Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House, No. 1)

Great book!!

It took me a while post a review on this book only because I read it by myself. and then, with my little daughter. then we all gathered again with niece and nephews and read agin. Nice book teaching a young ones sharing caring I hope this stick with them for a lifetime awesome book.

This was a great chapter book. It was a really fun adventure. The two characters, Jack and his younger sister Annie, find all kinds of fun and trouble on their magical trip to a world filled with dinosaurs. This book had really cool illustrations too. They were beautiful and did a fantastic job of giving a sense of scale. They made the tree house look like it was way up high in the tree and they made the dinosaurs look huge. Sal Murdocca is a talented artist. They did a great job incorporating them with the typography. I could tell some of the illustrations were designed specifically to leave space for a paragraph or two of text and it made the book even more fun to read than just having little illustrations placed on the top of the page every once in a while. There was usually only one illustration per chapter but they always took up at least one whole page and sometimes two pages in a big spread. A lot of thought went into the layout and illustrations of this book and it makes for one heck of a read for a small exciting 10 chapter story. I read this book because I'm getting into writing chapter books and this book came highly recommended from the research I did on great kids chapter books. Now I can see why. Great writing that I can tell was crafted into very neat and easy to read sentences. A well plotted little story that just moves and keeps the reader engaged. A really fun magical adventure, and gorgeous well used illustrations along the way. I can't wait to read Magic Tree House # 2 and visit a castle!

Granddaughter loves these... her favorite series! She is a precocious 2nd grader who loves to read. I ask her which book does she want me to buy her and she always answers "The Tree House!" By now I think I've ordered the entire series!

I purchased this book to read to my 4 and 2 year olds, and they enjoyed it so much we have gone on to read the next 2 books in the series. It's a story about a brother and sister (just like my two, just older) and how a Magic Tree House transports them to the time of the dinosaurs because of the book they were looking at. I know that when they are old enough to read on their own they will enjoy reading it again. It's fun for a read out loud book for little ones and simple enough for beginner readers to handle the content on their own.

I homeschooled my three sons and we read ALL of the Magic Treehouse Books during those years. Now, one of my grown sons is homeschooling his two children and I bought this (and also volumes #2 & 2) for them. Of course, they loved them and are reading more of them.

I knew this series since I was 13 now I’m 21 and it still has my heart. I deeply hope new great quality books are coming out. Will be in my future home library

Wonderful story book.

とても読みやすく、勉強になります。こういうものを学校の教科書にすれば良いと思う。

It was too magical and absolutely super book for kids

Pequeño, manejable y fácil de leer. La calidad del papel es tipo reciclado, nada de hojas blancas satinadas y sin dibujos a color. La historia muy chula.

We got this book as the gift. We fell in love with it so I bought my kids full sets (not so great colorful quality like this particular edition - I would bankrupt considering the number of books in set) but still good for my little book-dragons. My son literally devoured it - nice illustrations and great story.