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Books in Treasure Chest series

  • Ancient China: 2,000 Years of Mystery and Adventure to Unlock and Discover;Treasure Chest

    Jenny Liu

    Paperback (Running Press, Oct. 3, 1996)
    Open the chest's secret compartment to reveal a brush and ink set and instructions for making Chinese characters, I Ching coins used to tell the future, a Chinese fan to decorate, plus charts, stickers, and more.
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  • Ancient Aztecs Cal

    Fiona Macdonald

    Hardcover (Running Press, Feb. 22, 1996)
    Examines who the Aztecs were and how they lived.
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  • Treasure Chests: Ancient Egypt

    James Putman

    Hardcover (Hodder & Stoughton Childrens Division, Oct. 27, 1995)
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  • Pearl Buck #3: Jewel of the East

    Ann Hood, Denis Zilber

    Hardcover (Grosset & Dunlap, May 1, 2012)
    Return to The Treasure Chest with Felix and Maisie . . . When Felix Robbins gets a crush on Lily Goldstein, a classmate who is adopted from China, he decides to try to take her back in time so that she can see the country where she was born. Maisie discovers his plot, and foils it. But the twins end up in a small village on the Yangtze River, where they meet a girl named Pearl Buck in the days just before the Boxer Rebellion. With bandits chasing them, will they ever find safety . . . and return home?
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  • Leonardo da Vinci #9: Renaissance Master

    Ann Hood, Denis Zilber

    Paperback (Grosset & Dunlap, July 1, 2014)
    Travel back in time to Renaissance Italy with the Robbins twins! In book nine of The Treasure Chest, Maisie and Felix continue to learn the magic of Elm Medona and the Pickworth family history. In the latest adventure, the twins travel to fifteenth- century Italy and meet a young Leonardo da Vinci.Every Treasure Chest book features a biography of the featured historical figure along with Ann’s Favorite Facts from her research!
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  • The Holy Land: 5,000 Years of History and Adventure, to Unlock and Discover

    Lynn Brittney

    Hardcover (Running Pr Book Pub, March 1, 1997)
    Open this Treasure Chest to find a scroll map of the Holy Land, a set of replica crusader coins from Antioch, a Roman game played with "knuckle bones, " and a set of ancient Hebrew letter stamps with an ink pad. The secret drawer contains a cardboard model of the Temple of Jerusalem with cutout figures, a map of the Holy Land with stickers, and more. 75+ photos.
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  • Hieroglyphics

    Richard Platt

    Paperback (Running Press, Oct. 16, 2003)
    This fascinating kit tells the astonishing story of the ancient graphic-language symbols of the Middle East, the Far East, and Central America. The colorful 32 page book is accompanied by a fascinating activity pack featuring 27 rubber hieroglyphic stamps, an ink pad, a supply of papyrus templates, educational Rosetta Stone poster, cardboard model of the temple of Rameses III to assemble; reed stylus, modeling clay, and cylinder seal to practice cuneiform writing; world map of cultures, stickers, and Mehen board game.
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  • Clara Barton #1: Angel of the Battlefield

    Ann Hood, Denis Zilber

    Paperback (Grosset & Dunlap, Jan. 24, 2012)
    While exploring The Treasure Chest, Felix and Maisie are transported to a Massachusetts farm in 1836. Disappointed that they have not landed in their beloved New York City, they wonder why they were brought to Massachusetts to meet a young girl named Clara Barton. Perhaps Clara has a message for the twins? Or maybe they have one for her?
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  • Alexander Hamilton #2: Little Lion

    Ann Hood, Denis Zilber

    Paperback (Grosset & Dunlap, Jan. 24, 2012)
    Now that the twins have begun to settle into their new lives at Elm Medona, they delve deeper into The Treasure Chest and uncover more about the Pickworth family, including the disappearance of their great-uncle Thorne and the theft of priceless family artifacts.In this adventure, The Treasure Chest transports Felix and Maisie to tropical St. Croix in 1772. There they meet a young man named Alexander Hamilton who is about to embark on a journey to New York. Felix and Maisie aren't sure why The Treasure Chest has brought them to meet Alexander, but they are determined to not let him out of their sights . . .even if that means stowing away on the very ship he is sailing off on!
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  • Harry Houdini #4: Prince of Air

    Ann Hood, Denis Zilber

    Paperback (Grosset & Dunlap, Aug. 7, 2012)
    The secrets of Elm Medona thicken . . . with Harry Houdini! When Great-Uncle Thorne arrives at Elm Medona, Maisie and Felix's lives get shaken up again. Uncle Thorne moves the family into the mansion proper. One night, Great-Aunt Maisie arranges for Thorne, Maisie, and Felix to rendezvous with her in The Treasure Chest. Minutes later, Maisie and Felix find themselves at a magic show on Coney Island in 1893 starring Harry Houdini. As they follow him and his brother Dash to Pennsylvania and Rhode Island and back to New York City, they wonder what has become of Great-Aunt Maisie and Great-Uncle Thorne. Then one evening at Tom Pastor's Famous 14th Street Theater, the curtain opens and all is revealed.
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  • Ancient Rome

    Lynn Brittany

    Paperback (Running Press, Aug. 20, 1998)
    Book by Brittney, Lynn
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  • Anastasia Romanov: the Last Grand Duchess #10

    Ann Hood, Denis Zilber

    Paperback (Grosset & Dunlap, Oct. 30, 2014)
    Ann Hood’s historical fantasy series comes to a thrilling end with a trip to early 20th century Russia!In the final book of the Treasure Chest, Maisie and Felix find themselves in Russia with the Romanov family. This epic series is full of time travel and mystery that piques readers’ interests, delights teachers and librarians, and celebrates some of the great historical figures of the past.Every Treasure Chest book features a biography of the featured historical figure along with Ann’s Favorite Facts from her research!
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