Winter of the Ice Wizard (Magic Tree House Series #32) ANNOTATION
Jack and Annie are joined by Teddy and Kathleen as they travel to the snowy Land-Behind-the-Clouds, where they search for the eye of the Ice Wizard and attempt to help Merlin and Morgan.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Merlin the magician and Morgan le Fay have mysteriously disappeared! To find them, Jack and Annie journey with their friends Teddy and Kathleen to a frozen kingdom of ice and snow. There they must go on a mission for the one-eyed Ice Wizard. Chased by wolves and braving terrible storms, they have only two things to help them -- a magic rope and the Ice Wizard's strange rhyme:
Take my sleigh
And find your way
To the House of the Norns
In the curve of the bay.
Pay them whatever
They tell you to pay.
Then bring back my eye
By break of day.
FROM THE CRITICS
Children's Literature - Trina Heidt
Jack and Annie of Frog Creek are happily baking Christmas cookies with their mother when they realize that it is the evening of the winter solstice. Remembering that their friends, Merlin and Morgan le Fay, had last called for their help on the summer solstice they race out doors to search for the magic tree house in the Frog Creek woods just in case they are needed again. They soon come across the tree house and their friends, Teddy and Kathleen, from Camelot. It is Teddy and Kathleen who have come this time to summon the help of Jack and Annie after finding a message from Merlin. Transported by the tree house to a magical frozen land, the four children encounter the fearful Ice Wizard and soon realize that it was he who actually sent for them. Jack, Annie, Teddy and Kathleen quickly understand that they will have to help the Ice Wizard in order to find the missing Merlin and Morgan le Fay. Armed only with a rhyme, a wind string and sleigh, the foursome set out upon another adventurous "Merlin Mission." As another fine installment of the "Magic Tree House" series, Mary Pope Osborne continues to delight young readers with the adventures of Jack and Annie through time and history. The subtle introduction to the world of myths and legends is wonderful in helping children to appreciate the art of storytelling. 2004, Random House, Ages 6 to 9.
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