Twister on Tuesday

I picked this book up expecting to feel brain cells dying as I read it. I was very wrong; I can see why my students enjoy this series so much. It's very well written (albeit extremely simplistic) and interesting. It was an extremely quick read and is educational, to boot!

I liked this book for two reasons. One reason I liked this book was for the way it was written. The author sneaks in a lot of facts about pioneer life throughout the book. She does this through Jack reading and taking notes from his book. The author also added a couple "more facts" pages at the end of the book in case the reader wanted to know more about pioneers, twisters, or pioneer school life. Another reason I liked this book was for the plot. The plot of the story is very well organized and it keeps the reader wanting to read more. I think that this makes the book very engaging. Overall, I think the message of this book was that if you don't succeed the first time, to keep trying no matter what.

This historical fiction book in the Magic Tree House series follows Jack and Annie to the 1870's prairieland where they save a schoolhouse full of children from a twister heading their way.
I love the Magic Tree House series, and this one may be my favorite in the series since I can relate to it. I have lived in Oklahoma all my life and I would have loved hearing this story as a child since I heard about tornadoes all the time.
Extension ideas would include reading when you know the school is about to have a tornado drill, or in other parts of the country where tornadoes do not or rarely happen to educate students on something new to them.

I remember reading this book as a child and really enjoying how Magic Tree House books take the reader back in time. I learned a lot of history from reading this series and this book had a very intriquing storyline and great characterization. It also had great figurative language for a child's book.

The Magic Treehouse is a chapter book series about a little boy named Jack and his little sister Annie who has a tree house that can take them back in time or a different location to complete missions by Morgan the wizard. In this book, Tuesday on Tuesday, the main characters travel back to the 1870's in a small schoolhouse in the prairie. They notice a tornado headed towards the school house. Their mission is to warn the school house that a tornado is coming and to get out fast before it hits. This creates a dilemma for the main characters, they help out the town by risking their life to warn them or leave them to fend for themselves. This book is great for introducing a social studies or science lesson or giving students an insight to show more content areas in an interesting way. This also teaches students the wonders of imagination. These kids are able to travel to different locations because of their magic tree house. I rate this book 5 out of 5. I recommend trying to read all the books! show less

Jack and Annie use their Magic Tree House to travel back to the 1870s Kansas prairie, where they encounter a one-room schoolhouse and must escape a terrifying tornado that rips through the area, giving them a firsthand experience of pioneer life's challenges.

In my opinion this is a good book. I say this for a couple of reasons, with the first one being the illustrations. Though there weren’t many illustrations in the book, the few that were did a wonderful job in conveying what was going on in the story. The pictures gave me a clear image of the setting in which this story took place. The illustrations were in black and white which was conducive to the time in which the story was taking place. Another reason why I feel that this is a good book is because the characters were believable and exhibited characteristics for the situation in which they were in. The story told of an older boy who was struggling in school and was embarrassed when younger/smaller children tried to help him out. He show more then became a bully to hide his inefficiencies. Since he had to work on a farm with his parents he wasn't able to go to school and during that time that was the norm. The message of this story is how during pioneer times people sheltered themselves from twisters/ natural disasters. show less