MARY POPE OSBORNE’S
MUMMIES IN THE MORNING
MARY POPE OSBORNE’S
MUMMIES IN THE MORNING
the graphic novel
ADAPTED BY Jenny Laird WITH ART BY Kelly & Nichole Matthews
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First published in the USA by Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, 2022
Adapted from Mummies in the Morning , published by Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, 1993
First published in Great Britain by Puffin Books 2025 001
Text copyright © Mary Pope Osborne, 2022
Art copyright © Kelly Matthews & Nichole Matthews, 2022
Text adapted by Jenny Laird
Dinosaurs Before Dark excerpt text copyright © Mary Pope Osborne, 2021. Art copyright © Kelly & Nichole Matthews, 2021. Adapted by Jenny Laird.
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To Georgia and Ada McCulloch
—M.P. O.
For Krish and Alya – a truly magical brother-and-sister team
—J.L.
To April, our amazing art director, who has been with us through thick and thin (and deadlines). Thank you for everything you’ve done to offer assistance and advice; this series wouldn’t be the same without you.
—K.M. & N.M.
CHAPTER ONE Meow!
On a day like any other, in the woods not far from home, Jack and Annie found a mysterious tree house.
in the woods not far from home, Jack and Annie found a mysterious tree house.
FROG CREEK
Hello?
Anybody there?
Hello?
It looks empty, Jack.
But I heard a noise. It sounded like someone coughing.
I think it might be coming from over there. Come on. Let’s go up.
Maybe I should have brought back the medallion. And the blue bookmark.
M? Are you there? Why would the mysterious M person be hiding in the bushes?
You can bring them back tomorrow. Come on!
Wait for me!
I’ll bring everything back tomorrow!
Everything looks exactly the same as it did yesterday!
Don’t touch anything until I get up there.
Hmmm. Which book is it going to be today?
Hey, this isn’t wet anymore.
Let me see.
Maybe the knight who rescued us from the moat also fixed the book. But . . . how?
How is this possible? It got soaked in the castle moat yesterday.
What’s that long gold box?
Is that a parade? It looks like a parade.
I don’t know. We have to read
