Buffalo Before Breakfast

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Authors: Mary Pope Osborne

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Dear Readers,

For several years I've wanted Jack and Annie to visit Native American people in the 1800s. I wasn't sure which tribe they should visit, for there are many different Native American tribes, and each is unique with its own customs, language, and way of life.

Finally, I settled on the Lakota, a tribe of the Great Plains. My research was a bit difficult, though, because I discovered that there are several groups of Lakota Indians, each different from the other. Also, many Lakota customs and beliefs have never been written down, so no one can say for sure what their way of life was actually like over a century ago.

But in
Buffalo Before Breakfast
, I have tried to share with you the most basic information I've learned about the traditional ways of the Lakota people. Jack, Annie, and I feel privileged to have spent a short “visit” with these interesting people. And we hope that you will, too.

All my best,

 

Text copyright © 1999 by Mary Pope Osborne.
Illustrations copyright © 1999 by Sal Murdocca.

All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Random House, Inc., New York, and simultane- ously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Osborne, Mary Pope.
Buffalo before breakfast / by Mary Pope Osborne ; illustrated by Sal Murdocca.
p. cm. — (Magic tree house ; #18) “A stepping stone book.”
SUMMARY:
The magic tree house takes Jack and his sister Annie into the Great Plains, where they learn about the life of the Lakota Indians.
eISBN: 978-0-375-89475-6
[1. Time travel—Fiction. 2. Magic—Fiction. 3. Tree houses—Fiction. 4. Dakota Indians—Fiction. 5. Indians of North America—Great Plains—Fiction.]
I. Murdocca, Sal, ill. II. Title. III. Series: Osborne, Mary Pope. Magic tree house series ; 18. PZ7.O81167Bu 1999 [Fic] 21 98-37089

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v3.0

For Natalie,
kind and funny grandmother
of Andrew and Peter

      
Cover

      
Title Page

      
Dear Readers

      
Copyright

      
Dedication

      
Prologue

  
1. Teddy's Back!

  
2. Oceans of Grass

  
3. Black Hawk

  
4. Good Manners

  
5. Sunlight and Midnight

  
6. Stampede!

  
7. White Buffalo Woman

  
8. Sacred Circle

  
9. Lakota School

10. Good Medicine

      
The Legend Of White Buffalo Woman

      
More Facts

      
Special Preview of Magic Tree House #19: Tigers at Twilight

One summer day in Frog Creek, Pennsylvania, a mysterious tree house appeared in the woods.

Eight-year-old Jack and his seven-year-old sister, Annie, climbed into the tree house. They found it was filled with books.

Jack and Annie soon discovered that the tree house was magic. It could take them to the places in the books. All they had to do was point to a picture and wish to go there.

Along the way, Jack and Annie discovered that the tree house belongs to Morgan le Fay. Morgan is a magical librarian from the time of King Arthur. She travels through time and space, gathering books.

In Magic Tree House Books #5–8, Jack and Annie helped free Morgan from a spell. In books #9–12, they solved four ancient riddles and became Master Librarians.

In Magic Tree House Books #13–16, Jack and Annie had to save four ancient stories from being lost forever.

In Magic Tree House Books #17–20, Jack and Annie must be given four special gifts to help free a mysterious dog from a magic spell. They have already received one gift on a trip to the
Titanic
. And now they are about to set out in search of the second gift.… 

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