Good Morning, Gorillas

by Mary Pope Osborne

Release: August 2002
Format: Early Chapter Book
Genre: Fantasy
Audience: Children
Content: Debatable Time Travel
Original Language: English

Jack and Annie travel to an African rain forest, encountering a young gorilla before being separated from each other for the night. But all turns out well when they find each other, find a family of bigger gorillas, and find a second kind of magic without wands.

As with several of the Magic Tree House stories, the kids’ destination in this one might be in the present time.

— Michael Main

But he couldn’t find the magic. He couldn’t find the words that finished the rhyme. Worst of all, he couldn’t find Annie.

DEBUT

Good Morning, Gorillas (Random House, August 2002).

VARIANTS

2 English variants

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

Circa AD 2000 to 2099: based on a date of 2019 in To the Future, Ben Franklin!
Unspecified Year: The story never tells when they are in Africa.

Timeline Models

Single Static Timeline: Within the series, anything the kids do seems to fit known history rather than change it.

Time Travel Methods

Fictional Tags

Morgan le Fay: offstage

Groupings

Magic Tree House (story series): 26

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

From the magic tree house in Frog Creek, Pennsylvania, circa 2019 ⋙ to the African rain forest, unknown time. Round trip. Note: Jack and Annie in the tree house.

The Magic Tree House 26

Good Morning, Gorillas

by Mary Pope Osborne

DEBUT