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Dinosaurs Before Dark

Dinosaurs Before Dark

Magic Tree House, Book 1

by Mary Pope Osborne

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appears in For 7 Year Olds, Fantasy, and Fiction.

Jack and Annie's very first Fantasy, adventure in the bestselling middlegrade series?the Magic Tree House!Where did the tree house come fromBefore Jack and Annie can find out, the mysterious tree house whisks them to the prehistoric past. Now they have to figure out how to get home. Can they do it before dark . . . or will they become a dinosaur's...

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appears in For 7 Year Olds, Fantasy, and Fiction.

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