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Horse heroes

When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #49: Stallion by Starlight, they had lots of questions. Why did people tame horses? What jobs do horses have today? Why was Alexander the Great's horse so famous? What are some other famous horses in history? Find out the ans...

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Main Author: Osborne, Mary Pope.
Other Authors: Boyce, Natalie Pope., Murdocca, Sal (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Random House, 2013.
Series: Magic tree house fact tracker.
Summary: When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #49: Stallion by Starlight, they had lots of questions. Why did people tame horses? What jobs do horses have today? Why was Alexander the Great's horse so famous? What are some other famous horses in history? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts. Filled with up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures.
Item Description: "A nonfiction companion to Magic tree house Merlin mission, #21: Stallion by Starlight"
"A Stepping stone book."
Physical Description: 124 pages
ISBN: 9780375870262
Author Notes: Mary Pope Osborne was born in Fort Sill, Oklahoma on May 20, 1949. She grew up in a military family, and by the time she was 15 she had lived in Oklahoma, Austria, Florida, and four different army posts in Virginia and North Carolina. She attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she majored in religion. After graduation, she traveled around Europe and Asia. Before becoming an author, she worked as a window dresser, a medical assistant, a Russian travel consultant, a waitress, an acting teacher, a bartender, and an assistant editor for a children's magazine.

Her first book, Run, Run as Fast as You Can, was published in 1982. She is the author of the Magic Tree House series and the Merlin Missions series. Her husband, actor Will Osborne, helps her write the nonfiction companion series, Magic Tree House Research Guides. Her other books include The Deadly Power of Medusa, Jason and the Argonauts, Haunted Waters, and Moonhorse.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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