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Books in The Magic School Bus Presents series

  • The Magic School Bus Ups And Downs: A Book About Floating And Sinking

    Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen

    Paperback (Scholastic Paperbacks, Feb. 1, 1997)
    Wondering if a monster is living in Walkerville Lake, Ms. Frizzle transforms the Magic School Bus into the Magic Bus-Boat and takes the class to the bottom of the lake to solve the mystery. Original.
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  • Insects

    Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Dec. 30, 2014)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Introduces facts about insects, including the life cycle of butterflies, how crickets communicate, and how ants work together in a community.
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  • The Magic School Bus Inside The Earth

    Joanna Cole, Bruce Degan

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, May 1, 1989)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. On a special field trip in the Magic School Bus, Ms. Frizzle's class learns firsthand about different kinds of rocks and the formation of the Earth.
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  • The Magic School Bus and the Science Fair Expedition

    Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen

    Hardcover (Scholastic Press, Aug. 1, 2006)
    Join the Science Fair Expedition with Ms. Frizzle's class. The class encounters more than they have hoped for: that gives them many different ideas for their science fair projects.
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  • Polar Animals

    Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Dec. 30, 2014)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Ms. Frizzle's class learns about the animals that live in the polar regions of the world, including how they adapt to their icy habitats.
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  • Planet Earth

    Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen

    Library Binding (Turtleback, June 24, 2014)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. This is a photographic nonfiction companion book to the original bestselling title, The Magic School Bus: Inside the Earth. Planet Earth will expand upon the original title with fresh, updated Common Core-aligned content about all the wonders of our planet. With vivid full-color photographs on each page and illustrations of the beloved Ms. Frizzle and her students, the Magic School Bus Presents series will enthrall a whole new generation of Magic School Bus readers.
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  • The Magic School Bus In A Pickle: A Book About Microbes

    Joanna Cole, Bob Ostrom, Bob Ostrum, Bruce Degen

    Paperback (Scholastic Paperbacks, Feb. 1, 1998)
    The gang from the award-winning science series shrinks to microscopic size to discover how microbes make bread rise, turn milk into cottage cheese, and turn cucumbers to pickles. Original.
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  • The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds

    Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback, Feb. 1, 1995)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The Magic School Bus shrinks to fly among flowers and travels under the earth to learn about fertilization and how seeds grow.
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  • The Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive

    Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen

    Hardcover (Scholastic, Sept. 1, 1996)
    In their latest adventure, Ms. Frizzle and her class visit a beekeeper at his hive, and the bus mysteriously vibrates and shrinks, as the teacher and class journey inside the beehive to witness the extraordinary world of bees.
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  • Ms. Frizzle's Adventures: Imperial China

    Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen

    Hardcover (Scholastic Press, July 1, 2005)
    There's no denying the Frizzle magic, and the zany teacher is at her best as she journeys to ancient China. Full of historical and cultural facts, the book is a learning adventure - and a lot of fun.Is it magic? Ms. Frizzle, Wanda, and Arnold simply duck under the dragon at the local Chinese New Year's parade, and they are mysteriously whisked back in time to ancient China! They arrive in a village where the farmers are in trouble. The Friz and friends vow to go to the capital to get the emperor's help. As they journey, they learn how silk is made, travel on the Grand Canal, and see the Great Wall under construction, but will they fulfill their mission to help the farmers?Cole and Degen relay a bounty of facts with charm and humor as they bring the majesty of imperial China to life.
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  • The Magic School Bus In The Time Of The Dinosaurs

    Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback, Aug. 1, 1995)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Ms. Frizzle, using the magic school bus, takes her class back in time to see the dinosaurs firsthand.
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  • The Magic School Bus Explores the World of Animals

    Nancy White, Joanna Cole, Scholastic Productions, John Speirs

    Paperback (Scholastic, Jan. 1, 2001)
    When a mysterious animal suddenly appears in Ms. Frizzle's classroom, she and the entire class travel around the world to find the right home for this lost creature. Original.
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