When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #52: Soccer on Sunday, they had lots of questions. How did soccer get started? Who are some of its greatest players? What is the World Cup? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts behind one of the world's most popular sports. Filled with up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures.
Series Overview: Packed with cool facts, photos, illustrations, comments from Jack and Annie, and even tips for finding out more, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are a hit with parents, teachers, librarians, and kids! To catch up with topics from the Magic Tree House backlist, we'll now publish more Fact Trackers each year. In Fall 2014, we have #29: Soccer (July) and #30: Ninjas and Ancient Japan (Sept), and in Spring 2015, we'll publish #31: Ancient China (Dec ship).

When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #52: Soccer on Sunday, they had lots of questions. How did soccer get started? Who are some of its greatest players? What is the World Cup? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts behind one of the world's most popular sports. Filled with up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures.
Series Overview: Packed with cool facts, photos, illustrations, comments from Jack and Annie, and even tips for finding out more, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are a hit with parents, teachers, librarians, and kids! To catch up with topics from the Magic Tree House backlist, we'll now publish more Fact Trackers each year. In Fall 2014, we have #29: Soccer (July) and #30: Ninjas and Ancient Japan (Sept), and in Spring 2015, we'll publish #31: Ancient China (Dec ship). MARY POPE OSBORNE and NATALIE POPE BOYCE are sisters who grew up on army posts all over the world. Mary is the author of over 50 acclaimed books for children. Natalie has worked as a children's librarian and as a teacher of English and ESL.
Author Residence: Natalie: Stockbridge, MA; Mary: Goshen, CT
SAL MURDOCCA has been illustrating and writing books for children for many years. He has illustrated every book in the Magic Tree House fiction series and the Magic Tree House Fact Tracker nonfiction companions.
Illustrator Residence: Rockland County, NY