The Magic School Bus And The Climate Challenge - Hardcover

Cole, Joanna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0590108263 ISBN 13: 9780590108263

Publisher: Scholastic Press, 2010

Synopsis

When it's time to make sense of science, turn to Ms. Frizzle! Global warming is the science story of the century, and it will affect the younger generations the most. So why not turn to the teacher kids like the most, Ms. Frizzle! Only the Friz can boil all the hoopla down to the scientific facts in a fun and informative way. With trademark simplicity and wit, Joanna Cole explains why the earth is getting warmer, and Bruce Degen's bright, action-filled illustrations make the science easy to understand-and fun to learn. This team brings a new, improved understanding to climate change, engaging kids and empowering all. Parents and teachers will cheer! Kids already love the Magic School Bus, and they love to do what's right by the planet. At last, a way to teach the curriculum and make an impact!

About this title

About the Author

Author Joanna Cole and illustrator Bruce Degen make learning a spirited joyride, delighting young audiences with their fantastic journeys to the eye of a hurricane, the bottom of the ocean, and the center of the earth, to name just a few. Author and illustrator have said they were each inspired by an important teacher in their classroom days - very much like Ms. Frizzle! There are now more than 58 million Magic School Bus books in print, in a variety of formats, plus a wildly successful animated television series. Called "a can't-miss team" by School Library Journal, Cole and Degen live in Florida and Connecticut, respectively. For more information about Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen, visit: www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/books/authors

Reviews

Verbal and visual elements work seamlessly together as Ms. Frizzle takes her students soaring around the earth to study climate change, through the atmosphere to understand the greenhouse effect, above solar and wind power installations to see alternative energy sources, and above their town to observe carbon dioxide emissions. Back at school and at home, they start putting energy-saving practices into effect. Given the breadth and complexity of the topic, this may be the most ambitious book yet in the Magic School Bus series. Cole and Degen carry it off with their matchless combination of intelligence, style, and grade-school humor. Grades 2-4. --Carolyn Phelan

Edition details

• Publisher: Scholastic Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0590108263
• ISBN 13: 9780590108263
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Degen Bruce
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 48