The Magic School Bus: Inside a Hurricane - Hardcover

Cole, Joanna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 059044686X ISBN 13: 9780590446860

Publisher: Scholastic Press, 1995

Synopsis

The irrepressible Ms. Frizzle and her bewildered class climb aboard the Magic School Bus for another exciting and informative adventure in a whirlwind visit to a hurricane.

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Grade 1-3-Another wild and wacky field trip for Ms. Frizzle and her intrepid students-this time into the eye of a hurricane. The magic school bus changes into a weather balloon and then into an airplane as the class experiences the hurricane and a spin-off tornado firsthand. As usual, Ms. Frizzle's wardrobe is as changeable as the weather. The familiar format features lots of weather information delivered via students' written reports and spoken comments (dialogue balloons). A subplot features the hapless Arnold, who becomes separated from the group with only Ms. Frizzle's talking radio for company. He survives several harrowing adventures before the magic school bus/plane picks him up. All ends well, the class celebrates with a party, and the Frizz has bees in her bonnet as she anticipates the next class project with a new outfit.
Eunice Weech, M.L. King Elementary School, Urbana, IL
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist:

Gr. 2^-4. Resplendent in a sunflower frock and sunflower earrings, Ms. Frizzle is ready to conduct a new crop of kids onto her unusual bus. This time, it's a trip into the clouds to gather facts about hurricanes--firsthand. When her bus transforms itself into a hot-air balloon (and later into a weather plane) to take a close look at "one of the world's hurricane breeding grounds," the kids, especially Arnold, realize this won't be an ordinary lesson in meteorology. As is usual in the Magic School Bus series, Cole presents the science in easy-to-understand terms, with Degen clarifying the concepts and adding comic relief through double-page-spread pictures that brim with details. It's a great combination of fantasy and science made even better by the fact that the layout of the book makes it easy for readers to tell the difference. Stephanie Zvirin

About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 059044686X
• ISBN 13: 9780590446860
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 43