She said the volume of fan mail from readers is so great she had to hire someone to help her sort through it. Reflecting, Osborne has a theory about why her books have such a lasting impact on readers, whether middle schoolers or adults. Random House Fan mail and the ‘gift’ of writing for young readers "when (adult readers) come up to me, I realize if they’re weeping or if they’re overwhelmed, it’s for that self that they were that they’re getting back in touch with,” Osborne said. And you can put books up there." Young "Magic Tree House" readers. By nightfall, I had it, and then I had the book," she said.Īs for what makes tree houses so, well, magical? Osborne took a guess. Both of us wished we'd had when we were young. "We're walking in the woods and saw an old tree house. The breakthrough came when she and her husband were on vacation in Pennsylvania and encountered a tree house. In the seven failed manuscripts, Jack and Annie used devices like a magic cellar, a magic artist's studio, a magic museum and magic whistles to travel back in time.
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