The Magic School Bus: Arctic Adventure

Magic School Bus Science Readers

by Gail Herman, Carolyn Bracken

[Scholastic Reader Level 2]

Ms. Frizzle's class is going to the top of the world! They want to see the different animals. But when they arrive, they get a big surprise. Join Ms. Frizzle's class on this cool field trip and learn about the animals of the Arctic.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Science, Animals

32 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2004

About the author

Gail Herman, formerly a children's book editor in New York City, has written picture books, easy-to-reads, and chapter books, including many titles in the Who Was/What Was series. She lives in Newton, Massachusetts with her family.

Reviews

[Renee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gotta love Ms. Frizzle! There’s lots going on here with combined facts, illustrations, speech bubbles, and writing examples. The storyline gets a bit thin with the losing and finding of the magic school jet.

Mother Tongue information: Good review of information learned in Swedish SO and NO lessons. caribou and musk oxen needed further explanation. The book is written at Level 2: “Vocabulary and sentence length for beginning readers.”

I also focused on the letter “z”, with the words: Frizzle, crazy, dizzy, and amazing.

[Memory Toast · Rating 4 out of 5]

I ejoyed this quite a bit more than I thought I would! I felt like it got the language level more on the same plane as the plotline. It was a simple, but fun adventure, with a few science tidbits and jokes thrown in, and some neat text features.

[Kylie Abecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

The other books in this series were so great, I think my expectations went a little too high. While this story was still interesting for the kids, it was nowhere near as informative as the previous ones we read.

[angrykitty · Rating 3 out of 5]

kid liked the arctic animals but the story and info here left us wanting more.

[K Morlando · Rating 5 out of 5]

We love the magic school bus series of books, they are very educational!

[Melissa Namba · Rating 4 out of 5]

Informative and accessible for young children. They'll also have fun with the Hide and Seek bus and animals.

[Daniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm a fan of the Magic School Bus books and the wonderful things they have done to boost a child's interest in science. These "leveled readers" have taken the series a step further and given the younger child the opportunity to read the books themselves, have fun, and still learn something from them.

The science is levelled appropriately and my eight year old loves coming to tell me interesting new facts. This time about the changing fur color of arctic animals.

Hooray for Magic School Bus!

[Little Miss and the Legomeister · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love the Magic School Bus books. Legomeister loved these for years, and now Little Miss is starting to request them.

The Scholastic Readers are nice for bedtime stories because they're shorter, and of course, they're great for early readers. They're more difficult than some easy readers, a little longer with more challenging words. The writing feels choppy; that's a side effect of simplifying it. But I think they do a good job of keeping the story fun and informative. They definitely hold the interest of my Magic School Bus Fans.

[Joey Fong · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book takes readers to the arctic where they discuss the temperature and climate changes. THey also discussed the different types of animals that lives in such cold and hazardous enviornment. Great book for Science or Geography lesson.

[McKinzie Elton · Rating 4 out of 5]

I will show the students the cover of the book, but hide the title. I'll make a word web on the board and ask students to tell me what they see in the picture. From this, I will have students predict what they think the book will be about.

[z.diddy · Rating 1 out of 5]

Some of the animals in the arctic, their fur turns white in the winter.

[Diana Pettis · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have always been a fan of Magic Tree house books. This one gives children a good introduction to what it is like in the arctic.

[Laura · Rating 2 out of 5]

I LOVE animals!

[Emerson and Theodore · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read by uncle mark in Palm desert.