Mary Pope Osborne
Recognized in the Creative Minds Montessori 2026 Teacher’s Choice list.
Mary Pope Osborne is one of roughly one hundred authors whose work was selected by the Montessori-certified teachers at Creative Minds Montessori for the 2026 Teacher’s Choice list — 120 books chosen across four reading stages, from first lap-reads to first chapter books. The selected book was chosen for how precisely it meets children at a real developmental moment. This recognition cannot be bought: no author or publisher paid to appear on our lists, and we take no commission on any book sale.
About Mary Pope Osborne
Mary Pope Osborne has written the Magic Tree House series for over three decades — 100+ million copies, the best-selling chapter-book series in American history — and has donated millions of books to under-resourced classrooms.
A military kid who moved constantly, then a young woman who traveled Asia in a van, Osborne says the tree house is just her childhood habit of escaping into somewhere else — systematized, researched, and shared.
Also by this author: The Knight at Dawn · Mummies in the Morning · Pirates Past Noon
Official website: www.mthclassroomadventures.org
Selected for the 2026 Teacher’s Choice list
Part of The Best Children’s Books by Age, chosen by the teachers at Creative Minds Montessori in Frisco, TX.