This book gives a lot of information about Venice. I think if a child reads this book it'll give them lots of information about the floods in Venice. And all about how it was a city with rivers for roads and sidewalks. This is originally about Jack and Annie going to Venice in the middle of a carnival they have to face a terrible flood.

This is a fun story and is the first of "Merlin's Missions" within the Magic Tree House series in which Jack and Annie are given a book of magic and an important mission that leads the two adventurers on a visit to Neptune, the ruler of the sea, on the back of a winged lion in order to save the city of Venice from a great flood.

Coolio. ( )

My second-grader and I read this one together since he had read several Magic TreeHouse books in class. He liked it. I was not impressed - but that's really not what's important, is it? Jack and Annie must go back in time to Venice to save the Lady of the Lagoon from devastation. Time travel and flying stone lions aside, I was most bothered with the fact that there was no mention of the language barrier. They could have easily covered it with a spell or something since magic seems to be a central theme, but it was ignored. Again, not a problem for my second-grader. So as long as it's getting him interested in reading, I guess I'll give it a thumbs-up... not way up, but up. ( )

Jack and Annie are sent on a mission by morgon and merlin to save venice from a terrible flood with the help of a yong painter, a flying lion, and the king of the seas. ( )