The Magic School Bus Out Of This World: A Book About Space Rocks

by Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen (Illustrator)

When Walker Elementary is threatened by a hurtling space rock, Ms. Frizzle and her students launch a field trip into outer space aboard a transformed Magic School Bus space ship, where they learn about asteroids, comets, and more. Original.

Genres: Science, Childrens, Picture Books, Space, Kids, Astronomy, Nonfiction

32 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1996

About the author

Joanna Cole, who also wrote under the pseudonym B. J. Barnet, was an author of children’s books who teaches science.

She is most famous as the author of The Magic School Bus series of children's books. Joanna Cole wrote over 250 books ranging from her first book Cockroach to her famous series Magic School Bus.

Cole was born in Newark, New Jersey, and grew up in nearby East Orange. She loved science as a child, and had a teacher she says was a little like Ms. Frizzle. She attended the University of Massachusetts and Indiana University before graduating from the City College of New York with a B.A. in psychology. After some graduate education courses, she spent a year as a librarian in a Brooklyn elementary school. Cole subsequently became a letters correspondent at Newsweek, and then a senior editor for Doubleday Books for Young Readers.

Reviews

[Benjamin Honeycutt · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book aloud while teaching about space to a 2nd grade room for students in Kenya. The students loved this book and looking at the illustrations on every page. The book paired really well with the Skyview app to go stargazing with the students whenever they wanted to explore the solar system.

[Pickle · Rating 5 out of 5]

much better than lost in space

[Becky Galambos · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another fun Magic School House book. I had forgotten how fun these are.

[ChrisAndShun DeMoir · Rating 3 out of 5]

bedtime story 1/1/2023

[Reader]

This book is out of this world!⭐️

[Margaux · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best of them all - a fun adventure! Love these.

[Jamie]

Ms. Frizzle takes her class on an exciting adventure to outer space. While in outer space they explore meteors, comets, and the moon. Ms Frizzle takes her student on an adventure that is out of this world. This magic school bus adventure lets its readers imagination explore how it could be like on the moon or what meteors might look like before they hit earth's surface. These books are great for readers to get out there and think out of the box.

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun Magic School Bus book about all kinds of space rocks: meteors, comets, asteroids, meteorites, etc. It's a typical story in the series and offers a lot of information in an entertaining format. I like these books, because I often learn some new bit of information and the stories are fun to read aloud. Our girls just love them and will pick them first when choosing a book at bedtime.

[Karina Espinales · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a good 4th grade book because it talk about space. The focus is more about their adventure and learning about gravity. It has great illustrations and details about gravity and how it works. It is non-fiction.

[Christal Hillner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Science

[Tracey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book to use in a space unit

[Amber Pound · Rating 4 out of 5]

The class takes a field trip into space to stop an asteroid that is coming towards their school.

[Keely · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book in the Magic School Bus series (like all of them) is engaging and challenging for independent reading or great as a read-aloud for teaching.

[Lily McGlone · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lily really enjoyed this, and seems to like the 'story' format better than the ones that just shove information down her throat without any story.