Tittle: hour of the Olympics Author: Mary pope Osborn Who : jack and Annie going to the Olympics. What go to the magic tree house .Where: they go in the magic tree house to go to the Olympics .When: they went at night time .How : they went in the tree house and travel to the Olympics. The Olympics is located in Greece Summary: This story is about a boy and girl nam jack and a girl name Annie . At night in frog creek Pennsylvania, Jack was in his bed. he then went out of bed and woke up his sister name Annie because he wanted to go in the tree house. they put on their clothes and went out side in the woods. there was the tree house. Morgen, their best friend, was the in tree house and had another adventure for them. They needed to go to Greece to find a very important Olympics person that has Morgan's book. So, margin left the very important adventure in their hands. Wen they arrived to Greece, they found the person, but he wouldn't give the book back unless Morgan comes. So, jack tells Annie to try and disguise as Morgan lee fe so they can get the book back. Then, the famous person falls for the trick and hands the book to them, but Annie's wig falls off and he notices that it's not Morgan. Jack and Annie hope to reach the tree house in time so they don't get in serious trouble. They reach the tree house and head home, but they needEd to tell Morgan what happened. Morgan was angry, but was glad they got home with the book quickly and safe.... The end
A really neat series of books, although you CAN read them individually, it's just nicer to read them in order to understand what is really going on. These series are chapter books my son and I sit and read it for about 30 minutes or so. Very interesting, keeping our attention. Just enough 'Science' to keep it educational but yet enough imagination in it to keep it fun too. Each book apparently will have a 'guide' to the two children in the book but to the reader-listener it will give History lesson or a Science lesson to the time frame of where the children are. There is a Prologue at the beginning to summarize up what the Magic Tree House is and the cards with ML on them are for those that haven't read the other books. In this one Jack and his little sister Annie (8 and 7 years old) go to Greece to rescue an old book that was going to be destroyed if not rescued. When they get there they realize that girls weren't allowed to do anything... they weren't allowed to read, write, act in plays, go to the Olympics or be seen out in public period! This gets Annie into trouble along the way; but with the help of her brother and a special friend (older readers will recognize the name...Plato) And at the end they realize what constellations are and why some of them became what they are today.
What do You think about Hour Of The Olympics (1998)?
This is an interesting entry in the Magic Tree House series. It's a bit anticlimactic as Jack and Annie visit Ancient Greece to save a story, the fourth in their quest. It's not as suspenseful as some of the other recent books, but it's full of history and interesting facts about those times. One of the biggest themes is how unfairly women were treated; they weren't considered citizens and couldn't vote, couldn't attend the Olympic Games or theaters, and they weren't even allowed to go to school. This was great for starting a conversation with our girls about what that would be like and how glad we are that we live in these times.
—Dolly
Title: Hour of the OlympicsAuthor: Mary Pope OsborneSeries: Magic Tree House #16Rating: ★★★Summary: No girls allowed at the Olympic Games! That's the rule when the Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie back to ancient Greece. But when Annie tells Jack to go to the games without her, he knows she's up to something. Will Annie find a way to see the games? Or will she get herself — and Jack — into Olympic-size trouble? Find out in Hour of the Olympics.Review: Riding in chariots and watching the games begin.Things I Loved: I actually read this one twice. Girl power! <3Things I Hated: N/A
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Hour of the Olympics is the sixteenth Magic Tree House book and the final of the lost stories arc. In this one Jack and Annie travel back in time to Greece to watch the Olympic games. Annie ends up in danger because women and girls weren't allowed to the games.In school I read about a half dozen books on the ancient Olympics. Every four years when the Olympics were being played the history of the games were assigned reading. I can't remember a single one covering the banning of women from watching the games. When Sean started reading Hour of the Olympics I expected another glorified history of sportsmanship.Mary Pope Osborne though decided to take things in a very different direction by focusing instead on women in ancient Greece. By showing up in the games Annie is in danger of arrest or worse by violating the rules and traditions by simply being there. Annie further exasperates things by ignoring the warnings and going in disguise to a chariot race. Annie learns that the poet they've come to meet is a woman. She circumvents society's rules by writing stories anonymously.Here in the book though was Sean's aha moment when he realized most of his favorite books are written by women. He spent much of the evening after he finished the book talking about how unfair it was to live back then or any place where people are limited by similar rules. It's good to see a book make him think so much.
—Sarah Sammis
