All of the Magic Tree House series books are available as Listening Library audio books, narrated by Mary Pope Osborne.

Magic tree house collection #4, Mary Pope Osborne, Audiobook on Cassette : Cassette recording, Language: English, Publisher: Listening Library, 2002.

In 2011, a Japanese anime based on the Magic Tree House series (which was the number one children’s book series in Japan) came out: Magic Tree House (マジック・ツリーハウス) 2012, produced by TV Tokyo,  Dentsu,  TV Osaka,  Media Factory,  GAGA,  Yahoo! Japan.
(https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2012/01/06/films/magic-tree-house-hits-the-big-screen-at-last-but-only-in-japan/#.WsQGqC-B2qk,
https://myanimelist.net/anime/10690/Magic_Tree_House).

Arabic: Madīnah taḥt al-rrumād, trans. Philippe Masson, Bayrūt : Hāshit ʼAnṭuān, 2014.

Chinese: 古城末日[Zhong ying shuang yu], trans. Baochun Lan; Chun Lan, Wuhan: Hubei Children's Publishing House, 2011.

Danish: I vulkanens skygge, København: Carlsen, 2008.

French: Panique à Pompéi, trans. Marie-Hélène Delval; Philippe Masson, [Montrouge] : Bayard Jeunesse, 2017.

German: Im Schatten des Vulkans, trans. Jutta Knipping; Sabine Rahn, Bindlach Loewe, 2010.

Italian: Una vacanza vulcanica a Pompei, trans. Elcograf, Milano : Piemme, 2016.

Japanese: ポンペイ最後の日 [Ponpei saigo no hi], trans. Masako Meshino, KADOKAWA, Kadokawa.

Korean: 폼페이 최후의 날 [P'omp'ei ch'oehu ŭi nal], trans. Ŭn-jŏng No, 비룡소, Sŏul-si: Piryongso, 2003.

Polish: Wakacje pod wulkanem, trans. Irena Domańska-Kubiak; Krzysztof Kubiak, Warszawa : Egmont, 2005.

Portuguese: Férias sob o vulcão, São Paulo : Farol Literário, 2013.

Spanish: Vacaciones Al Pie De Un Volcan, trans. Marcela Brovelli, Paw Prints, 2007.

Spanish: Vacaciones en Pompeya, trans. Macarena Salas, Madrid: SM, 2005.

In the Magic Tree House books, American siblings Jack and Annie (from Pennsylvania) are sent on missions in different times and places from a magic tree house by Morgan le Fay, a benevolent fairy who is a mother figure to the children. Their task is to recover a lost story in Latin, entitled: Vir Fortissimus in Mundo. This story used to be in a library in ancient Pompeii. Morgan le Fay also provides the siblings with a book called Life in Roman Times, which, throughout their adventure, they peruse frequently to find out facts and information about ancient Roman life.

The children are transported to an olive grove outside ancient Pompeii. They find themselves wearing tunics, sandals and leather-bags. They use their book to find out where they are and in which year (AD 79). They feel the ground shaking, but still set out for the city of Pompeii, crossing a dried-up stream.

On their way through Pompeii, trying to find the library, they see gladiators and a number of sites, such as the temple of Jupiter. A soothsayer warns them that the end is near, but also tells them the location of the library in the villa of Brutus. There, the children find the Latin scroll with the right title.

Jack learns from his book that Mount Vesuvius will erupt on the very day they are in Pompeii at noon. A sundial shows that it is almost that time. A terrible earthquake starts. Jack reads in his book that Pompeii will be covered in pumice, which they see falling down shortly after. They protect their heads with pillows and flee through the chaos of Pompeii, noticing the great damage to buildings. When they come to the dried-up stream, they see that the bridge they had used earlier has caved in. When they try to cross it, they get stuck in the pumice. They remember Morgan’s advice that the story they had to find will save them. Annie pulls the ancient scroll out of Jack’s bag, holds it up to the sky and shouts: “Save us, story!” Suddenly, a larger-than-life gladiator appears and rescues the Annie and Jack. The children run to the Magic Tree House and are transported back home. There they find out from Morgan le Fay that the title of the story refers to Hercules, who was the one who rescued them.

Much of this novel is set in ancient Pompeii. It is an introduction for young readers into ancient Roman life and, specifically the historical event of the eruption of Mt Vesuvius. Readers of this book learn many facts about ancient Pompeii and ancient Roman life, in general, mostly through dictionary-style entries from Morgan’s book Life in Roman Times.

In this series a time-travel device, the magic tree house, is used to educate young readers in a number of basic facts about the ancient world. The narrative is structured around a quest which is the reason why Jack and Annie travel around Pompeii and experience a variety of aspects of Roman everyday life, as well as the eruption of Mt Vesuvius.

The aspects of everyday life shown are centered around topics which children can easily relate to by comparison to their own world, such as food, clothing and everyday life in a shopping street. We hear in some detail what a Roman villa looked like on the inside. Some famous buildings and sites are also mentioned, as well as some typical Roman professions, in particular gladiators. To add excitement to the story and set it in a particular historical context, it is told against the background of the eruption of Mt Vesuvius.

Several of the facts of Roman life mentioned are depicted in black and white illustrations. The novel itself is followed by two pages of facts about Pompeii and ancient Rome.

Pliny, Letters 6.16

Companion:
Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce, illustr. Sal Murdocca, Ancient Rome and Pompeii: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House # 13: Vacation Under the Volcana, New York: Random House, 2006.