“神奇树屋”（Magic Tree House）系列描述一对小兄妹杰克与安妮的冒险故事。八岁半的哥哥杰克，理性冷静，喜欢看书，他会将沿途看到的事物，重点式的记录在笔记本上；而七岁的妹妹安妮，喜爱幻想与冒险，并且勇于尝试。
这两个一动一静、个性截然不同的兄妹，在森林里发现了一个堆满书的神奇树屋，神奇树屋就像时光机器，带他们到一个个不同的时空中旅行。于是，兄妹俩来到史前时代的恐龙谷、和骑士探访中古世纪的城堡、到古埃及破解木乃伊的秘密、跟着海盗出海寻宝……，每一次的冒险都紧张刺激、精采得不得了！
现在，“神奇树屋”的门已经打开，欢迎加入杰克与安妮惊险有趣的知识之旅，和他们一起到不同时空中冒险！
Jack's glasses were wet with mist. He quickly wipedthem, then looked up. A man in a brown robe stood before him. The manhad a round red face. He was bald, except for a fringeof hair around his head. Nearby the rope was tied around a tree. I--I'm not...
Jack opened his eyes. The light was still gray, but the air was evendamper and colder than in Frog Creek. Wow, I'm in a long dress, said Annie. It'sscratchy. Hey, I've got a little purse on my belt. It hasmy library card in it!Jack looked down at his...
Jack opened his eyes. A thin gray light came through his window. Hisclock read 5 A.M. All was quiet. Today we're going to ancient Ireland, he thought,back more than a thousand years. Morgan le Fay had told him that it was a verydangerous time, with V...
Jack opened his eyes. He was wearing his ownclothes and his sneakers. The cloth sack had turnedback into his backpack. Welcome home, Master Librarians, said Morgan. She stood in the tree house, smiling at them. Hi! said Annie. We brought you the anci...
What's going on? said Jack. I don't know, said Annie. But we'd better followit.She hurried after the ball of silk thread. Jack put the bamboo book into his sack and took offafter her. They followed the trail of thread down the row,where it turned dow...
Jack and Annie stood frozen. The silent soldiers did, too. Finally, Annie spoke. They're fake, she said. Fake? whispered Jack. They're not real, she said. They look real, said Jack. Annie walked straight toward the front row ofsoldiers. Jack held his...
The Dragon King watched the bonfire as it blazedup toward the sky. Around the fire the air was thickand wavy. Bamboo books were stacked beside thefire, waiting to be burned. Hurry! said the scholar. They jumped down from the cart and joined thecrowd...
The oxcart bumped across the wooden bridge thatcrossed over a moat. Then it passed guards standingby giant wooden gates. Are the gates ever closed? Jack asked. Oh, yes, every day at sunset, said the scholar. When the gong sounds, the gates close. The...
It's a book from our country, said Jack. Yourbooks are made of bamboo, but ours are made ofpaper. Actually, your country invented paper. Butlater, in the future.The man looked confused. Never mind, said Annie. It's for reading. It's forlearning about...
Jack and Annie ran around the farmhouse. At theback was an oxcart filled with bags of grain. Therewas no one in sight. The shouting behind them got louder. Jack and Annie looked at each other, then divedinto the back of the wooden cart. They buriedth...
Jack and Annie kept walking across the pasturetoward the road. Annie stopped when they neared thefarmhouse. We have to find the silk weaver and give her themessage, she said. Let's do that on our way back, said Jack. I'mworried about finding the Impe...
Oh, wow, Annie said. These clothes feel so soft. And look, I have a pocket for my secret library card.Jack opened his eyes. Their clothes had magicallychanged. They no longer wore jeans, T-shirts, and sneakers. Instead, they had on baggy pants, loose...
Prologue One summer day in Frog Creek, Pennsylvania, amysterious tree house appeared in the woods. Eightyear-old Jack and his seven-year-old sister, Annie,climbed into the tree house. They found that it was filled with books. Jack and Annie soon disc...
Jack didn't move. He had never been so tired in allhis life. Breathe, said Annie. Jack gulped in cool, clean air. He opened his eyes. He couldn't see a thing. Take off your glasses, said Annie. They're filthy.Jack took off his glasses. The first thin...
The bridge must have caved in! cried Annie. They stared at the dried-up stream. Pumice hadpiled up in huge drifts, like snow. We'll have to get through that stuff to get across!said Jack. He and Annie slid down the bank onto the piles ofpumice. As th...
