by Mary Pope Osborne · Bayard Jeunesse · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782747018425
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«Le terrible empereur de Chine» is the children's adventure novel by Mary Pope Osborne, published by Bayard Jeunesse in paperback (73 pages, in French).
In this adventure, siblings Tom and Léa travel with the magic tree house to ancient China, in the time of the first emperor, nicknamed the Dragon King. They must enter the imperial palace library to retrieve a legendary manuscript without being seen, while discovering what life was like in that civilization.
It is volume 9 of «La Cabane Magique», the French version of No. 14 of «Magic Tree House» («Day of the Dragon King»).
For children aged 7 to 9 who are starting to read chapter books; combines adventure, time travel and facts about ancient China.
Mary Pope Osborne is an American author of children's books and audiobook narrator. She is best known as the author of the Magic Tree House series, which as of 2017 sold more than 134 million copies worldwide. Both the series and Osborne have won awards, including for Osborne's charitable efforts at promoting children's literacy. She had 3 other siblings, and moved around in her childhood before attending the University of North Carolina. Following college, Osborne traveled before moving to New York City. She somewhat spontaneously began to write, and her first book was published in 1982. She went on to write a variety of other children's and young adult books before starting the Magic Tree House series in 1992. Osborne's sister Natalie Pope Boyce has written several compendium books to the Magic Tree House series, sometimes with Osborne's husband Will.
