Treehouse Series

1. Mary Pope
Osborne
By
Stacey Oden
Sara Holley

2. Tidbits About Mary
 Born May 20, 1949 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma
 Grew up in a military family
 Has a twin brother
 Studied drama at UNC at Chapel Hill
 Married Jesse James
 No children; animal lover
 World traveler
 Published over 100 books in six different
genres
(Mary pope osborne, 2013)

3. Philosophy
 “Writing is a miracle. You can travel
anywhere in the world, to any time and
any place — and still be home in time to
have dinner”. (Pope Osborne, 2013)

4. Why Mary decided to write:
 Mary began to write one day out of the
blue about an eleven-year-old girl who
resembled herself as a child.
 Once her book was published and titled
Run, Run, As Fast As You Can, Mary
decided she wanted to be a writer.
 A lot of Mary’s books are based on the
stories of her childhood.
(Mary pope osborne, 2013)

5. Hopes of accomplishments:
 Mary hopes to provide young girls with
“female hero” characters (EBMA).
 She hopes to make children want to
“read, read, read!”

6. Important Quotations by Mary
 “Learning to read and loving to read
can be a passport to freedom. With
books, children can travel over
boundaries and borders. They can
gain knowledge to help overcome
the hardships they face. They can
discover the best in themselves -
and then use their talents to help
others,”(Pope Osborne, 2012).
 “And then everything was still. Absolutely still,”
(Pope Osborne).

7. What Critics Say
 “Osborne has great talent for presenting
scientific facts and historic detail in an
exciting, fast-paced format for kids.” –
Reviewer in Publishers Weekly (EBMA)
 "There's definitely something magical
about Mary Pope Osborne.“ Deborah
Hopkinson of BookPage (EBMA)

8. Mary’s Books
 Magic Tree House Series
 Dear America/My America Series
 Tales From the Odyssey Series
 Spider Kane Mysteries Series
 Haunted Waters (2006)
 Adaline Falling Star (2002)
 Moonhorse (2010)
 The Many Lives of Benjamin Franklin (1990)

9. Run, Run, as Fast as You Can
 Mary’s first book
 Wrote it by
“accident”
 Was a semi-
autobiography
 Helped Mary decide
that she wanted to
be a writer
(Mary pope osborne, 2013)

10. Dinosaurs Before Dark
 First book in Magic Tree
House Series
 The series has sold over 1
million copies in North
America alone, over 100
million worldwide
 The series has been
translated to 30 different
languages
 Great transition for
students reading chapter
books for the first time
(Mary pope osborne, 2013)

11. References
 EBMA. (n.d.). Osborne, mary pope bio. Retrieved from
http://www.edupaperback.org/Default.aspx?pageId=8644
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 Mary pope osborne. In (2013). Wikipedia. Retrieved from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Pope_Osborne
 Pope Osborne, M. (2013). Mary pope osborne; author of
magic tree house. Retrieved from marypopeosborne.com
 Pope Osborne, M. (2012). Magic tree house: Mary pope
osborne's classroom adventures program. Retrieved from
http://mthclassroomadventures.org/
 Pope Osborne, M. (n.d.). Mary pope osborne quotes .
Retrieved from
http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/578.Mary_Pop
e_Osborne