{"id":59,"date":"2014-06-05T00:57:11","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T00:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/?p=59"},"modified":"2025-10-11T04:19:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T04:19:37","slug":"magic-school-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/?p=59","title":{"rendered":"The Magic School Bus series"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ms. Frizzle, who may be the coolest teacher ever, has a magic school bus which takes her (sometimes reluctant) class on incredible trips. They travel on the ocean floor; get lost in the solar system; have an electric field trip; explore in the time of the dinosaurs; and go inside the earth, a bee hive, a hurricane, the human body, and the waterworks. Yet they are always back before the end of the school day without anyone knowing of their adventures. <\/p>\n

These books are well designed and fun to look at, are packed (packed!) with scientific information, and have fun stories too (with the exception of Lost in the Solar System<\/em>, which has a truly annoying guest student as a major focus–I avoid that one whenever possible). I expect that, once the boys get older, they will enjoy reading all of the dialogue boxes and side notes that I usually skip in the interest of time. Their favorites are: Inside the Earth<\/em>, Inside a Bee Hive<\/em>, Inside a Hurricane<\/em>, In the Time of the Dinosaurs<\/em>, and At the Waterworks<\/em>. <\/p>\n

Author: Joanna Cole
\nIllustrator: Bruce Degen<\/p>\n