Helen Plum Library

An eccentric schoolteacher takes her class on wondrous educational field trips with the help of a magical school bus In the city (topic: city critters): Tim thinks the zoo is the only place in the city wild animals can survive. To test this theory Ms. Frizzle turns the class into critters! Cracks a yolk (topic: eggs): The principal goes away for a few days and leaves his chicken, Giblets, in Dorothy Ann's care. The Friz shows the class how eggs...

Ms. Frizzle takes her class inside a pinball machine that is played with light pulses instead of steel balls, to learn the secrets of color and light

Ms. Frizzle and her class explore the work of bats

Hunting for treasure, Ms. Frizzle's class learns about the amazing creatures of the coral reef

Ms Frizzle's class takes a trip into a nearby plant to find out what plants eat. Join the gang as they get to the root of the matter, and learn all about a plant's private food factory

When Arnold wishes he had more information for his family tree, Ms. Frizzle revs up the Magic School Bus and the class zooms back to prehistoric times. First stop: 3.5 billion years ago! There aren't any people around to ask for directions. Luckily Ms. Frizzle has a plan, and the class is right there to watch simple cells become sponges and then fish and dinosaurs, then mammals and early primates and, eventually, modern humans. It's the longest class...

Ms. Frizzle's class is on its way to a pool-- a tide pool. The kids spot everything from seaweed to seashells. But then they run into some real crabs! Climb on the Magic School Bus and learn about tide pool life