Afternoon on the Amazon is the sixth installment in the Magic Tree House series. It was written by Mary Pope Osborne and illustrated by Sal Murdocca.
Synopsis[]
Jack and Annie go to the tree house and are whisked off to the Amazon Rainforest. They encounter many creatures and make friends with a monkey.
Contents[]
- Where's Peanut?
- Big Bugs
- Yikes!
- Millions of Them!
- Pretty Fish
- Monkey Trouble
- Freeze!
- Vampire Bats?
- The Thing
- Halfway There
Notes on time and place settings[]
- The research guide explains that they landed in the Amazon rain forest, near the Amazon river. This rain forest is primarily located in the nation of Brazil.
- The only sign of human development is a single wooden canoe. This may suggest that they arrived in the Neolithic Era, a time very early in the growth of civilization. The Neolithic Era was the first time that humans migrated into the Americas.
- This is one of a few adventures in which Jack and Annie visit the Prehistory, the time before written languages.
- In terms of Internal Chronology, this takes place one day after their previous adventure, Night of the Ninjas.