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Buffalo Before Breakfast

  • 1999 first published
  • 96 pages
  • ★ 4.8 (8 ratings)
  • 26 editions

Published in 1999, Buffalo Before Breakfast is a time-travel fiction novella by Mary Pope Osborne. The story is set in Great Plains and Nordamerkika. Key subjects include dakota Indians, Indians of North America, magic and time travel.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.8 out of 5 from 8 ratings, and 39 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 26 editions across 5 languages.

At about 96 pages, most readers finish it in 1–2 hours.

About Buffalo Before Breakfast

The magic tree house takes Jack and his sister Annie to the Great Plains where they learn about the life of the Lakota Indians.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

  • Great Plains
  • Nordamerkika

Subjects

  • Dakota Indians
  • Indians of North America
  • Magic
  • Time travel
  • Tree houses
  • Teton Indians
  • Time travel, Juvenile fiction
  • Magic, Juvenile fiction
  • Tree houses, Juvenile fiction
  • Dakota Indians, Juvenile fiction
  • Indians of North America, Great Plains, Juvenile fiction
  • Indios de América del Norte
  • Magia
  • Ficción juvenil
  • Cabañas en las árboles
  • Viajes a través del tiempo

Quick answers

Who wrote Buffalo Before Breakfast?

Buffalo Before Breakfast was written by Mary Pope Osborne and first published in 1999.

What genre is Buffalo Before Breakfast?

It is usually shelved as Time Travel.

How long is Buffalo Before Breakfast?

The median edition has 96 pages, about 1–2 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Buffalo Before Breakfast?

Readers who like it often enjoy The House of Arden, Artemis Fowl and Test of the Twins.

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