Magic Treehouse Fact Tracker: Texas by Mary Pope Osborne - ADVISABLE

Magic Treehouse Fact Tracker: Texas by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce. CHAPTER BOOK/NON-FICTION. Random House, 2018. 9781101936498

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3), EL - ADVISABLE

AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH

This informational text covers some of the major points of Texas history and culture. Along the way, Jack and Annie add side notes and interesting facts in the margins of the pages. The major points of the book are the history of ownership over the state, the primary industries (cattle, oil, space), and the natural disastors in the state’s history.  

This book is a fast and interesting companion to the fiction book. I was surprised that it started by covering the history of Texas as a whole, instead of immediately making the connection to the companion book and discussing the hurricane. This might lose some readers who are picking it up because of the Magic Tree House.  

Jen Wecker, HS English Teacher