The Magic Tree House 27

Thanksgiving on Thursday

by Mary Pope Osborne

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

Jack and Annie visit the first Thanksgiving in Plymouth, Massachusetts, where they learn little things about the pilgrims’ way of life and big things about the magic of community and being kind.

— Michael Main

Be kind to those who feel different and afraid.

DEBUT

Thanksgiving on Thursday (Random House, October 2002).

VARIANTS

2 English variants

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

Circa AD 1600 to 1699: AD 1621
Circa AD 2000 to 2099: based on a date of 2019 in To the Future, Ben Franklin!

Timeline Models

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

Time Travel Methods

Real-World Tags

Fictional Tags

Morgan le Fay: offstage

Groupings

Magic Tree House (story series): 27

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

From the magic tree house in Frog Creek, Pennsylvania, circa 2019 ⋙ to the first Thanksgiving in Plymouth, Massachusetts, AD 1621. Round trip. Note: Jack and Annie in the tree house.