I know that a lot of people like these Magic Tree House books but I personally just thought that they were okay. This High Tide in Hawaii one was my favorite though. I think that this fiction book is a good introduction to learning about the waves and the ocean and other parts of the world. Jack and Annie find a book about Hawaii and decide to go there and in the process of their trip, teh kids learn about Hawaii and the culture and weather there.
What sold me on this book was when I went to my elementary library and found the resource book to go with it! Each book in this series has a nonfiction book to follow it! It gives a lot of information about things that link to the story book itself. Like for instance...this book is based in Hawaii so it briefly touches on the water and all that sort of stuff. The nonfiction book that goes with it goes into detail about disaster, earthquakes, tsunamis,volcanoes and lots of other events that happen in nature. It is a perfect book for the children to be able to enjoy and then to be have an automatic resource for other information after the students are engaged in the topic! ( )

this book was a okay book. it taught me how you be friends no matter what people thnik ( )

High Tide in Hawaii
by Mary Pope Osborne
I read this book. Jack and Annie are the main characters. Jack and Annie have a magic tree house. The tree house is filled with books. In #28, Jack and Annie pick out a particular book about Hawaii. they travel to Hawaii. In Hawaii, they have a lot of fun until the tidal wave comes. Then they ran for their lives! This book is very cool. Reviewed by Ezekiel.

I don't love these books, but my son does. They are a quick read and do have histrorical connections which I appreciate. High Tide in Hawaii is one that I have read because we love Hawaii so much. ( )

I liked it because it was about surfing, and I thought that tidal waves were called tsunamis. I learned that tidal waves have earthquakes before them, but they aren't called tidal waves anymore (because they do not have anything to do with tides). They are called tsunamis now. ( )