The fan-favorite chapter-book series sends Jack and Annie back to India over 400 years ago to search for a rare and precious emerald. Once there, they discover an amazing and exotic world filled with great danger. Will they find what they're looking for? Will they avoid the wrath of the all-powerful Great Mogul, survive a crazy ride on a wild elephant, escape an attack by king cobras-and make it back to the magic tree house alive?Mary Pope Osborne brings together just the right combination of history, magic, and fast-paced adventure to satisfy kids, parents, teachers, and librarians all over the world with her New York Times bestselling series.Story Locale: 1600s IndiaSeries Overview: Magic Tree House has 28 "classic" paperback titles, 21 hardcovers (Merlin Missions), and 27 nonfiction paperbacks (Fact Trackers). As always, the books work as stand-alone titles, but have four-book story arcs that add a deeper dimension to the individual stories.Don't miss the Magic Tree House Fact Tracker: Snakes and Other Reptiles!

MARY POPE OSBORNE is the author of the New York Times number one bestselling Magic Tree House series. She and her husband, writer Will Osborne (author of Magic Tree House: The Musical), live in northwestern Connecticut with their three dogs. Ms. Osborne is also the coauthor of the companion Magic Tree House Fact Trackers series with Will, and with her sister, Natalie Pope Boyce.SAL MURDOCCA has illustrated more than 200 children's trade and text books. He is also a librettist for children's opera, a video artist, an avid runner, hiker, and bicyclist, and a teacher of children's illustration at the Parsons School of Design. Sal lives and works in New York with his wife, Nancy.From the Hardcover edition.Author Residence: Goshen, CTAuthor Hometown: Chapel Hill, NCSAL MURDOCCA has illustrated more than 200 children's trade and textbooks. He is also a librettist for children's opera, a video artist, an avid runner, hiker, and bicyclist, and a teacher of children's illustration at the Parsons School of Design. Sal lives and works in New York with his wife, Nancy.Illustrator Residence: New City, NY