Magic Tree House #9: Dolphins at Daybreak (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))

Osborne, Mary Pope; Murdocca, Sal [Illustrator]

ISBN 10: 0679983384 / ISBN 13: 9780679983385

Published by Random House Books for Young Readers, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Magic Tree House #9: Dolphins at Daybreak (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679983384
• ISBN 13: 9780679983385
• Binding: Library Binding
• Illustrator: Murdocca, Sal
• Condition: New
• Weight: 9 ounces

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Synopsis

Jack and Annie climb into their Magic Tree House once again and find themselves on an underwater adventure as they visit with the octopus, see a hungry shark, and witness the beauty of the dolphins swimming through the open waters.

About the Author

* Mary Pope Osborne grew up in the military, and by the time she was fifteen had lived in Oklahoma, Austria, Florida and four different army posts in Virginia and North Carolina.

* After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the early 1970's, Mary traveled all over Europe, and spent the first six weeks of her trip living in a cave on the island of Crete. She then joined up with a group of European young people and traveled in rickety vans through sixteen Asian countries, including Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Nepal.

* She was a bartender, an acting teacher, a waitress, a travel agent, a window dresser, and a medical assistant -- all before becoming an author! Now she is the author of many highly acclaimed picture books, early chapter books, middle-grade biographies, and young adult novels.

* In February 1993, Mary was elected the 27th president of the Author's Guild, the oldest, most established organization for writers in the United States.

* Mary her husband Will spilt their time between an apartment in Greenwich Village, New York and a cabin in Pennsylvania. They own a terrier named Bailey, who sleeps on the top of Mary's desk every day while she writes!