The Magic School Bus is a series of children's books about science, written by Joanna Cole and illustrated by Bruce Degen. Designed for ages 6-9, they feature the antics of Ms. Valerie Felicity Frizzle and her class, who board a sentient anthropomorphic Type A school bus which takes them on field trips to impossible locations, including the solar system, clouds, the past, and the human body. The books are written in the first person from the point of view of an unnamed student in "the Friz's" class. The class has a pet lizard named Liz, who accompanies the class on their field trips.
Since the Magic School Bus books present scientific facts in the form of stories in which fantastic things happen (for example, the bus turns into a spaceship, or children shrink to the size of blood cells), each book has a page at the end detailing in a humorous manner which parts of the book represented scientific fact and which were fanciful storytelling. Similarities to Maurice Dolbier's The Magic Bus (1948) illustrated by Tibor Gergely are strictly coincidental.
Craig Walker, vice-president and senior editorial director at Scholastic Co., stated that the concept began with the idea of combining science with fictional stories, and Joanna Cole (who had written both science and humor before) and Bruce Degen were then approached with creating such a series. Walker also states that his own memories of school field trips and of a teacher he had once, served as further inspiration.[1]
The first book "At the Waterworks" was written in 1985 and published the following year.
Cole and Degen started a new series called Ms. Frizzle's Adventures in 2001, which teaches social studies. In those books, Ms. Frizzle travels through time via a special watch. There are now three books in that series. Microsoft Home started publishing Magic School Bus software in 1994. TW Kids published four audio cassettes/activity book "Fun-Kits" in 1994 and 1995, these audio cassettes use audio from the TV Series. Scholastic has also published the original series books as read-along book-on-tapes and book-on-CDs.
In the original series books, Ms. Frizzle's class had a larger number of multiethnic students and consisted of Arnold, Tim, Ralph (changed to "Ralphie" on the show and later books in this series), Dorothy Ann, Wanda, Phoebe, John, Carmen, Gregory, Amanda-Jane, Florrie, Shirley, Michael, Phil, Molly, Rachel, Alex, Carlos, and Keesha (19 students). Phoebe was first introduced in the 1987 book, The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth. Carlos and Keesha were added in the 1994 book, The Magic School Bus In the Time of Dinosaurs.
In the other books and merchandise --including the TV series and TV tie-in books-- Ms. Frizzle's class was whittled down to eight kids (Tim, Ralphie, Arnold, Dorothy Ann, Phoebe, Wanda, Carlos, and Keesha).
GETS TO SHINE — Gets a Bright Idea & Makes a Rainbow
GOES ON A FIELD TRIP - In The Arctic & Goes Upstream
HABITATS AND DESERTS - Hops Home & All Dried Up
THE HUMAN BODY - Inside Ralphie & For Lunch
IN MOTION - Taking Flight & Flexes Its Muscles
IN THE AIR - Kicks Up a Storm & Gets Lost in Space
IN THE WATER - Ups and Downs & Wet All Over
LEARNS ABOUT MICROBES AND REPTILES - In A Pickle & Cold Feet
LEARNS ABOUT PLANTS AND FORESTS - Gets Planted & In The Rain Forest
LEARNS SOMETHING NEW - Cracks a Yolk & Gets Programmed
LEARNS TO BUILD - Under Construction & Shows and Tells
LIGHTS UP - Sees Stars & Gets Charged
PHYSICS - Plays Ball & In the Haunted House
TESTS THE WATERS - Goes to Mussel Beach & Takes a Dive
UNDER PRESSURE - Goes on Air & Gains Weight
SUPER STAR POWER - Gets Planted, Goes Cellular, Sees Stars & Taking Flight
TAKES A DRIVE - Goes to Mussel Beach, Gets Swamped, Takes a Dive & For Lunch
TAKES FLIGHT - Kicks Up a Storm, Taking Flight, Hops Home & Gets Swamped
HUMAN BODY - For Lunch, Inside Ralphie, Flexes Its Muscles & Gets Planted
BLAST OFF FROM SPACE TO SEA - Wet All Over, Ups and Downs, Rocks and Rolls, Gets Eaten, Meets the Rot Squad, Gets Ready, Set, Dough, Gets Lost in Space, Out of This World, Gains Weight, Goes Upstream, Butterfly and the Bog Beast & Plays Ball
FIELD TRIP FUN & GAMES - The Busasaurus, Cold Feet, Goes Upstream, Plays Ball, Shows & Tells, Works Out, Gets Ants in Its Pants, Butterfly and the Bog Beast, In a Beehive, Gets Eaten, Rocks and Rolls, Gains Weight
THE COMPLETE SERIES - All 52 episodes from the 4 season run
Ms Frizzle's class is going with her on the most boring field trip, to the waterworks. At least that is what they think until they discover how interesting things always happen on Ms Frizzle's trips. After going through a tunnel, all the children find themselves in scuba diving outfits. On the top of a bridge the bus rises up in the air and into a cloud. Once in the cloud, the class finds that water droplets are growing, and they are shrinking. The class rains and lands in the water purification system. Eventually it takes them back to Walkerville Elementary, where they come out of the faucet in the girls' bathroom. Later, they see the bus outside and wonder how it returned from the cloud.
