To date (July 2009) sales of the first eight MTH titles in the UK are at almost 200,000An entertaining and accesible blend of fantasy, adventure and factThe Magic Tree House Series are massively popular in the United States. Book 37 is just about to be published and the series has sold 49 million copies in North America alone.The Magic Tree House series is now an international phenomenon! Rights have been sold in 28 foreign markets and is now a best-seller all over the worldThe series has been expanded in the US to include non-fiction guides to every topic, research and teachers guides and Magic Tree House the Musical.Mary Pope Osborne still writes all the titles herself and her hugely successful publicity tours are evidence of her continuing popularity.The series is hugely successful across all sales channels in America: Schools and libraries, the trade and mass market outlets.Mary Pope Osborne is the author of over forty books for young people. She was the president of the Author's Guild, the leading organization for professional writers in the US, for two years and has won many awards for her books. She lives in New York with her husband, Will, and their dog, Bailey, who sleeps on top of Mary's desk every day while she writes.A tale of high waves and high adventure for Jack and Annie when the tree house lands in the sea off the coast of Ireland. Things get dangerous when Viking ships approach!Beautifully written, full of suspense and well-researchedAn easy, fast-paced and exciting read which will appeal to both boys and girls
