The Magic School Bus Explores the World of Animals

Magic School Bus

by Joanna Cole, Nancy White

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.

Genres: Science, Animals, Nonfiction, Childrens

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

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

[Jude · Rating 2 out of 5]

A mildly interesting field trip.

[William · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have always admired fennec foxes.

[Bethany · Rating 4 out of 5]

A student can never learn enough about animals and our connections with them. This book does and excellent job in detailing how animals play an important part in our world.

Topic: animals
Grades: 1-5

[Deborah Harris]

AR Quiz No. 52167 EN Nonfiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 0.5
Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP

[Neliya · Rating 5 out of 5]

i thoght thebook was fine

[Su No-kwon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Grade: 1-3
Topic: animal, animal group