Ms Frizzle's class is starting a unit on geology and for homework every student has to find a rock, and bring it to school. The next day every child except Phil has an excuse, so Ms Frizzle decides to take the class on a field trip to collect rocks. The class starts digging until they, with the help of the magic bus, dig all the way through the center of Earth. They collect many rocks and learn about the different types. Phoebe Terese first appears in this book as the "new kid". Before the show was even in production, the Magic School Bus appeared on PBS, because this book was featured on Reading Rainbow.
The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body (ISBN0-590-41427-5, 1989)
Ms Frizzle's class is going to the museum to see an exhibit on the human body. However they stop for lunch at a park and Arnold takes too long to eat. When Ms Frizzle tries to hit the horn to tell him to hurry, she "accidentally" pushes a strange little button on the dashboard and the class finds itself inside a human body, but they are unaware that it is Arnold's. They go through the digestive system and brain and out through the nose.
Arnold's know-it-all cousin Janet, is coming on the field trip this time. They are going to the planetarium to see a show about the Solar System, but it is closed for repairs. On the way back to school, they blast off and fly into outer space. They visit all the planets and learn about them, but in the asteroid belt, they lose Ms Frizzle and find themselves lost in space. The rocket bus featured in this book has become a symbol of the Magic School Bus series.
Ms Frizzle's class is learning about the ocean. It is really hot and the children just want a break. They are thrilled when she says they will take a trip to the ocean. When she gets to the beach she starts to drive into the water and they realise that when Ms Frizzle says "ocean" she means "ocean". Believing the bus is in trouble, Lenny the Lifeguard decides to try to save the children and instead finds himself accompanying them on the field trip.
The children are turning their classroom into Dinosaur Land for Parents' Night, as they are studying dinosaurs. Ms. Frizzle receives a letter from an old high school friend who is now a paleontologist and she decides to take the class on a trip to the dig. When she discovers that they are missing the bones of some Maiasaurs, she turns the bus into a time machine to travel back to the age of dinosaurs to find the bones. The class sees dinosaurs and learns the name of the different periods of the era and other information. This is the first time Ms Frizzle's first name is mentioned, and it is the first appearance of Carlos Ramon and Keesha Franklin, although Keesha was first seen in The Magic School Bus: On the Ocean Floor.
The class is going to the weather station to learn about weather. However, on the way there the bus turns into a hot air balloon. Eventually they find themselves inside a hurricane. Ms Frizzle's radio proves an annoyance to Arnold in this book, as it seems to know his name.
The class is now learning about insects and Ms Frizzle is taking her class on a trip to meet a beekeeper, but they beat the beekeeper there. While they are waiting, Ms Frizzle accidentally pushes a small lever which turns the bus into a tiny beehive and the class (including Ms Frizzle) into bees. They explore the hive and learn about bees, but can they save the hive from a bear?
The Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip (1998)
The children in Ms Frizzle's class were sure that there was nobody like her, but that was before they met her niece, Dottie Frizzle. Dottie accompanies the class on their field trip to the town power plant. There the bus turns into a dump truck, and pours the children into the plant. They shrink and travel through the Walkerville electric system.
The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses (1999)
Theme: the five senses
The class is learning about the senses and they are going to sing a song for an important teacher meeting. However, Ms Frizzle's personality and clothes make the class forget. Ms Frizzle thinks the meeting is tomorrow, but it is really today. So Mr. Wilde, the assistant principal, decides to catch her so he can tell her about the meeting. He decides to get in a bus that just happens to be the magic school bus. The class decides to accompany him. They cannot let him drive that bus, not all by himself. Mr. Wilde accidentally shrinks the bus and soon he and the class find themselves on a trip exploring the senses. Mr. Wilde soon becomes obsessed with driving the bus and forgets all about finding Ms Frizzle, but the class does not. Ms Frizzle's mother appears in this book.
The Magic School Bus and the Science Fair Expedition (ISBN0-590-10824-7; 2006)
Theme: famous scientists in history
The first MSB book since 1999, The Magic School Bus celebrated its 20th anniversary with this new book published on 1 August 2006. Ms. Frizzle and her class have to find projects to display at the Walkerville Science Fair, and fast. They decide to consult with famous scientists in history like Louis Pasteur, George Washington Carver, Charles Darwin, Marie Curie, Isaac Newton, Galileo Galilei, even Albert Einstein. All the original characters are in this book.
The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge (ISBN0-590-10826-3; 2010)
Theme: climate change
Ms. Frizzle takes the class on a flight on the bus over the arctic, showing them how the polar ice caps have melted since Ms. Frizzle's old copy of Our Wonderful World was published. They travel around the earth, observing the impacts of global warming and alternative energy sources. Returning to their home town, Ms. Frizzle gives the class special goggles to observe the greenhouse-gas molecules in the air. When the students return to school, they discuss things people can do to save energy and reduce carbon emissions.
Referencesedit
^Lodge, Sally (2006-07-27). "Two Decades of Fun and Learning on the Magic School Bus". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
^McCallum, Cheryl D.; L. Nazarani; The Children's Museum of Houston (2007-01-04). "Scholastics the Magic School Bus Kicks Up a Storm Museum Exhibit". ams.confex.com. American Meteorological Society. Retrieved 2009-03-23.
^The Magic School Bus Is Back and Its Tackling Evolution PBS
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources The Magic School Bus book series news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Magic School Bus is a series of children s books about science written by Joanna Cole and illustrated by Bruce Degen Designed for ages 6 9 they feature the antics of Ms Valerie Felicity Frizzle and her class who board a sentient anthropomorphic Type A school bus which takes them on field trips to impossible locations including the solar system clouds the past and the human body The books are written in the first person from the point of view of an unnamed student in the Friz s class The class has a pet lizard named Liz who accompanies the class on their field trips Since the Magic School Bus books present scientific facts in the form of stories in which fantastic things happen for example the bus turns into a spaceship or children shrink to the size of blood cells each book has a page at the end detailing in a humorous manner which parts of the book represented scientific fact and which were fanciful storytelling Similarities to Maurice Dolbier s The Magic Bus 1948 illustrated by Tibor Gergely are strictly coincidental Contents 1 History 2 Characters 3 List of books and merchandise 3 1 Original series books 3 2 Chapter books 3 3 Scholastic Reader Level 2 3 4 TV tie in books 3 5 TV tie in fun kits 3 6 A Science Fact Finder Book 3 7 Ms Frizzle s Adventures 3 8 Liz series 3 9 Magic School Bus Presents A Nonfiction Companion to