Mary Pope Osborne

Mary Pope Osborne

Author 87 / Writer · 1600 – 2018 · 🎬 1 📖 87 · 🇺🇸 United States

Mary Pope Osborne is an American author of children's books and audiobook narrator. She is best known as the author of the Magic Tree House series, which as of 2017 sold more than 134 million copies worldwide. Both the series and Osborne have won awards, including for Osborne's charitable efforts at promoting children's literacy. One of four children, Osborne moved around in her childhood before attending the University of North Carolina. Following college, Osborne traveled before moving to New York City. She somewhat spontaneously began to write, and her first book was published in 1982. She went on to write a variety of other children's and young adult books before starting the Magic Tree House series in 1992. Osborne's sister Natalie Pope Boyce has written several compendium books to the Magic Tree House series, sometimes with Osborne's husband Will.

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Fiction children's fiction JUVENILE FICTION Magic Time travel

Highlights

Moonlight on the magic flute

Moonlight on the magic flute

2009

A good night for ghosts

A good night for ghosts

2009

Eve of the Emperor Penguin

Eve of the Emperor Penguin

2008

Frequent Collaborators

Joanna Cole

11 shared

Sal Murdocca

10 shared

Stephanie Calmenson

2 shared

Jerry Smath

2 shared

Marcela Brovelli

2 shared

Katsuhisa Houki

Katsuhisa Houki

1 shared

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📖 Books

Moonlight on the magic flute

Moonlight on the magic flute

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2009

A good night for ghosts

A good night for ghosts

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2009

Eve of the Emperor Penguin

Eve of the Emperor Penguin

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2008

Dark Day in the Deep Sea

Dark Day in the Deep Sea

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2008

Monday with a Mad Genius

Monday with a Mad Genius

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2007

Dragon of the Red Dawn

Dragon of the Red Dawn

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2007

Night of the New Magicians

Night of the New Magicians

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2006

Carnival at Candlelight

Carnival at Candlelight

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2005

Season of the Sandstorms

Season of the Sandstorms

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2005

Files from the Nest

Files from the Nest

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2004

Lost in the snow

Lost in the snow

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2004

Summer of the sea serpent

Summer of the sea serpent

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2004

Once Upon A Poem

Once Upon A Poem

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2004

MSB Takes A Moonwalk (Msb Science Reader)

MSB Takes A Moonwalk (Msb Science Reader)

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2004

Winter of the ice wizard

Winter of the ice wizard

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2004

High Tide in Hawaii

High Tide in Hawaii

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2003

Haunted castle on Hallows Eve

Haunted castle on Hallows Eve

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2003

The gray-eyed goddess

The gray-eyed goddess

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2003

Happy Birthday, America

Happy Birthday, America

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2003

Thanksgiving on Thursday

Thanksgiving on Thursday

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2002

Stage Fright on a Summer Night

Stage Fright on a Summer Night

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2002

Dinosaur Detectives

Dinosaur Detectives

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2002

New York's bravest

New York's bravest

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2002

The Magic Tree House Collection #1

The Magic Tree House Collection #1

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2001

Twister on Tuesday

Twister on Tuesday

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2001

Earthquake in the Early Morning

Earthquake in the Early Morning

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2001

After the rain

After the rain

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2001

Christmas in Camelot

Christmas in Camelot

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2001

The Great Shark Escape

The Great Shark Escape

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2000

Revolutionary War on Wednesday

Revolutionary War on Wednesday

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2000

My Secret War

My Secret War

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2000

Dingoes at Dinnertime

Dingoes at Dinnertime

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2000

Virginia's Civil War Diaries: Book One

Virginia's Civil War Diaries: Book One

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2000

Adaline Falling Star

Adaline Falling Star

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2000

Civil War on Sunday

Civil War on Sunday

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2000

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