, he now picks up unabridged classics as a 12-year-old and reads them in his spare time because he enjoys it. He is the one who asks me to read more every time I read out loud, and he’s constantly asking for another book to read.

If you aren’t to a point of enjoying reading yet with your children, it’s okay. Starting out, just aim to read out loud to your children 10 minutes every day. I truly believe it will grow into something much greater if you select topics and books that interest them.

The longer I homeschool, the more I see God’s power and grace in my life and in our home. The fact remains, I fail all the time. But He blesses our learning endeavors in spite of me. With that, I offer this list – not to place the books into a forced or awkward sequence, but to help others see that in even reading these popular children’s series, your child will be making valuable history- and science-related connections.

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[Notes: Magic Tree House is a secular series; Imagination Station is written from a Christian worldview. For Classical Conversations families, this list loosely correlates with Cycle 1 memory work.]

Ancient World Empires Magic Tree House & Imagination Station

Age of Imperialism

Battle for Cannibal Island (AIO Imagination Station Books) (James Calvert, Missionary to Fiji during Age of Imperialism)

Ancient/Medieval Japan

Night of the Ninjas
Ninjas and Samurai: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #5: Night of the Ninjas
Dragon of the Red Dawn (Magic Tree House (R) Merlin Mission)

Ancient/Medieval China

Day of the Dragon King (Magic Tree House (R))
China: Land of the Emperor’s Great Wall: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #14: Day of the Dragon King (Magic Tree House (R) Fact Tracker)
Peril in the Palace (AIO Imagination Station Books)

India

Tigers at Twilight
A Crazy Day with Cobras (Magic Tree House (R) Merlin Mission)

Middle East

Season of the Sandstorms (Magic Tree House (R) Merlin Mission)

Africa

Lions at Lunchtime (Magic Tree House, No. 11)
Good Morning, Gorillas (Magic Tree House #26)
Hunt for the Devil’s Dragon (Libya in the 13th century)

South America

In Fear of the Spear (AIO Imagination Station Books Book 17) (Nate Saint, Missionary to Ecuador)
Afternoon on the Amazon (Magic Tree House, No. 6)
Rain Forests (Magic Tree House Research Guide)
Late Lunch with Llamas (Magic Tree House Book 34) (Machu Picchu)

Composers

Moonlight on the Magic Flute (Magic Tree House (R) Merlin Mission) (Mozart)

Science – Biology

Dolphins at Daybreak (Magic Tree House Book 9)
Dolphins and Sharks: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #9: Dolphins at Daybreak (Magic Tree House (R) Fact Tracker)
Sharks and Other Predators: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #25: Shadow of the Shark (Magic Tree House (R) Fact Tracker)
Polar Bears and the Arctic: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House
Snakes and Other Reptiles: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #17: A Crazy Day with Cobras
Eve of the Emperor Penguin

Penguins and Antarctica: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #12: Eve of the Emperor Penguin

Medieval to Modern History Imagination Station & Magic Tree House

Middle Ages

Voyage with the Vikings (AIO Imagination Station Books)
Viking Ships At Sunrise (Magic Tree House, No. 15)
Vikings: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #15: Viking Ships at Sunrise (Magic Tree House (R) Fact Tracker)
Haunted Castle on Hallows Eve
The Knight at Dawn (Magic Tree House, No. 2)
Night of the Ninth Dragon (Magic Tree House (R) Merlin Mission)
Christmas in Camelot
Revenge of the Red Knight (AIO Imagination Station Books)
Knights and Castles: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #2: The Knight at Dawn (Magic Tree House (R) Fact Tracker)
Dogs in the Dead of Night (Magic Tree House (R) Merlin Mission)
Peril in the Palace (AIO Imagination Station Books)

Renaissance

Stage Fright on a Summer Night (Magic Tree House #25)
Monday with a Mad Genius
Leonardo da Vinci: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #10: Monday with a Mad Genius

1800s-1900s

Poison at the Pump (AIO Imagination Station Books Book 25) (London cholera epidemic of 1854)

World Wars

Danger in the Darkest Hour (Magic Tree House (R) Super Edition) (World War II)
World War II: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House Super Edition #1: World at War, 1944
Escape to the Hiding Place (AIO Imagination Station Books)
Refugees on the Run (AIO Imagination Station Books Book 27)

Science – Ecology & Astronomy

Afternoon on the Amazon (Magic Tree House, No. 6)
Rain Forests (Magic Tree House Research Guide)
Midnight on the Moon (Magic Tree House, No. 8)
Space (Magic Tree House Research Guide)

American History

Magic Tree House & Imagination Station Book List: U.S. History

If you use Classical Conversations, a printable Magic Treehouse & Imagination Station Booklist is included in the appendix of our CC Cycle 1 Planner with Planning Resources packet.

Ancient World Empires Magic Tree House & Imagination Station

Ancient Egypt

Ancient Israel

Ancient Greece