the Original Magic School Bus Series 3 10 DVDs 3 11 VHS 4 Individual books 5 References 6 External linksHistory editCraig Walker vice president and senior editorial director at Scholastic Co stated that the concept began with the idea of combining science with fictional stories and Joanna Cole who had written both science and humor before and Bruce Degen were then approached with creating such a series Walker also states that his own memories of school field trips and of a teacher he had once served as further inspiration 1 The first book At the Waterworks was written in 1985 and published the following year Cole and Degen started a new series called Ms Frizzle s Adventures in 2001 which teaches social studies In those books Ms Frizzle travels through time via a special watch There are now three books in that series Microsoft Home started publishing Magic School Bus software in 1994 TW Kids published four audio cassettes activity book Fun Kits in 1994 and 1995 these audio cassettes use audio from the TV Series Scholastic has also published the original series books as read along book on tapes and book on CDs Scholastic Entertainment the American Meteorological Society and the Children s Museum of Houston created a Scholastics the Magic School Bus Kicks Up a Storm a 2 600 sq ft 240 m2 a traveling exhibit funded in part by the National Science Foundation which premiered at the Children s Museum of Houston in 2003 a copy of it opened in New Jersey the month after that 2 Characters editMain article List of The Magic School Bus characters In the original series books Ms Frizzle s class had a larger number of multiethnic students and consisted of Arnold Tim Ralph changed to Ralphie on the show and later books in this series Dorothy Ann Wanda Phoebe John Carmen Gregory Amanda Jane Florrie Shirley Michael Phil Molly Rachel Alex Carlos and Keesha 19 students Phoebe was first introduced in the 1987 book The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth Carlos and Keesha were added in the 1994 book The Magic School Bus In the Time of Dinosaurs In the other books and merchandise including the TV series and TV tie in books Ms Frizzle s class was whittled down to eight kids Tim Ralphie Arnold Dorothy Ann Phoebe Wanda Carlos and Keesha List of books and merchandise editOriginal series books edit The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks 1986 The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth 1987 The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body 1989 The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System 1990 The Magic School Bus On the Ocean Floor 1992 The Magic School Bus In the Time of the Dinosaurs 1994 The Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane 1995 The Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive 1996 The Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip 1997 The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses 1999 The Magic School Bus and the Science Fair Expedition 2006 The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge 2010 The Magic School Bus Explores Human Evolution 2020 3 Notes The Science Fair Expedition released 20 years after at its anniversary Chapter books edit The Truth about Bats 1999 by Eva Moore The Search for the Missing Bones 1999 by Eva Moore The Wild Whale Watch 2000 by Eva Moore Space Explorers 2000 by Eva Moore Twister Trouble 2000 by Ann Schreiber The Giant Germ 2000 by Anne Capeci The Great Shark Escape 2000 by Jennifer Johnston Penguin Puzzle 2001 by Judith Bauer Stamper Dinosaur Detectives 2001 by Judith Bauer Stamper Expedition Down Under 2001 by Rebecca Carmi Insect Invaders 2001 by Anne Capeci Amazing Magnetism 2001 by Rebecca Carmi Polar Bear Patrol 2002 by Judith Bauer Stamper Electric Storm 2002 by Anne Capeci Voyage to the Volcano 2003 by Judith Bauer Stamper Butterfly Battle 2003 by Nancy White Food Chain Frenzy 2003 by Anne Capeci The Fishy Field Trip 2004 by Martin Schwabacher Color Day Relay 2004 by Gail Herman Rocky Road Trip 2004 by Judith Bauer StamperScholastic Reader Level 2 edit The Magic School Bus Has A Heart The Magic School Bus Gets Caught In a Web The Magic School Bus Gets Recycled The Magic School Bus And the Missing Tooth The Magic School Bus Fights Germs The Magic School Bus Gets Crabby The Magic School Bus Explores the World of Bugs The Magic School Bus Weathers the Storm The Magic School Bus At the First