Mary Pope Osborne Reading Order

9 books (1988–2024)

Start with Favorite Greek Myths, the first of 9 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Favorite Greek Myths 1988Buy 🇺🇸
2	Bears, Bears, Bears 1990Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Many Lives of Benjamin Franklin 1990Buy 🇺🇸
4	Mermaid Tales from Around the World 1993Buy 🇺🇸
5	Favorite Norse Myths 1996Buy 🇺🇸
6	When I Was Your Age: Original Stories about Growing Up 1996Buy 🇺🇸
7	Favorite Medieval Tales 1998Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Random House Book of Bible Stories 2009Buy 🇺🇸
9	Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering 2024Buy 🇺🇸

44 books (1996–2013)

Start with A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620(By: Kathryn Lasky), the first of 44 books in the Dear America series.

#	Title
1	A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620(By: Kathryn Lasky) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
2	When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864(By: Barry Denenberg) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
3	Winter Of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary Of Abigail Jane Stewart(By: Kristiana Gregory) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
4	A Picture Of Freedom(By: Patricia McKissack) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
5	I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865(By: Joyce Hansen) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
6	A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence(By: Sherry Garland) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
7	Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903(By: Kathryn Lasky) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
8	Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941(By: Barry Denenberg) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
9	Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763 1998Buy 🇺🇸
10	Stationery Pack(By: Patricia McKissack) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
11	Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic 1912(By: Ellen Emerson White) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
12	West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi(By: Jim Murphy) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
13	A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin(By: Karen Hesse) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
14	My Heart is on the Ground(By: Ann Rinaldi) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
15	The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl(By: Ann Turner) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
16	The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory 1868(By: Kristiana Gregory) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
17	A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896(By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
18	Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North(By: Patricia McKissack) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
19	My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941 2000Buy 🇺🇸
20	One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York 1938(By: Barry Denenberg) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
21	Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana 1932(By: Kathryn Lasky) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
22	My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska 1881(By: Jim Murphy) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
23	Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory 1849(By: Kristiana Gregory) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
24	Valley of the Moon: The Diary of María Rosalía de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta Valley, California, 1846,(By: Sherry Garland) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
25	A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C. 1917(By: Kathryn Lasky) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
26	Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan, The Perkins School for the Blind, 1932(By: Barry Denenberg) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
27	My Secret War : The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck(By: Kathryn Lasky) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
28	Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas 1935(By: Katelan Janke) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
29	When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer(By: Beth Seidel Levine) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
30	Where Have All the Flowers Gone?(By: Ellen Emerson White) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
31	All the Stars in the Sky(By: Megan McDonald) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
32	Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl in Minnesota(By: Marion Dane Bauer) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
33	Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson(By: Ann Turner) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
34	So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847(By: Barry Denenberg) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
35	Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909(By: Deborah Hopkinson) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
36	I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691(By: Lisa Rowe Fraustino) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
37	Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony 1763(By: Patricia McKissack) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
38	The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941(By: Kirby Larson) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
39	Cannons at Dawn(By: Kristiana Gregory) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
40	Like the Willow Tree(By: Lois Lowry) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
41	With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954(By: Andrea Davis Pinkney) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
42	Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880(By: Susan Patron) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
43	A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906(By: Judy Blundell) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
44	Down the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871: The Diary of Pringle Rose(By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti) 2013Buy 🇺🇸

9 books (2021–2025)

Start with Dinosaurs Before Dark Graphic Novel ), the first of 9 books in the Graphic Novels series.

