The few illustrations throughout the book also kept my attention. I also felt like the descriptions were vivid enough that I could imagine myself there. I loved that at the end of each chapter, they left cliff hangers that kept me wanting to find out what would happen next. Last semester, I was introduced into the Magic Tree House series, but I never finished an entire tree house book with a class. They're just very well done and a great support to these wonderful stories. They add so much to the stories, to see how the kids are dressed or what the fantastical creatures look like. I've always liked the images in the MTH books, but the Merlin Mission books seem to have more frequent and more detailed pictures. The illustrations in the Merlin Missions have been really great as well. Jack and Annie are getting old fast, it's been a year a a half since the Merlin Missions began. Maybe reading stories like this helps that along. On the other hand, sometimes things come out of my guys' mouths that are so sweet and perceptive that I am truly humbled. Sometimes these kids seem impossibly wise. Such a great fantasy at any age, who wouldn't want to try that? Plus another very exciting transformation (ravens and flying in the last book) into seals swimming in the sea. I love the mythology! What a fun way to introduce kids to selkies and King Arthur's sword and more.
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