Thanksgiving The Magic School Bus Arctic Adventure The Magic School Bus Lost in Snow The Magic School Bus and the Shark Adventure The Magic School Bus Builds the Statue of Liberty The Magic School Bus in a Bat Cave The Magic School Bus Comes to Its Senses The Magic School Bus and the Wild Leaf Ride The Magic School Bus and the Butterfly Bunch The Magic School Bus Inside a Volcano The Magic School Bus Rides the Wind The Magic School Bus in the Rain Forest The Magic School Bus Sleeps for the Winter The Magic School Bus Explores the World of Animals The Magic School Bus to the Rescue Blizzard The Magic School Bus to the Rescue Forest Fire The Magic School Bus to the Rescue Earthquake The Magic School Bus to the Rescue Flash Flood The Magic School Bus Inside Your Mouth The Magic School Bus Explores the Ocean The Magic School Bus Flies with Dinosaurs The Magic School Bus Takes a Moonwalk The Magic School Bus Flies From the Nest The Magic School Bus Blasts Into Space The Magic School Bus Gets Cleaned UpTV tie in books edit The Magic School Bus Gets Ants in its Pants The Magic School Bus Going Batty The Magic School Bus in the Haunted Museum The Magic School Bus Gets all Dried Up The Magic School Bus In the Arctic The Magic School Bus Meets the Rot Squad The Magic School Bus Blows Its Top The Magic School Bus Answers Questions The Magic School Bus Inside Ralphie The Magic School Bus Gets Programmed The Magic School Bus Kicks Up a Storm The Magic School Bus Plays Ball The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds The Magic School Bus Ups and Downs The Magic School Bus Gets a Bright Idea The Magic School Bus Butterfly and the Bog Beast The Magic School Bus Makes a Rainbow The Magic School Bus Gets Baked in a Cake The Magic School Bus Out of this World The Magic School Bus Taking Flight The Magic School Bus Takes a Dive The Magic School Bus Gets Cold Feet The Magic School Bus Shows and Tells The Magic School Bus Spins a Web The Magic School Bus Gets Planted The Magic School Bus Gets Eaten The Magic School Bus Wet All Over The Magic School Bus Goes Upstream The Magic School Bus In A Pickle The Magic School Bus Hops Home The Magic School Bus Sees Stars The Magic School Bus Looking for Liz sticker book TV tie in fun kits edit The Magic School Bus Fun With Sound The Magic School Bus Habitat The Magic School Bus Kicks Up A Storm The Magic School Bus Goes to SeedA Science Fact Finder Book edit Skeletons Fact Finder Bats Fact Finder Field Trip FactsMs Frizzle s Adventures edit Imperial China Medieval Castle Ancient EgyptLiz series edit Liz Finds a Friend Liz Takes Flight Liz Looks for a Home Liz Sorts It Out Liz on the Move Liz Makes a RainbowMagic School Bus Presents A Nonfiction Companion to the Original Magic School Bus Series edit Our Solar System The Human Body Sea Creatures The Rain Forest Wild Weather Dinosaurs Planet Earth Insects Volcanoes amp Earthquakes Polar AnimalsDVDs edit Main article The Magic School Bus merchandise AND THE ENVIRONMENT Rocks and Rolls amp Holiday Special AND THE FLYING ANIMALS Going Batty amp Butterfly and the Bog Beast BIG AND SMALL BATMAN The Busasaurus amp Gets Ants in its Pants EXPLORES CELLS AND MOLECULES Meets Molly Cule amp Goes Cellular EXPLORES INSECTS Beehive amp Spins A Web EXPLORES NEW HABITATS In The City amp Get Swamped EXPLORES THE HUMAN BODY Works Out amp Makes A Stink FOOD Meets the Rot Squad amp Gets Ready Set Dough FOOD CYCLE Gets Eaten amp Goes to Seed GETS A BOOST Getting Energized amp Revving Up GETS ROCKING Out of this World amp Blows its Top GETS TO SHINE Gets a Bright Idea amp Makes a Rainbow GOES ON A FIELD TRIP In The Arctic amp Goes Upstream HABITATS AND DESERTS Hops Home amp All Dried Up THE HUMAN BODY Inside Ralphie amp For Lunch IN MOTION Taking Flight amp Flexes Its Muscles IN THE AIR Kicks Up a Storm amp Gets Lost in Space IN THE WATER Ups and Downs amp Wet All Over LEARNS ABOUT MICROBES AND REPTILES In A Pickle amp Cold Feet LEARNS ABOUT PLANTS AND FORESTS Gets Planted amp In The Rain Forest LEARNS SOMETHING NEW Cracks a Yolk amp Gets Programmed LEARNS TO BUILD Under Construction amp Shows and Tells LIGHTS UP Sees Stars amp Gets Charged PHYSICS Plays Ball amp In the Haunted House TESTS THE WATERS Goes to Mussel Beach amp Takes a Dive UNDER PRESSURE Goes on Air amp Gains Weight SUPER STAR POWER Gets Planted Goes Cellular Sees Stars amp Taking Flight TAKES A DRIVE Goes to Mussel Beach Gets