Author Related: Mary Pope Osborne

When we were younger we loved reading the 'Magic Treehouse' series, so when we found out it is the authors birthday next week we decided to learn more about her.

Mary Pope Osborne is obviously very creative, as her books take the two protagonists Jack and Annie all over the world and all through history.  The time traveling tree house takes the children to different places in a time the children wouldn't ordinarily get to see, as it is in the past or even in the future.

After one having looked at Osborne's life story it is clear that she herself has experienced many things that could have inspired her to write one of the many books in the series. 

As a child Osborne moved around the world a lot, since her family was in the military.  They moved around the United States and also Internationally.  Perhaps this is where she was inspired to write some of her stories, such as 'Moonlight on the Magic Flute' the 42nd book in the 'Magic Treehouse' series set in Austria.  Pope's family lived there for some time during her childhood, but she moved back to the University of North Carolina to study.  After studying cultures, mythology and religion she visited countries from Europe to Asia.  Osborne has always loved seeing new things, so the constant change of scenery wasn't a problem for her.

Another passion of Osborne's is drama, being very involved in her community theater, both on and off stage.  Her career has also been very varied, Pope has worked as a drama teacher, waitress, travel agent and more before finding her passion in writing.  Osborne is best known for the 'Magic Treehouse' series, although she has also written many other books, including research guides which supply background knowledge to the historical events happening in a certain 'Magic Treehouse' book.  The series is available in more than 30 languages, including English and German and we would definitely recommend the series to anyone who loves learning about the world and enjoying a good story while they're at it.  Find the series in the GISS library now! Zinnia and Gwendoline

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