Essay On Mary Pope Osborne's Vocabulary In My Childhood

Mary Pope Osborne was born May 20, 1949 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma to William Pope and Barnette Dickens. As a child Osborne moved on multiple occasions due to the fact that her father was an U.S. Army Colonel. Therefore, she was able to experience many locations and receive different connections in each place. When she was four years old she got an experience that seemed fit for a princess, “Across the street from our house was an ancient castle on a cliff. So when I first heard fairy tales, I felt as if the magic of Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty was taking place right in my own neighborhood” (need Citation). As an author she uses her love for places and historical events as inspiration. Writing style is the way the author structures their writing
Each book is based in a different place in time and has a historical bases involved. Therefore, these books are great to use in history class to explain different time periods and allow for student to better connect with people in the past. Within the book many words foreign to children are explained. During the adventures, many things that are not pertinent in our time are explained with definitions that are bolded intertwined within the story line. This helps build children’s vocabulary in doing so it builds language proficiency. As a child, I was a reluctant reader but I was able to enjoy reading The Magic Tree House Series. One of my favorites is Twister on Tuesday because of its relation to tornadoes. The book is based in the pioneer day when settlers were traveling to California and Oregon. Annie and Jack are sent there to find “something to learn,” for Morgan Le Fay (Osborne and Murdocca, 2001). On their adventure they see the continental railroad, a covered wagon train, and a school dug out. With them they have an information book that explains a little about each thing. They learn that the dug out was a single family home that was used for a schoolhouse. The family that made the dug out added a