Swamped Takes a Dive amp For Lunch TAKES FLIGHT Kicks Up a Storm Taking Flight Hops Home amp Gets Swamped HUMAN BODY For Lunch Inside Ralphie Flexes Its Muscles amp Gets Planted BLAST OFF FROM SPACE TO SEA Wet All Over Ups and Downs Rocks and Rolls Gets Eaten Meets the Rot Squad Gets Ready Set Dough Gets Lost in Space Out of This World Gains Weight Goes Upstream Butterfly and the Bog Beast amp Plays Ball FIELD TRIP FUN amp GAMES The Busasaurus Cold Feet Goes Upstream Plays Ball Shows amp Tells Works Out Gets Ants in Its Pants Butterfly and the Bog Beast In a Beehive Gets Eaten Rocks and Rolls Gains Weight THE COMPLETE SERIES All 52 episodes from the 4 season runVHS edit Flexes Its Muscles Gets Lost In Space Gets Charged All Dried Up Hops Home Inside The Haunted House Inside Ralphie Gets Eaten For Lunch Blows Its Top Plays Ball Goes To Seed Kicks Up A Storm Going Batty Creepy Crawly Fun Greatest Adventures Under Construction Out Of This World Gets Ants In Its Pants Gets Planted Butterflies Ready Set Dough The Busasaurus In The Rainforest Makes A Rainbow Taking Flight Getting Energized Magic School Bus Holiday Special Spins A Web In A BeehiveIndividual books editThe original Magic School Bus books are The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks ISBN 0 590 40360 5 1986 Theme the water cycle and the waterworks Ms Frizzle s class is going with her on the most boring field trip to the waterworks At least that is what they think until they discover how interesting things always happen on Ms Frizzle s trips After going through a tunnel all the children find themselves in scuba diving outfits On the top of a bridge the bus rises up in the air and into a cloud Once in the cloud the class finds that water droplets are growing and they are shrinking The class rains and lands in the water purification system Eventually it takes them back to Walkerville Elementary where they come out of the faucet in the girls bathroom Later they see the bus outside and wonder how it returned from the cloud The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth ISBN 0 590 40760 0 1987 Theme geology Ms Frizzle s class is starting a unit on geology and for homework every student has to find a rock and bring it to school The next day every child except Phil has an excuse so Ms Frizzle decides to take the class on a field trip to collect rocks The class starts digging until they with the help of the magic bus dig all the way through the center of Earth They collect many rocks and learn about the different types Phoebe Terese first appears in this book as the new kid Before the show was even in production the Magic School Bus appeared on PBS because this book was featured on Reading Rainbow The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body ISBN 0 590 41427 5 1989 Theme the human body Ms Frizzle s class is going to the museum to see an exhibit on the human body However they stop for lunch at a park and Arnold takes too long to eat When Ms Frizzle tries to hit the horn to tell him to hurry she accidentally pushes a strange little button on the dashboard and the class finds itself inside a human body but they are unaware that it is Arnold s They go through the digestive system and brain and out through the nose The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System ISBN 0 590 41429 1 1990 Theme the Solar System Arnold s know it all cousin Janet is coming on the field trip this time They are going to the planetarium to see a show about the Solar System but it is closed for repairs On the way back to school they blast off and fly into outer space They visit all the planets and learn about them but in the asteroid belt they lose Ms Frizzle and find themselves lost in space The rocket bus featured in this book has become a symbol of the Magic School Bus series The Magic School Bus On the Ocean Floor ISBN 0 590 41431 3 1992 Theme the ocean Ms Frizzle s class is learning about the ocean It is really hot and the children just want a break They are thrilled when she says they will take a trip to the ocean When she gets to the beach she starts to drive into the water and they realise that when Ms Frizzle says ocean she means ocean Believing the bus is in trouble Lenny the Lifeguard decides to try to save the children and instead finds himself accompanying them on the field trip The Magic School Bus In the Time of the Dinosaurs ISBN 0 590 44689 4 1994 Theme