#	Title
1	Dinosaurs Before Dark Graphic Novel ) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
2	Dinosaurs Before Dark(With: Jenny Laird) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Knight at Dawn(With: Jenny Laird) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
4	Mummies in the Morning(With: Jenny Laird) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
5	Pirates Past Noon(With: Jenny Laird) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
6	Night of the Ninjas Graphic Novel (Magic Tree House(With: Jenny Laird) 2023Buy 🇺🇸
7	Afternoon on the Amazon Graphic Novel(With: Jenny Laird) 2024Buy 🇺🇸
8	Sunset of the Sabertooth Graphic Novel(With: Jenny Laird) 2024Buy 🇺🇸
9	Midnight on the Moon Graphic Novel(With: Jenny Laird) 2025Buy 🇺🇸

40 books (1992–2025)

Start with Dinosaurs Before Dark / Valley of the Dinosaurs, the first of 40 books in the Magic Tree House series.

#	Title
1	Dinosaurs Before Dark / Valley of the Dinosaurs 1992Buy 🇺🇸
2	Mummies in the Morning / Secret of the Pyramid 1993Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Knight at Dawn / Castle of Mystery 1993Buy 🇺🇸
4	Pirates Past Noon / Pirates' Treasure! 1994Buy 🇺🇸
5	Afternoon on the Amazon 1995Buy 🇺🇸
6	Night of the Ninjas 1995Buy 🇺🇸
7	Dolphins at Daybreak 1996Buy 🇺🇸
8	Midnight on the Moon / Moon Mission! 1996Buy 🇺🇸
9	Sunset of the Sabertooth / Mammoth to the Rescue 1996Buy 🇺🇸
10	Ghost Town at Sundown / A Wild West Ride 1997Buy 🇺🇸
11	Day of the Dragon King / Palace of the Dragon King 1998Buy 🇺🇸
12	Hour of the Olympics / Olympic Challenge! 1998Buy 🇺🇸
13	Lions at Lunchtime / Lions on the Loose 1998Buy 🇺🇸
14	Polar Bears Past Bedtime / Icy Escape! 1998Buy 🇺🇸
15	Vacation Under the Volcano / Racing with Gladiators 1998Buy 🇺🇸
16	Viking Ships at Sunrise / Voyage of the Vikings 1998Buy 🇺🇸
17	Buffalo Before Breakfast 1999Buy 🇺🇸
18	Tigers at Twilight 1999Buy 🇺🇸
19	Tonight on the Titanic 1999Buy 🇺🇸
20	Civil War on Sunday 2000Buy 🇺🇸
21	Dingoes at Dinnertime 2000Buy 🇺🇸
22	Revolutionary War on Wednesday 2000Buy 🇺🇸
23	Earthquake in the Early Morning 2001Buy 🇺🇸
24	Twister on Tuesday 2001Buy 🇺🇸
25	Good Morning, Gorillas 2002Buy 🇺🇸
26	Stage Fright on a Summer Night 2002Buy 🇺🇸
27	Thanksgiving on Thursday 2002Buy 🇺🇸
28	High Tide in Hawaii 2003Buy 🇺🇸
29	A Big Day for Baseball 2017Buy 🇺🇸
30	Hurricane Heroes in Texas 2018Buy 🇺🇸
31	To the Future, Ben Franklin! 2019Buy 🇺🇸
32	Warriors in Winter 2019Buy 🇺🇸
33	Late Lunch with Llamas 2020Buy 🇺🇸
34	Narwhal on a Sunny Night 2020Buy 🇺🇸
35	Camp Time in California 2021Buy 🇺🇸
36	Sunlight on the Snow Leopard 2022Buy 🇺🇸
37	Rhinos at Recess 2023Buy 🇺🇸
38	Time of the Turtle King 2023Buy 🇺🇸
39	Windy Night with Wild Horses 2024Buy 🇺🇸
40	Sea Otter Sunrise 2025Buy 🇺🇸

44 books (2000–2020)

Start with Dinosaurs, the first of 44 books in the Magic Tree House Fact Tracker series.

