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Afternoon on the Amazon / by Mary Pope Osborne ; illustrated by Sal Murdocca.

Osborne, Mary Pope, (author.). Murdocca, Sal, (illustrator.).

Summary:

Eight-year-old Jack, his seven-year-old sister, Annie, and Peanut the mouse ride in a tree house to the Amazon rain forests, where they encounter giant ants, flesh-eating piranhas, hungry crocodiles, and wild jaguars.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780679963721
  • ISBN: 0679963723
  • ISBN: 9780679863724
  • ISBN: 0679863729
  • ISBN: 9781439589267
  • ISBN: 1439589267
  • ISBN: 9780780750869
  • ISBN: 0780750861
  • ISBN: 9780785799924
  • ISBN: 0785799923
  • ISBN: 0590965425
  • ISBN: 0439136792
  • ISBN: 9781338224504
  • ISBN: 9781537951751
  • ISBN: 9781536410259
  • Physical Description: 67 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, [1995]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Stepping Stone book."
Publisher, dates, and paging may vary.
Formatted Contents Note:
Where's peanut? -- Big bugs -- Yikes! -- Millions of them! -- Pretty fish -- Monkey trouble -- Freeze! -- Vampire bats? -- The thing -- Halfway there.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 6-9.
510L Lexile.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 2.6 1 14651.
Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.9 1 14651.
Subject:
Annie (Fictitious character : Osborne) > Juvenile fiction.
Jack (Fictitious character : Osborne) > Juvenile fiction.
Rain forest animals > Juvenile fiction.
Rain forests > Juvenile fiction.
Tree houses > Juvenile fiction.
Siblings > Juvenile fiction.
Magic > Juvenile fiction.
Amazon River Valley > Juvenile fiction.
Genre:
Action and adventure fiction.
Time-travel fiction.
Historical fiction.
Fantasy fiction.

Available copies

  • 148 of 216 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 2 of 2 copies available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 216 total copies.
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Marion Library JUV OSB (Text) 37810435623979 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Old Fort Branch Library JUV OSB (Text) 37810435408496 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Albemarle Main Library J FIC Osborne (Text) 31010000480931 Storage Available -
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library J OSBORNE (Text) 39493104410875 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Alexander Main Library J Osborne (Text) 34269000718982 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Alleghany Public Library JF OSBORNE (Text) 30664100306965 Juvenile Fiction Checked out 08/17/2026
Anderson Creek School Media Center J F Osb (Text) 30441087 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Annie Hubbard McEachern Public Library JF OSBORNE (Text) 34510610970244 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Ashe County Public Library J OSB (Text) 55553000000697 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Avery County Morrison Public Library JFIC OSB (Text) 31111002088544 Juvenile Fiction Available -