“神奇树屋”（Magic Tree House）系列描述一对小兄妹杰克与安妮的冒险故事。八岁半的哥哥杰克，理性冷静，喜欢看书，他会将沿途看到的事物，重点式的记录在笔记本上；而七岁的妹妹安妮，喜爱幻想与冒险，并且勇于尝试。
这两个一动一静、个性截然不同的兄妹，在森林里发现了一个堆满书的神奇树屋，神奇树屋就像时光机器，带他们到一个个不同的时空中旅行。于是，兄妹俩来到史前时代的恐龙谷、和骑士探访中古世纪的城堡、到古埃及破解木乃伊的秘密、跟着海盗出海寻宝……，每一次的冒险都紧张刺激、精采得不得了！
现在，“神奇树屋”的门已经打开，欢迎加入杰克与安妮惊险有趣的知识之旅，和他们一起到不同时空中冒险！
Jack felt the sharp bite of an icy wind. He lookedout the window with the others. Oh, man, hewhispered. The tree house was not in a tree--for there were notrees anywhere to be seen. Instead, it was sitting highon top of a steep snowdrift. Other drift...
A cold wind rattled the windowpanes. But insidethe house, it was warm and cozy. Jack and Anniewere making Christmas cookies with their mom. Jackpressed a star-shaped cookie cutter into the dough. Hey, it's snowing outside, said Annie. Jack looked out...
N ow what? Jack asked. Now I thank you, said a deep voice. Merlin! cried Annie. Merlin stepped out of the shadows. He wore his redmagician's cloak. His long white beard shined in theradiant glow of the sword. You brought the Sword of Light out of the...
T he sea serpent moved its head very close to Jackand Annie and hissed a long, whispery sssssssss. The serpent's flicking tongue touched the sword fora moment. Jack's heart nearly stopped. But then theserpent slowly pulled back its head and began tou...
A hhh! screamed Jack and Annie. The giant sea serpent arched its long neck into thesky. Its scaly green skin glistened in the late sunlight. Staring at Jack and Annie, its eyes burned like brightyellow lamps. Jack and Annie were frozen with terror. T...
A nnie pointed to the sword handle. Jack nodded. But he was running out of air. He swam back up tothe surface. Annie followed him. Their heads bobbed above the water, and theygasped. Did you see it? cried Annie. The handle ofthe sword?Yes! The blade...
T he four seals paddled with ease through the sunlitwaters of the Selkie Cove and into the Jellyfish Cave. The water in the cave was cold and murky. But in hisseal body, Jack was warm; and with his seal eyes, hecould see clearly. As they swam farther...
S eals? asked Annie. Jack looked at Teddy. Did she say 'change intoseals'? he asked. Indeed! said Teddy. That's what selkies do. Theyare people on land and seals in the sea.You're a seal? Jack asked Kathleen. Sometimes, said the selkie, smiling. Jack...
W ake up, lazybones! You can't sleep allafternoon! said a friendly voice. Jack's eyes shot open. Oh, no! he thought. Whattime is it? He sat up and looked around. The seals were gone. Standing over Jack and Anniewas a barefoot boy with a happy, freckl...
J ack splashed into the blue sunlit sea. He sank tothe bottom and then bobbed back up. He coughed andpushed his hair out of his eyes. Annie was treading water nearby. Hey! she called. Hey! Jack sputtered. I was wrong! You were right! Annie said. Shes...
J ack grabbed Annie's hand. Whatever you do,don't look up, he said,Annie looked up. AHHHHH! she screamed. She started to leap offthe ledge into the churning waters. But then anotherwave crashed wildly against the walls. Jack held Annie back. Don't ju...
G entle waves rippled through the cove as Jack andAnnie swam to the foot of the cliff. They pulledthemselves onto the boulders. Soaking wet, they satfor a moment in the warm sunlight and caught theirbreath. That was so cool! said Annie. Yeah. But why...
A salty breeze blew into the tree house. Seagullsscreeched overhead. Jack and Annie looked out thetree house window. They were high in the branches of a gnarled oldtree. The tree was on a sea cliff beneath snowcappedmountains. The mountains overlooke...
Jack was sitting on the porch reading thenewspaper. It was a warm summer day, but the porchwas shady and cool. Annie poked her head out of the screen door. Hey,Mom says she'll drive us to the lake this afternoon,she said. Jack didn't raise his eyes f...
Jack, Annie, and Teddy crunched through fallenleaves until they came to Merlin's oak. They foundthe hidden door near the rope ladder. Teddy pushedon the bark. The door opened. One by one, they slipped into thecandlelit hollow of the tree trunk. Merli...
