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Ancient Rome and Pompeii

A Nonfiction Companion to Vacation under the Volcano

Ancient Rome and Pompeii( )
Author: Osborne, Mary Pope
Boyce, Natalie Pope
Illustrator: Murdocca, Sal
Series title:Magic Tree House Fact Tracker Ser.
ISBN:978-0-375-93220-5
Publication Date:Apr 2006
Publisher:Random House Children's Books
Imprint:Random House Books for Young Readers
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $12.99
Book Description:

Track the facts with Jack and Annie!   When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #13: Vacation Under the Volcano, they had lots of questions. How did ancient Rome become an emipre? Where did ancient Romans go for fun? What happened to the Roman town of Pompeii? What have we learned from it? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts. Filled with up-to-date information, photos,...
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Book Details
Pages:128
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Ancient
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.87 x 8.51 x 0.58 Inches
Book Weight:0.51 Pounds
Author Biography
Osborne, Mary Pope (Author)
Mary Pope Osborne was born in Fort Sill, Oklahoma on May 20, 1949. She grew up in a military family, and by the time she was 15 she had lived in Oklahoma, Austria, Florida, and four different army posts in Virginia and North Carolina. She attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she majored in religion. After graduation, she traveled around Europe and Asia. Before becoming an author, she worked as a window dresser, a medical assistant, a Russian travel consultant, a waitress, an acting teacher, a bartender, and an assistant editor for a children's magazine.

Her first book, Run, Run as Fast as You Can, was published in 1982. She is the author of the Magic Tree House series and the Merlin Missions series. Her husband, actor Will Osborne, helps her write the nonfiction companion series, Magic Tree House Research Guides. Her other books include The Deadly Power of Medusa, Jason and the Argonauts, Haunted Waters, and Moonhorse.

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