Afternoon on the Amazon Magic Tree House Book #6 is by Mary Pope Osborne and published by Random House. Eight-year-old Jack and his seven-year-old sister, Annie, travel to the Amazon River. They travel by a magic tree house. The tree house is a gift from Morgan le Fay and she has a spell put on her. The children want to help their friend so they go to the Amazon Rain Forest to gather one of the four items needed to break the spell. A little mouse named Peanut accompanies the children. Peanut travels in Annie’s front shirt pocket throughout the book. Jack and Annie’s magic tree house lands on the forest canopy. It is 150 ft above the forest floor. They encounter huge trees with hanging vines. Jack and Annie face many different challenges along the way while searching for the second special thing. They find a canoe and then drifted down the river. Their ride down the river was frightening, and when returning back they run quickly back to the tree house. The monkey that they run into that was mean, is really a key figure in this book. At the end of the afternoon the Amazon leaves readers with a better understanding of the actual rain forest. This book is full of humor, excitement, and adventure. I believe that this book is readable for a grade level of 3 and above. I believe that the science concepts in this book are pretty accurate throughout the book.

Afternoon on the Amazon, written by Mary Pope Osborne, engages young readers in a charming way. Jack and his younger sister Annie must find four “special things” in order to free Morgan le Fay, a magical librarian who owns the magic tree house, from a spell. This magic tree house allows Jack and Annie to travel anywhere in the world and through different time periods. In this book, they are searching for the “second thing.”
Peanut, the mouse, lives in the magic tree house and helps guide Jack and Annie on their adventures. After landing in the canopy of a rainforest, Jack and Annie face many challenges while searching for the “second special thing.” They retrieved a canoe and drifted down the river. Their boat ride was not calm, but frightening. After Jack and Annie safely reached shore, they frantically ran back to the magic tree house. The monkey which the children thought was rude and dangerous, is actually a key figure in this story. The end of Afternoon on the Amazon leaves readers with a better understanding of rainforests.
This intriguing book is full of humor, adventure, and excitement. Children in grades 3 and above should enjoy Jack and Annie’s journey through the Amazon. This story presents many opportunities to incorporate science. Students can learn about camouflage or how different animals survive in a rainforest. They can observe animal behavior and record information or draw a scene which camouflages something.

This is a good example of fantasy in an early chapter book. Children can begin to read short chapters, which are divided according to the encounters in the Amazon rain forest. Jack and Annie are able to get to the Amazon by pointing to a picture of it in a book and saying "I wish we could go there." This aspect of the story also helps to make it a good example of a fantasy.

Setting: This is an appropriate setting for the story because Annie and Jack explore the Amazon rain forest before returning to their home in Pennsylvania.

Media: pencil, watercolor

This is a chapter book for readers just beginning to read more advanced books. The setting takes place in the Amazon, and we know that by the author's cue and the main characters describing their time in the Amazon. The setting is important because the children would not have had any of their encounters had they been anywhere else.The setting made the story possible. The brother and sister visit the Amazon for a few hours in search of something, which they end up discovering is a mango. This book is number 6 in the series. Media: Pen and ink, oils

Vampire bats and killer ants?

That's what Jack and Annie are about to run into when the Magic Tree House whisks them away to the Amazon River. It's not long before they get hopelessly lost. Will they be able to find their way back to the tree house? Or are Jack and Annie stuck forever in the rain forest?