dinosaurs The children are turning their classroom into Dinosaur Land for Parents Night as they are studying dinosaurs Ms Frizzle receives a letter from an old high school friend who is now a paleontologist and she decides to take the class on a trip to the dig When she discovers that they are missing the bones of some Maiasaurs she turns the bus into a time machine to travel back to the age of dinosaurs to find the bones The class sees dinosaurs and learns the name of the different periods of the era and other information This is the first time Ms Frizzle s first name is mentioned and it is the first appearance of Carlos Ramon and Keesha Franklin although Keesha was first seen in The Magic School Bus On the Ocean Floor The Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane ISBN 0 590 44687 8 1995 Theme weather The class is going to the weather station to learn about weather However on the way there the bus turns into a hot air balloon Eventually they find themselves inside a hurricane Ms Frizzle s radio proves an annoyance to Arnold in this book as it seems to know his name The Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive 1996 Theme bees The class is now learning about insects and Ms Frizzle is taking her class on a trip to meet a beekeeper but they beat the beekeeper there While they are waiting Ms Frizzle accidentally pushes a small lever which turns the bus into a tiny beehive and the class including Ms Frizzle into bees They explore the hive and learn about bees but can they save the hive from a bear The Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip 1998 Theme electricity The children in Ms Frizzle s class were sure that there was nobody like her but that was before they met her niece Dottie Frizzle Dottie accompanies the class on their field trip to the town power plant There the bus turns into a dump truck and pours the children into the plant They shrink and travel through the Walkerville electric system The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses 1999 Theme the five senses The class is learning about the senses and they are going to sing a song for an important teacher meeting However Ms Frizzle s personality and clothes make the class forget Ms Frizzle thinks the meeting is tomorrow but it is really today So Mr Wilde the assistant principal decides to catch her so he can tell her about the meeting He decides to get in a bus that just happens to be the magic school bus The class decides to accompany him They cannot let him drive that bus not all by himself Mr Wilde accidentally shrinks the bus and soon he and the class find themselves on a trip exploring the senses Mr Wilde soon becomes obsessed with driving the bus and forgets all about finding Ms Frizzle but the class does not Ms Frizzle s mother appears in this book The Magic School Bus and the Science Fair Expedition ISBN 0 590 10824 7 2006 Theme famous scientists in history The first MSB book since 1999 The Magic School Bus celebrated its 20th anniversary with this new book published on 1 August 2006 Ms Frizzle and her class have to find projects to display at the Walkerville Science Fair and fast They decide to consult with famous scientists in history like Louis Pasteur George Washington Carver Charles Darwin Marie Curie Isaac Newton Galileo Galilei even Albert Einstein All the original characters are in this book The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge ISBN 0 590 10826 3 2010 Theme climate change Ms Frizzle takes the class on a flight on the bus over the arctic showing them how the polar ice caps have melted since Ms Frizzle s old copy of Our Wonderful World was published They travel around the earth observing the impacts of global warming and alternative energy sources Returning to their home town Ms Frizzle gives the class special goggles to observe the greenhouse gas molecules in the air When the students return to school they discuss things people can do to save energy and reduce carbon emissions References edit Lodge Sally 2006 07 27 Two Decades of Fun and Learning on the Magic School Bus Publishers Weekly Retrieved 2012 10 03 McCallum Cheryl D L Nazarani The Children s Museum of Houston 2007 01 04 Scholastics the Magic School Bus Kicks Up a Storm Museum Exhibit ams confex com American Meteorological Society Retrieved 2009 03 23 The Magic School Bus Is Back and Its 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