Books with title Huggi and the Magic Tunnel

Imagine suddenly finding yourself living three hundred years ago! Sarah and John take a subway ride one day -- and magically find themselves back in 1664, when New York was New Amersterdam. How odd it is to be living in colonial times! Sarah and John are rescued by an Indian Scout. They meet Governor Peter Stuyvesant. They see the English take New Amsterdam from the Dutch. They are living in the midst of history. But all the while Sarah and John wonder -- will they ever find the magic tunnel that leads back home?

Imagine suddenly finding yourself living three hundred years ago! Sarah and John take a subway ride one day -- and magically find themselves back in 1664, when New York was New Amersterdam. How odd it is to be living in colonial times! Sarah and John are rescued by an Indian Scout. They meet Governor Peter Stuyvesant. They see the English take New Amsterdam from the Dutch. They are living in the midst of history. But all the while Sarah and John wonder -- will they ever find the magic tunnel that leads back home?

Imagine suddenly finding that you've been transported 300 years back in time! That's just what happens to 12-year-old John and his 10-year-old cousin Sarah. One fine day they ride the subway down to Battery Park to see the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. But on the way they somehow enter a magic tunnel - and find themselves back in the year 1664, in old New Amsterdam! The two children are accepted as members of a Dutch family. Sarah is taught to churn butter,; John learns to turn a roasting spit. They go to a quaint village school that has no gym or science classes - no recess. John shocks his new family by asking for a fork. (there are none in New Amsterdam), and when he suggests that someday there may be airplanes and skyscrapers, he is sent to bed with a cup of herb tea to cure his "fever"! The young adventurers learn history at first hand, and find that it's fun. They meet the great Governor Peter Stuyvesant - peg leg and all - and sail away (unexpectedly) on a Dutch ship that is suddenly attacked by the British. But even while they're enjoying their adventures, they can't help wondering whether they will ever see home and family again. How will Sarah and John find the magic tunnel again? How will they ever get back to the New York of today? In a way that will captivate young readers, The Magic Tunnel draws fascinating comparisons between modern (circa mid 1900's) living conditions and those of our forefathers.