#	Title
1	Dinosaurs 2000Buy 🇺🇸
2	Knights and Castles 2000Buy 🇺🇸
3	Mummies and Pyramids 2001Buy 🇺🇸
4	Pirates 2001Buy 🇺🇸
5	Rain Forests 2001Buy 🇺🇸
6	Space 2002Buy 🇺🇸
7	Titanic 2002Buy 🇺🇸
8	Dolphins and Sharks 2003Buy 🇺🇸
9	Twisters and Other Terrible Storms 2003Buy 🇺🇸
10	American Revolution 2004Buy 🇺🇸
11	Ancient Greece and the Olympics 2004Buy 🇺🇸
12	Pilgrims 2005Buy 🇺🇸
13	Sabertooths and the Ice Age 2005Buy 🇺🇸
14	Ancient Rome and Pompeii 2006Buy 🇺🇸
15	Polar Bears and the Arctic 2007Buy 🇺🇸
16	Tsunamis and Other Natural Disasters 2007Buy 🇺🇸
17	Penguins and Antarctica 2008Buy 🇺🇸
18	Sea Monsters 2008Buy 🇺🇸
19	Ghosts 2009Buy 🇺🇸
20	Leonardo da Vinci 2009Buy 🇺🇸
21	Kids in Hard Times 2010Buy 🇺🇸
22	Leprechauns and Irish Folklore 2010Buy 🇺🇸
23	Abraham Lincoln 2011Buy 🇺🇸
24	Dog Heroes 2011Buy 🇺🇸
25	Snakes and Other Reptiles 2011Buy 🇺🇸
26	Pandas and Other Endangered Species 2012Buy 🇺🇸
27	Heroes for All Times 2013Buy 🇺🇸
28	Horse Heroes 2013Buy 🇺🇸
29	Magic Tricks from the Tree House 2013Buy 🇺🇸
30	China 2014Buy 🇺🇸
31	Ninjas and Samurai 2014Buy 🇺🇸
32	Soccer 2014Buy 🇺🇸
33	Sharks and Other Predators 2015Buy 🇺🇸
34	Vikings 2015Buy 🇺🇸
35	Dogsledding and Extreme Sports 2016Buy 🇺🇸
36	Dragons and Mythical Creatures 2016Buy 🇺🇸
37	Baseball 2017Buy 🇺🇸
38	World War II 2017Buy 🇺🇸
39	Texas 2018Buy 🇺🇸
40	Wild West 2018Buy 🇺🇸
41	Benjamin Franklin 2019Buy 🇺🇸
42	Warriors 2019Buy 🇺🇸
43	Llamas and the Andes 2020Buy 🇺🇸
44	Narwhals and Other Whales 2020Buy 🇺🇸

27 books (2001–2016)

Start with Christmas in Camelot, the first of 27 books in the Magic Tree House Merlin Missions series.

#	Title
1	Christmas in Camelot 2001Buy 🇺🇸
2	Haunted Castle on Hallows Eve 2003Buy 🇺🇸
3	Carnival at Candlelight 2004Buy 🇺🇸
4	Summer of the Sea Serpent 2004Buy 🇺🇸
5	Winter of the Ice Wizard 2004Buy 🇺🇸
6	Season of the Sandstorms 2005Buy 🇺🇸
7	Blizzard of the Blue Moon 2006Buy 🇺🇸
8	Night of the New Magicians 2006Buy 🇺🇸
9	Dragon of the Red Dawn 2007Buy 🇺🇸
10	Monday with a Mad Genius 2007Buy 🇺🇸
11	Dark Day in the Deep Sea 2008Buy 🇺🇸
12	Eve of the Emperor Penguin 2008Buy 🇺🇸
13	A Good Night for Ghosts 2009Buy 🇺🇸
14	Moonlight on the Magic Flute 2009Buy 🇺🇸
15	A Crazy Day with Cobras 2010Buy 🇺🇸
16	A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time 2010Buy 🇺🇸
17	Leprechaun in Late Winter 2010Buy 🇺🇸
18	Abe Lincoln At Last! 2011Buy 🇺🇸
19	Dogs in the Dead of Night 2011Buy 🇺🇸
20	A Perfect Time for Pandas 2012Buy 🇺🇸
21	Hurry Up, Houdini! 2013Buy 🇺🇸
22	Stallion by Starlight 2013Buy 🇺🇸
23	High Time for Heroes 2014Buy 🇺🇸
24	Soccer on Sunday 2014Buy 🇺🇸
25	Shadow of the Shark 2015Buy 🇺🇸
26	Balto of the Blue Dawn 2016Buy 🇺🇸
27	Night of the Ninth Dragon 2016Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (2010–2016)

Start with Games and Puzzles from the Tree House(With: Natalie Pope Boyce), the first of 5 books in the Magic Tree House Non-Fiction series.

