Books with title Magic School Bus

The Magic School Bus is a series of children's books about science written by author Joanna Cole. They feature the antics of Ms. Valerie Frizzle, and her class, who board a magical school bus which takes them on field trips to impossible locations such as 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 pet, Liz, a lizard, accompanied 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, a 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. In the books' television adaptation, the series breaks the fourth wall at the end of each episode, in which the "producers", guest stars, or characters of the show receives phone calls from kids complaining about how some things that happened on the show couldn't happen in real life. The producer that is seen most of the time is voiced by Malcolm-Jamal Warner.

The Magic School Bus Briefcase includes "The Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip", "Inside a Beehive", "On the Ocean Floor", "At the Waterworks", "Inside the Human Body", "Lost in the Solar System", "Explores the Senses", "In the Time of the Dinosaurs", "Inside a Hurricane" and "Inside the Earth". Praise includes "The freshest, most amusing approach to science for children! Just as the "Sesame Street" revolutionized the teaching of letters and numbers, so the Magic School Bus books makes science so much fun that the information is almost incidental." - The New York Times Book Review. "This is no ordinary field trip. [An] unbeatable combination of clearly presented information and plenty of fun." - Booklist. "This innovative series continues to educate youngsters in fun and creative ways." - Booklist. "This trip is anything but dull." - Kirkus Reviews.

Get ready for some serious science fun when Ms. Frizzle takes the kids on exciting field trips! These Magic School Bus Science Chapter Books are especially enjoyed by 2nd and 3rd graders. Books include: #1, The Truth about Bats; #2, The Search for the Missing Bones; #3, The Wild Whale Watch; #4, Space Explorers; #5, Twister Trouble; #6, The Giant Germ; #7, The Great Shark Escape; #8, Penguin Puzzle; #10, Expedition Down Under; #11, Insect Invaders; #12, Amazing Magnetism; #13, Polar Bear Patrol. Bonus booklet: Field Trip Facts: Notes from Ms. Frizzle's Kids, with excerpts from books 1-20.