#	Title
1	Games and Puzzles from the Tree House(With: Natalie Pope Boyce) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
2	Magic Tree House Survival Guide 2014Buy 🇺🇸
3	My Magic Tree House Journal 2014Buy 🇺🇸
4	Animal Games and Puzzles 2015Buy 🇺🇸
5	Magic Tree House Incredible Fact Book 2016Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2015–2015)

#	Title
1	Danger in the Darkest Hour / World at War, 1944 2015Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2000–2003)

Start with My Brother's Keeper and read in order.

#	Title
1	My Brother's Keeper 2000Buy 🇺🇸
2	After the Rain 2002Buy 🇺🇸
3	A Time to Dance 2003Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (1987–2022)

Start with The Story of Christopher Columbus, the first of 5 books in the Non-Fiction series.

#	Title
1	The Story of Christopher Columbus 1987Buy 🇺🇸
2	George Washington 1991Buy 🇺🇸
3	One World, Many Religions 1996Buy 🇺🇸
4	Happy Birthday America 2003Buy 🇺🇸
5	Memories and Life Lessons from the Magic Tree House 2022Buy 🇺🇸

8 books (1985–2006)

Start with Mo to the Rescue, the first of 8 books in the Picture series.

#	Title
1	Mo to the Rescue 1985Buy 🇺🇸
2	Pandora's Box 1987Buy 🇺🇸
3	A Visit to Sleep's House 1989Buy 🇺🇸
4	Mo and His Friends 1989Buy 🇺🇸
5	Beauty and the Beast 1991Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Life of Jesus in Masterpieces of Art 1998Buy 🇺🇸
7	Sleeping Bobby 2005Buy 🇺🇸
8	Pompeii: Lost & Found 2006Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (1991–1991)

#	Title
1	American Tall Tales 1991Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1992–1993)

Start with Spider Kane and the Mystery Under the May-Apple and read in order.

#	Title
1	Spider Kane and the Mystery Under the May-Apple 1992Buy 🇺🇸
2	Spider Kane and the Mystery at Jumbo Nightcrawler's 1993Buy 🇺🇸

14 books (1982–2002)

Start with Run, Run, As Fast As You Can, the first of 14 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Run, Run, As Fast As You Can 1982Buy 🇺🇸
2	Love Always, Blue 1983Buy 🇺🇸
3	Best Wishes, Joe Brady 1984Buy 🇺🇸
4	Last One Home 1986Buy 🇺🇸
5	Jason and the Argonauts(With: Will Osborne) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
6	Moonhorse 1988Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Deadly Power of Medusa 1988Buy 🇺🇸
8	Haunted Waters 1994Buy 🇺🇸
9	Molly and the Prince 1994Buy 🇺🇸
10	Rocking Horse Christmas 1997Buy 🇺🇸
11	Adaline Falling Star 2000Buy 🇺🇸
12	Kate and the Beanstalk 2000Buy 🇺🇸
13	New York's Bravest 2002Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Brave Little Seamstress 2002Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (2002–2004)

Start with The Land of the Dead, the first of 6 books in the Tales From The Odyssey series.

#	Title
1	The Land of the Dead 2002Buy 🇺🇸
2	The One-Eyed Giant 2002Buy 🇺🇸
3	Sirens and Sea Monsters 2003Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Gray-Eyed Goddess 2003Buy 🇺🇸
5	Return to Ithaca 2004Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Final Battle 2004Buy 🇺🇸